so, for those of you that haven't yet experienced it, here's our house, our new house, our nouse. cute lil thing. what you can't see, what we couldn't see, is the ridiculous structural damage going on underneath.

so, scott, the remodeling gem, has been hard at work, replacing beams and floor joists and whole bathrooms. We recently got word that we should jack the whole house up about a foot and pour footers and put in a permanent foundation and take down the chimney. Maybe this is the advice of someone in need of work, or maybe he is right. It's a hard call. Really i just want to be where i can see whales, and am having a hard time making this thing work.

Meanwhile, we have a chicken. she digs up my garden and i threaten her with the soup pot. Maia is very smart and tells me that i just need a fence around my garden. where did he get this logic? Surely not from my ranting. I'm grateful he's around.

And did we mention that he started 1st grade? we got a phone call today from his P.E. teacher saying that Maia really impressed him just by being a really great kid, and that he stuck out in this teachers mind this week and that he just wanted to call and commend us on this great kid. Of course i played the message over about 5 times and cried. OF COURSE HE'S A GREAT KID!!!! It's nice to know that others out there see it too.

alright, i blog off. hee hee. love to you all from the PNW