Where in the heck are you?

It's taken me a while - moving is HARD - but finally I have a spare moment to post some photos of the new place in the Seattle area. Here is the house we rented - sight un-seen, by the way, via phone and email (thank goodness it turned out alright!):

Out that front door, across the driveway, there are trees, a steep ravine and a creek:

Out back, this is the view from the deck and from the bedrooms upstairs (this is the best part of the house!):

There you have it. I will post more soon.

It's official, we're moving to Seattle. I am very excited. I got an opportunity to transfer with current company. I will be doing the same kind of work - HR - but will work at a much bigger site and will be learning all about unions... I'm really excited for something new. Craig has already had one offer from a community college in the area, so it seems all is going according to plan. We met with the realtor yesterday in Reno to talk about selling the house and I, for one, was thrilled to learn that she thought our house was worth more than we paid for it! Great news in these times! Wish us well that all goes well on that front.

We have been busy! I finally got my photo editing software to work again so I can share some photos. I have been spending as much time as I can in the art shed.... I sure am going to miss that.... we will have to look for a new house with a studio... I gave the little encaustic to my parents. I was pretty mad at myself for painting it on a wood plank instead of some better artist material. I really like the way it turned out, but the wood warped. I think I will paint another one on a better board....

My folks have moved to Michigan and the picture was inspired by a photo of Ella that I took last summer while we were visiting them on Lake Huron. It seems only fitting that it should live in their Michigan house....

Ella has had a fun year with the Girl Scouts and earlier this year participated in the Father and Daughter Derby. It was so fun and soooo cute! The girls derby cars sure looked a lot different that the boys (except for the ones that were clearly made by the dads!). Ella got her grandpa to help cut out the car and her Dad helped decorate it. I can't remember how she placed in her races, but she sure had fun.

Fred and Ginger are doing ok... getting older like us all. Fred is hard of hearing and can't see very well either... we are sneaking up on him all the time without meaning to!

Well, summer has finally come to our neck of the woods, so I am off to enjoy the day.

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What the heck happened? Last time I posted it was almost Halloween! I have thought about posting several times - to share my little valentine's day paintings or photos from a trip to SF, but for some reason I lost my photo management system on on computer and I just have not figured out Photoshop... I'm so lame. Who has time to learn something new like that these days! :)

Things here have been quite busy. I have been traveling quite a bit with work and I am so tired of it. Hopefully, something will work itself out soon - before I am so burned out I am past the point of no return.

We have our fingers crossed that we will be able to move to Seattle this summer. There is a good chance that something will open up for me with my job and Craig is applying and interviewing at some of the community colleges there. Keep your fingers crossed.

Ok, I'm off to download some pictures.... maybe. If I can I will share some.