Totalled. The Honda was totalled. So we went out and test drove a Nissan Murano (my fave but maybe a wee bit too spendy…) and a Honda CRV today. We were going to test drive a Toyota RAV-4, too, but the sales guy wouldn’t let us take Oslo. We were
Poor Honda. Well, the cops called on Tuesday night saying they’d recovered our car. It’s basically trashed. They took the airbags, ruining the whole steering column and the dash. They cut the carpet, broke the glovebox, took the stereo, of course. And the door locks will all have to be
Adding a dog, subtracting a car. So, last week was a busy one. On Wednesday, Will had an interview with this company for a Senior Product Manager position. He left early, getting there before 7:00a and parking the car under the viaduct near King St. His interview was over at about noon and when he
No CARB Bake Sale. Check out the photos from our No CARB (Cheney, Ashcroft, Rummy, Bush) Bake Sale (see album “quotidienne”) which I coordinated in my neighborhood in conjunction with MoveOn.org’s “Bake Back the White House!” campaign. We raised $726 in just 4.5 hours!!! Will was off mountaineering in Leavenworth, but
Grad school. Well, the quest is complete. After hundreds of dollars spent on the application process and three interviews, I’ve decided where I’ll spend the next two years of my life earning my Masters’ degree – the University of Washington, three miles from our little house on Queen Anne. Which, to
Our house. Well, it’s Friday night and I’m A-L-O-N-E. I don’t quite know what to do with myself! My whole life since I met Will has focused pretty much around him, and of course, Seth and Michaela (whom you’ll lovingly hear referred to from time-to-time as “les enfants
La Famille. And Callie Neylan’s blog. Well, being the quasi techno-geek that I am, I’ve finally discovered blogging and have created this online journal as a way for the friends of Will and Callie, the families Neylan-Dixon to keep in touch (if you’ve never tried blogging software, it’s
On 2020. The laws of mechanics apply to marriage The angle of repose is defined on dictionary.com as “the maximum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material will remain in place without sliding.” Reflections on 2020 As boundaries expand, our worlds contract. The last theatre production
On 2019. The laws of mechanics apply to marriage The angle of repose is defined on dictionary.com as “the maximum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material will remain in place without sliding.” Generally speaking, the smaller the material particles, the more shallow the angle before
On restraint. Now, atop the mountain ridges it falls, accumulating deep and white shifting toward the sun and the moon Restrained by its angle of repose. It builds, sparkling laughter pressure mounting beneath clouds and stars toward the heart and the bone Restrained it tumbles, aches, and grows. Why can’t the