New House Pictures

Tomorrow is the big day of our move. We are leaving our beloved duplex in Queen Anne. Don't you wish that all landlords were created equal? But the puppies will have a fenced yard to play and Paul will be much closer to work.

Anyway here are the pictures:

The front of the house. You enter into the living room. Paul and I looking forward to actually using our fireplace for something other than decoration.

I love all the new windows in this and the hardwood floors! Every room has wood flooring except the sunroom, master bedroom and bathroom.


A dining room for our beautiful dinning room set and china hutch (my Christmas Present from Paul)


The french doors in the dining room open onto our backyard deck. Summer BBQ's will be at the Shackelford home.

The kitchen. There is a pass through area from the kitchen to the sunroom. So when you are standing at the kitchen sink you can look out into the back yard.

I've actually cooked with gas heat, so cooking here will be a new experience.

The sunroom aka the puppy room.

The sunroom also have access to our back deck. There is a sliding glass door from the puppy room to the sunroom.

The spare bedroom that Paul and I will share as a sewing room/ office.

The bathroom. Need I say more. Not pictured in your tour is the master bedroom and the laundry room.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Just a friendly reminder that there will be no stitch n bitch meeting tonight. As soon as Paul is done with work we are heading to my parent's house for Christmas.

The next stitch n bitch meeting will be after the new year.

Winter Snow Storm for Queen Anne

With all the snow in Seattle this week it has made getting to and from work very interesting. I think I have walked more of Seattle in the last two days than I normally would in a week. Friday and Saturday night I had to walk up the hill to get home. I'm glad Paul and I had scouted some easy routes up the hill earlier this year so I didn't have to walk straight up Queen Anne Ave North. Saturday morning I walked back down the hill to catch a bus into downtown and then found another bus up to the top of Capitol Hill by Seattle Central Community College. I waited for the third bus that I had planned to take right to hospital. After of 30 minutes of waiting for the hospital escort service or the bus to come and get me I started walking to the hospital for my day on the switch board. Today is my normal day to work but my boss told me to stay home due to the snow and road conditions. She assembled a group of operators who were willing to stay until the snow melted at the hospital or at least until the roads were passable. Saturday afternoon I left the hospital at 4:30 and didn't get home until just before 7pm.

Paul and I get to enjoy an extra day off together. So we lounged around the house this morning and then pulled out the cross country skis to go run to the grocery store so I could gather some backing supplies to make some Christmas goodies.There have been at least 6 inches on snow that has fallen in the last 24 hours.

On the way to the store to get some baking supplies.

The skis are ready to go for the next trip to the store....or maybe a doggy walk. It will be interesting to see if the dogs would be able to steer clear of the my poles or if they would think it was a great time to play.

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

Paul and I woke up to at least three inches of snow on the ground this morning in Queen Anne. I'm glad that we won't be moving for at least two more weeks. We signed the lease on our new house in Tukwila yesterday. We took the dogs for a walk this morning in the snow. Jasper and Samantha both love to play in the snow.

Paul dropped me off on top of the hill so I could post all of our Christmas packages and cards to be sent out today. I was very thankful that the Queen Anne Dispatch office was open. The lady at the Top Pot donut shop was so nice to give me a cup tea and a donut for the remainder of my walk home.

Now its time for my weekly house cleaning, cooking and projects before I have to go back to work tomorrow. Thank goodness my Christmas shopping is done.

Last Stitch n Bitch Meeting for the Year!

Tonight Jane, Rachel and I met for our last stitch n bitch meeting this year...It was also our last meeting at Cafe El Diablo since I will be leaving the Queen Anne neighborhood at the end of the year.

Our next meeting will in be in bell town at the Uptown Espresso, on Wednesday, January 7, 2009.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Stitch n Bitch

Next Wednesday's meeting will be in Queen Anne. Hope to see you all there at 7:00pm. Let me know if you need a ride or cannot make the meeting. Our meeting will be at the El Diablo Coffee Shop.

Just FYI we will not be meeting on Christmas Eve. I have to work at the hospital so that one of the other leads can have the night off.

*****We Are Moving*****

Paul and I have decided to leave our charmed life in Queen Anne. This morning we toured a house in Tukwila. Its a spanish style bungalow with 2 bedrooms and 1 bath. There is a lot of property surrounding the house and it has a fenced back yard for Samantha and Jasper to play in. More information to follow.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Stitch n Bitch

Hi Ladies,

Wednesday's meeting will be at the Uptown Espresso at Fourth and Vine st. I am on "standby" for work this week so I won't know until about 1pm on Wednesday if I will be working Wednesday night or coming to stitch n bitch.

Andre and Jane - I'm not sure if I will be able to give you a ride or not. I'll send you both emails as to my work status on Wednesday afternoon.