The Biggie on Lake Washington

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I do not typically long for expensive things but after spending a few hours at this house during the open, I began to wish for what I cannot have -- this house. The views of the Lake, Mt Rainier and the Cascades are stunning. The long switchback trail down to the Lake is an engineering marvel. From almost any room in this house you can watch the boats sail by and the swallows swoop and the eagles soar above. Neighbors have slides on their docks. How fun it would be to have one of those. Alas, I cannot have this house. However, I am co-lisitng it and that in and of itself is a treat.

Tomorrow is offer review day and it's been a journey to get to this point. There was a lot of prep work. The most exciting part of the prep was getting the lawn replanted. I was in charge of organizing a team of Casa Latina workers and UW students to carry seven pallets of sod from the carport down all the switchbacks to the lake. Neighbors cheered in congratulations when they saw what we had accomplished. They told me later they did not think it could be done.

Sabrina -- The Winner of the Last Guess the Price Contest

The winner of the Guess the Price competition from last month is Sabrina Hawkins. Go Sabrina! She chose a gift certficate from Geraldine's Counter. Serena and Cameron are regulars at Geraldines. If you are a regular there, you will know them.

Sabrina beat out 14 other contest participants. The property was listed at $650,000 and sold for $738,500. Sabrina guessed $735,000. That is amazingly close! Good job Sabrina.

On the Homefront

I featured this nest in my last e-newsletter. A robin family had built it in my canoe. Sadly, the three eggs did not hatch. The mother robin worked very hard keeping the eggs warm, but something went amiss. Nature can be unforgiving.

Fortunately, that wasn't the end of the story. The robin couple did not give up. They built another nest on the other seat of the canoe and this time all their eggs hatched. Go little robin family!

Look at these little baldies. There are four. Their parents diligently bring them worms all day long and they are growing quickly. Baby robins fledge after just two weeks.

Running in Vancouver, BC

Every weekend morning I get together to run with Dina, Jessica, and LT. Five months ago, Jessica signed up to run the Vancouver Marathon. It would be Jessica's first marathon ever. That lit the fire for the rest of us and we all signed up too. On the weekend of May 1, we headed north across the border and on Sunday we all ran 26.2 miles. You would not think running a marathon would be fun, but it strangely is. The bibs have your name on them so the crowds lining the street call out your name and say things like, "Go Jennie, you got this." Lots of people are running around you and they are getting cheered for too. So much nice cheering and your heart is beat beat beating and you are moving fast. How often do people quite literally cheer for you?

I am skipping over the bad part of a marathon though. The last 6.2 miles. The last 6.2 miles are so difficult that they are not fun. Despite this lack of fun at the end, we all finished. Jessica was so happy to have finished she almost cried and is already signed up for another marathon.

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Seattle, WA | 98118 US

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