Proud wife, with a chocolate problem

My husband received a letter from UW today stating that he’s been accepted as a transfer student into the Near Eastern Studies program (I should specify that I mean the University of Washington rather than the University of Wisconsin / Waterloo / Wurzburg / Wyoming / Wales / Warwick / Westminster / Wollongong) I’m so [...]

Sunshine

It’s been over 70 for the past three days in a row – and the first weekend without rain this year – causing Seattlites to cry “What is that great shining orb in the sky?!?”

Today my office was filled with red noses and for the first time this year – not because of [...]

On the Water

we spent the day on a research vessel today – mostly taking readings of water properties and collecting water samples. Raising and lowering the line with one piece of equipment or another all day – but it was fun. For the most part it was gray and spitting rain, but on the way back home [...]

Textbooks

School starts tomorrow, so we’re in the final phases of getting ready for that. We’ve been stressing quite a bit about the books, as we had about $200 total between us, and all of our books totaled over $450 at the school – and that included used where they were available. We spent a lot [...]