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  • Dahlia and Alec

    Dahlia and Alec

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    This is Dahlia and her friend Alec.

  • Goodbye to the Prius

    Goodbye to the Prius

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    I sadly said goodbye to my Prius. I was glad to finally sell it. We held steady on our asking price but buyers who could actually get a loan were few. We sold it for $16,800 to a woman who had been driving an old VW bus. She will be thrilled with the Prius.

  • the Froghopper

    the Froghopper

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    I took the girls to the Family Fun Center. They couldn’t get enough ofthe froghopper ride.

  • Does this mean you can race between 5AM and 10PM?

    Does this mean you can race between 5AM and 10PM?

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  • Lockdown at IVE

    Lockdown at IVE

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    Thursday at 11:15 am Monti and Dahlia’s school received a call fromthe Issaquah Police Department telling them they needed to go to alevel 4 lockdown. An armed man had threatened another man at abusiness near the school and fled before he was apprehended. Theyfeared for the safety of the kids with the angry man at…

  • A little more sunshine please

    A little more sunshine please

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    I love the fact that Dahlia’s quilt square picture has two suns. Itmay be a subconscious message from her body demanding more vitamin D.

  • A quilt for Ms Howard

    A quilt for Ms Howard

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    Due to reduced school budgets for next year Issaquah School Districtchose to layoff 158 out of its 1097 teachers. The layoffs were donecompletely on a seniority basis. Dahlia’s teacher had been teachingless than 3 years so she was included on the list of 158 teachers. Itis a tragedy that so many of the young energetic…

  • My first PTA board meeting

    My first PTA board meeting

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    I was asked by my friend Trisha to be co-VP of Volunteers on the IVEPTA board. I’m still not exactly sure what the position will entailbut my first board meeting was very interesting. I think I will enjoyit.

  • Officer Karen

    Officer Karen

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    The Issaquah Police Department sent an officer to talk to the second graders at IVE. The kids were very curious about how her handcuffs worked. One child raised her hand and explained to everyone that her dad and mom had some handcuffs too but that they used them to play. Of course all the adults…

  • Dentist checkup

    Dentist checkup

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    Both girls have very small mouths for all their teeth. After lookingat an xray of Monti’s front teeth the dentist is pretty sure thatMonti’s front teeth won’t come in for a long time. The two lateralteeth are blocking the way for her 2 adult front teeth to come in. Sheis recommending that we extract the…