We did go there several years later when the spouse went to U Dub to earn her masters. But my marriage proposal was predicated on my going to Seattle with her only if we were returning to Alaska when she was done. I put conditions on the request, but I knew where my home was. She said yes.
All but one of the joints held by the way. Surprisingly, it was a Wirsbo fitting. Those things are usually bulletproof. But easy-peasy to snip the pex and replace. The copper and threaded joints didn’t leak. I call that a win.
A two day plumbing job that of course got far more complicated than expected and had me on it until 10 tonight because I didn’t want to have to get up tomorrow and keep going and I’m exhausted but then I took the pooch for a walk afterwards and it felt like a reward. Dogs are family.
My dog ate a bunch of my Scrabble tiles so I left him at the vets, knowing full well his next bowel movement could spell disaster.
Once in a while the good people win.
Representative Joyce Beatty from Ohio's 3rd congressional district is the person who filed the lawsuit that led to the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center. Let us pause to honor her for defending and, at least in this instance, successfully restoring true American Values.
Hanging out on the Ave in the University District for a few days on my long overland journey from Denali to Central America in the fall of 1990 closed the deal. That street, which had long been the center of my world, repelled me. I knew then Seattle would never be home again.