Jul 31
We made it. The Man of the House and I lived through the Seattle Heat Wave of 2009. Temperatures in Seattle reached 103 degrees. Here in Bellevue it got up to 104 degrees. It was hot and like most of the people in the area, we don’t have air conditioning. Here’s what we learned: People …
Dec 19
We got seven inches of snow on Thursday morning. That combined with the chilly temperatures is certainly putting a crimp in my Christmas plans. It’s hard to work on the Christmas shopping when I can’t leave the house! One good thing that came out of this was that a neighbor hosted a Snow Day Get …
Feb 20
I just received a Christmas letter from my friend Mona. Yep, I received her holiday letter in the middle of February. Let me just say that Mona is VERY on top of things. What caused her letter to be late was a combination of her not having my current address and December’s windstorm. Mona didn’t …
Dec 30
We knew it was coming. TV, radio, and newspapers were filled with predictions. A windstorm with gusts of up to 90 mph was going to hit the Puget Sound area the night of December 14. They were right. It was a windstorm to remember.
