If You're Nanny and You Know It

This is the little girl, Anusha, I've been working with for about a month. Yes, I am looking for a "real job", so please don't worry.

It's Autumn Time

This is what October looks like across the street. And you thought Washington was The Evergreen State....

Skyline Homecoming Parade

Mom got Lo and her buddy's flowers, and Jameson Gardner swedish fish. I can't get over the look on Jameson's face.

Lauren got nominada for Homecoming Senior Royalty. Here she is with her buddy, Kim.

Veggie De-Lite

i normally wouldn't use my blog to promote anything that contained white flour, cheese, and something called "creamy garlic sauce", but this pizza brought me out of anti-pizza. and, i checked, there are papa murphy's in the whole western half of the country--the half that matters most to me anyway. http://www.papamurphys.com/public/menu_deLitePizzas.cfm

Rattlesnake Ridge

Labor Day 2008 we all took a short, but steep enough, hike up Rattlesnake Ridge, a few miles east of North Bend. Lo taught me how to twist my hair, Dad carried some sweet bamboo walking sticks, Mom carried the backpack, and I just ate the huckleberries. I forgot how bitter they can be.

Zarzamoras

September is blackberry month in Sammamish. My legs and arms get a little scraped up, but this is about as cheap, organic, fresh, and delicious as it gets.

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