It was a dark and rainy night. After a busy day of fighting office fires and trying to placate the whims of IT software developers, I was glad to pack up my laptop and head for home. With umbrella in tow and headphones on, I started the trek towards our apartment. I usually take the…

…just makes us stranger. Stronger. I mean, stronger. Right, sure. That’s the ticket. Last week our kitchen sink got backed up. I thought something was up with our garbage disposal, but after some tests, it quickly became apparent that this was a problem deeper in the pipes of this decades-old apartment building. Of course it…

Well, we probably got 6 to 8 inches of snow last night during the big blizzard. And right now it’s still coming down… Here a few pictures of the area surrounding our house:

Uh-oh!  Here we go again.  November is National Novel Writing Month.  The goal is to write a story of at least 50,000 words in one month. (This method of writing QUICK worked once for me in terms of getting a story written; we'll see if it works again.) I'm already in the hole by 5,000…

Warning:  This photo-post is all about the birds SPIDERS and the bees! This arachnid smackdown is taking place right in our front window.  I feel a little sorry for the honey-maker.  I've had days that felt like that.  But the good news is: it should all be "wrapped" up shortly.

With the kids in school Christa and I had a great opportunity to go out for lunch a few days ago.  We ordered some great sandwiches from Grinders and headed down to Edmonds' Marina Beach.  While enjoying our lunch in the sun, overlooking the majestic Puget Sound, Christa's eyes landed on something quite disturbing.  There…

Anna lost another tooth yesterday in Xining.  Her adult tooth on top has been coming in and it pushed one of the baby teeth next to it out on its way in.  Meanwhile the Johnson family packed its bags and headed back to Jianzha after a long weekend of birthday festivities and re-stocking of supplies.…

Some sick people out there (who will remain nameless) have wanted to see pictures of these rats that I’ve been happy to have exterminated lately.  In the spirit of Halloween, I will oblige this request with visual evidence.  If you have a weak stomach DO NOT click on the link below. Believe me, it’s not…

After reading my recent RANT post, my friend J-Lo pointed me to an awesome Sesame Street video.  (I guess some of my sentiments reminded him of the Goat.) I had to share this hilarious video with the rest of you.  Here’s the link on YouTube. It’s about getting really M-A-A-A-A-D!!!