Category: General
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Rafting the Tieton
We finally got back on track with a rafting trip this year. We kept it “local” by visiting the Tieton just outside of Yakima with Wet Planet. The trip almost didn’t happen due to wildfires, as we were wearing masks just to breathe in town, but the skies miraculously cleared upon reaching the canyon. The river is only run a few weeks a year…
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Farewell, RAV4. Hello, Highlander!
My mom’s trusty 2001 RAV4 blew its transmission this summer. I let it sit a few months attempting some easy fixes and figuring out what to do next before listing it as-is on Craigslist. After a month or two, it sold for far more than any 20 year old car with 160k miles and no transmission should, but given the market, it was a…
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Mia, 1.5 Years
I kept milestone notes over these past three months and the ones early on are… just… so minute compared to where she is at the end of the period. At the beginning she was barely starting to say her name, which now she can combine with up to 3 other words including the possessive form. She was also barely getting out “Bye-bye,” whereas now…
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Mia, 1.25 Years
And like that, we have a toddler. Over the past three months Mia has begun walking (happened just a week or two after one year) and talking up a storm. We have a regular little goofy person in our house now (in addition to the two big ones). She’s still loving daycare, splash parks, playgrounds, her cats, and has developed an affinity for a…
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“Camping” @ Memaloose State Park
We’ve heard of people doing it. We’re tough. We’re good parents. Why shouldn’t we take our 13-month old camping? Let me tell you the reasons: Unless you book a campsite six months out in the PNW, you’re stuck with some pretty bad campgrounds. Memaloose State Park, sandwiched between railroad tracks and an interstate (LOUD, and nowhere to even walk), and designed to be a…
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2020 Year in Review
Yeah, I’m going there. It wasn’t all bad. Life Had Mia, became a dad, pretty awesome, pretty hard, mostly amazing. Started a new job. Began and got halfway through an online course for full-stack web development for fun. Got halfway through a 30-day wheelie class. Will resume again in spring. Sold my condo. Got my commercial drone pilots license. Losses Given what this year…