JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

I missed Mars. The week it was the closest to Earth in 60,000 years, I was too tired to care, collapsing at night once the girls went to bed. I forgot to write it down on my to-do list! Instead I paid the mortgage, mopped floors, and forgot about Mars. Tonight finally I remembered to […]

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Jerry Large in today’s Seattle Times writes about the Fry’s that is coming to Renton: In techie heaven lies a temple to man’s ingenuity . Quote: I’m one of those folks who got excited about the coming of Fry’s Electronics to Renton. I’m a little nervous admitting to you that I enjoy wandering around Fry’s, […]

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Michaela’s adventures with paint got me thinking….she and her sister spent about five minutes painting, if that, but it took thirty minutes to clean it up, give the girls showers, shampoos, change clothes, put away the newspaper and paint, etc. All that effort reminded me of Playdough. Playdough – either Hasbros or homemade – takes […]

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Went to fill up the gas tank today…I’d been avoiding it for a while, trying to see if prices would drop after Labor Day, but after the gas alert icon lit up yellow and sounded an alarm a few times today, I knew I needed to go… Ouch! – $30 to fill up the tank […]

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The other day the girls and I made a puppet theater/playhouse out of an old dryer box we’d had saved since our moving days. I cut out a door and a window then covered the cardboard with some extra primer and white latex paint. I let Abigail and Michaela help with the painting part. Michaela […]

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