Wow.  This thing is O-L-D!  Last post was 2008?  Crazy.  I guess that is understandable since I began the blog back in ought four to keep family and friends up-to-date with my life and activities when Gary and I first moved out to Washington.  Mostly I just wanted to show off the cool places we went and make a case for family and friends to visit or to take a leap and move out there with us.

Then we got cold feet and made a feverish dash back to the safety (?) of the east coast.  I have never regretted a decision more in my whole life.  Don't get me wrong - I had lots of wonderful experiences back east, met lots of great people and, most important of all, my son was born there but it was not where I was meant to be.  I was unhappy about it from hour one and even as I made the best of it.

In the fall of 2011 that all changed.  Through the help of friends and family - especially the dear friends who hosted us in their house in Redmond for 4.5 months - we made it back out to the west coast and are now happily ensconced in Olympia.  This was a huge leap of faith or trust or stupidity - call it what you will - but it worked.  Gary found a job, I found an apartment and we both feel like our lives (including Nate's) are back on track.

So I decided to start this blog up to once again share our adventures.  I want to give friends and family an idea of what it looks like out here and what there is to do.  And, lastly, I want to tempt people to visit and, maybe, even move out with us.  You know who you are.

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Sarah