Say, what's that noise?

Today is National Nurses Day. A big shout out to Amanda, our hard-working nurse and mom.

I said those very words the other night. Just when Amanda was getting home, a great racket suddenly went up outside her car! 

(And if you can't find the Nervine, Amanda, a nice cold glass of Chardonnay should do the trick.)



In Seattle news, we are in the middle of yet another stretch of beautiful sunny weather.  I'm actually watering the garden in May.  What will July bring?  Maybe record cold temperatures and rain. Breaking records seems to be the new weather normal.

 Go, Girl

We are surviving the Viaduct closure, but it isn't pretty. It took me over a half hour getting to the freeway yesterday, but it was worth it.  I had a nice lunch with my dear friend Julie in Woodinville. Today, I'm attempting the barn. You can't be an Urban Village prisoner forever.  We are supposed to be riding bicycles and taking the bus, but in that case I'd get to North Bend in about a week.

It seems I never have good news to report on Bertha, and I don't want to jinx the project now, but so far so good.  If we can believe WASHDOT, the drill has already dug (they say "mined") 208 of the 385 feet.  So if the structure isn't damaged in the process, hopefully the highway will open again in about a week.

We don't have to leave West Seattle tomorrow (yea) but on Sunday afternoon we have an opera. So it will probably take over an hour to get to the opera house, 4 miles away as the crow flies.  If we're late we're out of luck.  The opera is "The Flying Dutchman" which runs 2 1/2 hours without an intermission. After all the effort of getting there, it would be a shame to watch it in the lobby on the closed circuit TV.

Have a wonderful weekend, and best wishes to all the super moms in the family.  We are blessed.