Thursday, 03JAN, Corrie has been pretty sick ever since the
start of the new year! Because of this
Dan drives by himself to the kids/grandkids house in east Bremerton. This is for the family celebration of
grandson Jaxson’s seventh birthday on Friday.
Shows how sick Corrie is, since she doesn’t even feel up to
going!!! Friday, 04JAN Jaxson’s b-day
family celebration after school. After
the opening of presents, Dan drove back to the house, to assist Corrie. This meant we missed the boys rock climbing on Sunday:(
Monday, 07JAN, good weather, and Cascade Fence finishes
installing cedar fencing. You may notice
that fence posts are over six feet tall, but actual pickets are only three feet
tall. That’s because we will slowly be
adding what is called hog panels to raise final height to six feet. We like the look of this “design”; & it
will deter deer, while allowing a view of our property outside the fence.
Friday, 11JAN, still windy; after dinner Raymond, Jaxson &
Mason show up. Saturday early AM Raymond
heads to his Army Reserve drill in Yakima. Later that day, Dan takes grandkids to snow
park at Snoqualmie – no parking available.
After finding an unauthorized spot, the grandkids got to sled &
while making Olafs (see below BLOG link for our last visit to Snoqualmie tubing
area). Then back to house for ninja
line, swing, & playing w/dogs.
Sunday we take grandkids to ferry for return to their parents.
Monday, 14JAN, Corrie had to deal w/sick puppy Rocket while Dan
was skiing. When Dan returned that afternoon,
it was off to the vet hospital in Kirkland.
Rocket’s symptoms were diarrhea, dehydration, & not eating. Xrays showed small “somethings” in his
bowels, but nothing definitive; even after being scoped. So they kept him overnight; & we picked
him up the next day. Took him couple of
days to get back to normal, but he is back to normal (if there is such a thing
for a Jack Russell?)J!
Two items were big news on the local Seattle TV stations during
the month:
1) Second driest JAN on record.
Of course it’s all relative if you live in Seattle!
Still pretty gray & dreary?
2) VIADOOM! Or the
permanent closure of Seattle’s infamous viaduct. The viaduct is a two level highway that was
built in the 50s, right along Seattle’s waterfront. What was hailed then as a transportation
wonder; was soon realized to be a blight upon the scenic waterfront, &
cutoff the city from easy access to what is now a major & vibrate tourist
attraction. So after the Nisqually
Earthquake it was decided to dig a tunnel replacement & teardown the
viaduct; rather than repair/retrofit the viaduct. So for three weeks the viaduct will be closed
& its on/off ramps reconfigured to connect to the new tunnel. That means 90,000 cars a day that used the
viaduct will have to use surface streets – so everyone expects chaos or
VIADOOM!
The rest of month was spent - working on fencing; working on
garden shed extension; Dan skies 4 times; chain sawing downed alders from last
month’s high winds; gardening; etc.
