It took us 2 hours to get over to Seattle today because of ferry delays due to morning fog. Hey Vashon bridge opponents: a bridge always runs on time!
We stopped at the house to do some measurements on the garage and we walked around a bit in the house. The asbestos abatement company is doing their work this week, so nothing much else is going on.
Great “article on Meyer-Wells”:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/business/energy-environment/08sustain.html?_r=3 in the NY Times on Saturday. 4 or 5 years ago, they did two fireplace mantles, the casework for our bookshelf in our bedroom and a really cool side table that we put our drinks on every night. Glad to see their business is doing well. We’re talking to them about making something out of the Monkey Puzzle Trees we’re going to take down. They’ve never worked with wood from a Monkey Puzzle Tree so they’re excited about it. I hope we can turn those hideous things into something beautiful.
Kelly worked today to watch the kids so we could go to Megan’s 40th Birthday Party tonight. We stopped at the grocery store to pick up beer, our assignment for the party. I got some good beers too, that was the best beer selection at a party I’ve been to in a long time! 
Gay made a fruit salad, a pasta salad and crab cakes. Jon bbq’d a salmon and brought the cake. Mary and Melanie made bbq’d corn and had a bunch of appetizers and wine out.
We got our almost-final schematic drawings for the house done. We hadn’t had a design for the offices and guest room in the attic that we liked yet. Dan and Todd (Olson Kundig) got help from Tom and now looks pretty good. The whole design needs just minor edits (moving a door here, rotating a toilet there) and we feel great about it. Now we need to think about what we’re going to do with the garage.
After Gay’s ultrasound appointment, we went to the new house for our weekly progress report. It’s so nice being in the city where you can get from one appointment to another in a few minutes!
We had the 20-week ultrasound today for baby #3. It’s halfway done! And everything’s looking good so far. It’s due December 22 and this time aren’t finding out if it’s a boy or a girl.
Now that the house has closed and the realtors aren’t involved, I want to write down our experience with our realtors and with other realtors (who will remain nameless).
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Eric’s off to live in New York City for a year to attend film school at The New School and he had his going-away party tonight at Peter’s parents’ house in Woodinville.
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