A Picture Says a Thousand Words

I first started blogging back in May when I was put on bed rest while pregnant with my now 3 month old son. I loved blogging and it became quite addictive. And I vowed that once Billy was born, my blogging would continue. Well, that didn’t last long. I think I managed a couple of posts in the early weeks after he was born but then life with two children and the sleepless nights got the better of me.  Three months on, I’m a little less exhausted, we’re into more of a routine and I realize that I miss my blogging days.

So I’m back.

Like my previous blog, Ramblings of a mum on bedrest, I will continue to wax lyrical about my life – my life in the Pacific Northwest of America. We love living here. Many question our love of this part of the land, wondering why we choose to live in such a wet corner of the globe. Yes, it rains, sometimes it rains a lot. But we’re surrounded by mountains and lakes, when the summers are good they are very good and most years we’re pretty much guaranteed snow - rumor has it lots this year. And to top it off, I get to see deer wandering around the local neighborhoods more often than not.  It’s a beautiful part of the world. To bring this to life a bit more for those not familiar with the area, on a good day when the sun is shining and the skies are clear, when I drive down hill to the freeway, I get a stunning view of Mount Baker and when I drive home from downtown Seattle I get a spectacular look at Mount Rainer. It’s not a bad commute really!  This image was taken on a recent trip to Orcas Island and to many, fully represents life in the Pacific Northwest. Mount Baker is in the distance.

My aim with this blog, is not to bore you all intensely (although I’m sure at times this will happen and I apologize in advance) but instead to share elements of my day to day life – amusing things that happen, things that make me smile and excite me, our vacations and day trips.  And I also know that I’ll use this as a soapbox to vent my frustrations with the world – and on some days I have many. You have been warned. Read if you want to, don’t if you don’t. I ask for no praise, I expect I’ll get some criticism but I hope that on occasions I’ll make some of you smile, and at the very least give you a flavor of my life in Washington.