Tri-Cities, Washington, real estate and homes – thoughts and conversation.
Posted in Washington on Mar 6th, 2009
When my brothers and I were little kids and we’d wrestle and fight, one of us would invariably yell, “Dogpile on…Jon, or Jim, or Cari” and then the other two would collapse on the third and squash the breath out of them and have a great time overall.
So when I read that Oregon is joining [...]
Posted in Washington on Nov 25th, 2008
During the seemingly never-ending presidential campaign, Mr. Obama made a visit the town of Pendleton, OR. He was asked a local question and was unable to give an informed answer. That’s ok, he couldn’t possibly know about every little thing, I would definitely cut him some slack. In fact, it’s probably a good thing that [...]
Posted in Tri-Cities, WA, Washington on Nov 5th, 2008
Rossi lost his bid to become the Governor of the state of Washington. The majority of people over on this side of the state voted for him.
I watched his concession speech earlier today, and he said he’s got to find a job now that enables him to be home for dinner with his wife and [...]
Posted in Washington on Oct 1st, 2008
My husband grew up in Pennsylvania, and I was raised in California. When we first met, he said some pretty funny things – he called hamburger buns, “hamburger rolls”, he asked for Hellman’s mayonnaise instead of Best Foods. He also referred to the East coast of the country as ‘the right coast’, meaning right-hand side [...]
Posted in Washington on Aug 10th, 2008
When I worked at Eddie Bauer, there was a period of time when we would ask people if they’d like to add a dollar to plant a tree. Here in eastern Washington, we had a lot of people decline when they discovered the tree would be planted in one of a few designated areas in [...]
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