This morning I rode over to Seattle Bouldering Project’s Fremont location, a converted warehouse full of climbing walls. It’s been at least six months since the last time I climbed, so I’d booked myself a[…]

I woke up about five this morning with everyone in bed, jammed together so much that nobody could sleep. Today was the fifth birthday party for one of their friends, just up the street from[…]

I had to go to Sip and Ship to print out more mortgage documents today, so the girls accompanied me up there, Destroyer walking and La Serpiente ok a scooter. When we got there, I[…]

We were kept busy today: a mobile notary came to our house to go through the mortgage documents, and we spent an hour and a half with a very grumpy man, who seemed to want[…]

After not running for several weeks, I got up at seven this morning and went out for half an hour. I wanted to combine exercise with an errand: going to get a bag of biscuits[…]

Today the solar installers came back and spent all day working; there was lots of wiring to do, a new panel to install on the side of the house, and cable runs within the basement.[…]

Today the solar power installers came to our house. It was rather exciting to have them figure out the best way onto our roof (a ladder up to the north side, then clambering over the[…]

This morning I took Destroyer down to Biscuit & Bean and bought our regular bag of biscuits, then rode home for breakfast; biscuits and scrambled eggs (and bacon for everyone else).

La Serpiente woke me up fairly early and I fed both girls breakfast, before taking my eldest on the back of my bike and riding down to reconnoitre downtown Seattle. In egocentric fashion I’d assumed[…]

I’ve been meaning to upgrade Destroyer’s bike for a little while; she inherited La Serpiente’s bike when we bought her new one, and although they both love riding a blue bike emblazoned with a princess,[…]