Blogs from Redmond, Washington, United States, North America

i know....i should update more......i got busy. specifically, we have just been enjoying being in our new place....slowly but surely, the stuff in the rooms we rent are being boxed up and moved......all the stuff will be out when the movers come on the 30th. the landlords new awesoem house is all clean and the floors are being redone...is looking awesome....soon as that is done the stuff will start going over. in the meantime, were just taking it easy, getting bills paid....going to work....going to work out after work.... a few days ago my boss lady ( who is awesome) gave me a coupon for a free haircut at some seriously high class salon in bellevue.....well i went yesterday after work..and holy crap.....it was high class... so high class you get free wine or coffee while ... read more

so sorry i didnt update last week..i was lame..i admit it. anyway lets see....first we didnt get teh place in bellevue....which is good..because after someon basically says sure you have this palce....then doesnt come through because tehy cant check their email.....well its very odd lets say that and we didnt need that.....so not getting that place is totaly fine because we signed papers on a better place just sunday, but first.. friday the 5th after work i backed into soem lady.....jeep wasnt even scratched because..well jeep....and hey ive never been in an accident before so its no big deal....i have insurance..thast what its for..anyway that happened and then we didnt get the place...which is fine because our friend rebecka told us about a friend of hers who rents rooms sometimes.....well come to find out....she is buying ... read more

another week and more good news from the land of we shoulda been living here all along.... grizz found a job! right at teh bottom of teh hill where we are living in preston no less...which is problematic for when we want to move into our own place....but oh well....a little drive is normal for everyone... so he is the inventory guy at a warehouse...he will be in charge of all the supplies and ordering more for a place that builds things...not sure what exactly they do but it pays well, and he will be in charge of making sure vehicles are up to date on maintenance, installing new software on computers as well as shipping and receiving! so now its on to find a place of our own, a friend who is from back east ... read more

I will be thrust into the heat with no relief in 17 days. Time to think ahead. One bottle of water every 2-3 hours while I'm awake. Sweat, lots of sweat. Hat, sunscreen, and so on. Working on publishing my first book, Talking to My Ghost in the Dark, a book of poetry. This blog will be about the challenges of the language barrier, and being a stranger in a different country. Heading to Oaxaca and beyond on December 4th. Scheduled to be back on February 6th. Busy making lists. . . -R... read more