August 4th, 2010

My niece works on the local Coast Guard base and has been dating a “Coastie” for a while so we are quite happy to celebrate U.S. Coast Guard Day in our household. We heartily thank every man and woman who protect our shores and waterways! So if you know a Coastie, be sure and wish [...]

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July 21st, 2010

Summer is finally ramping up here in Seattle (it’s a rather short season here) and we’re all feeling a little “beachy” lately. Ready for a break from designing and a few days just relaxing on a quiet beach! The beaches near us tend to be more rocky and less sandy but we still find some [...]

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July 4th, 2010

Happy 4th of July everyone! It’s a beautiful sunny summer day here in Seattle and the family is looking forward to a picnic and then, of course, fireworks over the lake. All in all a good day to show off our American pride! Here are a few good-looking goodies I found over at Zazzle that [...]

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April 21st, 2010

About a year ago, in my annual tax-time quest to be more organized (to help make next year’s tax time less painful), I stumbled upon a fantastic online tool for keeping track of information: Evernote. I can store pretty much anything (text, pdfs, web clippings, images). Then use the search function, keywords or tags to [...]

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February 20th, 2010

The indoor herb garden I planted in early December is growing quite well! The curly basil (left) and thyme (right) are thriving while the chives (back) are probably a lost cause. The garden sits in front of one of my large living room windows (with an Eastern exposure) but it gets plenty of light from [...]

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January 30th, 2010

Sometimes things aren’t exactly how they appear… The Cookie Thief by Valerie Cox A woman was waiting at an airport one night With several long hours before her flight She hunted for a book in the airport shop Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop She was engrossed in her book [...]

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October 11th, 2009

Did you know… …there are no penguins in the Northern Hemisphere? (except in captivity) …there are at least 17 kinds of penguins? …only 2 kinds of penguins (Adelies and Emperors) live in cold areas all year long? The Galapagos penguin lives near the equator! …penguin bodies are built for swimming fast? A penguin’s normal swimming [...]

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