I am scared to death of school.
Not ME going to school… I was always rather irritatingly good at school.
No, what worries me is the thought of having a child in the public school system. And I keep reading things that reinforce my fears.
You see, there’s a few things that I cannot stand.

Small-minded people who make [...]

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Yesterday we paid a visit to a Seattle institution whose acquaintance I hadn’t yet had the pleasure of making: the Center for Wooden Boats. Located at the very southern end of Lake Union (directly across the lake from Gasworks Park), the CWB is definitely worth a visit.
The center itself is quite small and packed with [...]

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Try this recipe when you’re ready for a break, have family in town, or just want to make sure that your afternoon is top-notch.

Start by mixing together the following ingredients (do not over-stir):

Ample amounts of Sunshine (no substitution will suffice)
Heavy sprinkling of blue skies
A handful of fluffy white clouds

Next, stir in the following, to taste:

sandy [...]

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CJ’s soccer class is struggling. Full of 3 and 4 year old “high-energy” (e.g. out of control) boys and one girl, it’s typically rather painful to watch the coach try to coerce the unruly ragamuffins into a) listening, b) following instructions, and c) not wrapping themselves up in the net (their FAVORITE activity).
So it probably [...]

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