The Bethel Valley Girls in a Bygone Era

On a recent stay in beautiful Seabrook, WA, j snapped a picture of this photo from a bygone era. Look, it's the Bethel Valley Girls on a retreat to the ocean that none of us can remember! Surely it is as real as the trip to Bali Elletu and I recently took...

Sure Sign of Fall

When you see pumpkins outside your grocery store, you know fall is here. As it turns out, j tells me the pumpkins were outside this store in Port Orchard the other day when she was there. It was still summer. Well, I didn't see them because I wasn't by this store. It doesn't matter. Today is the first day of fall, and these are the first pumpkins I've seen outside of any of our grocery stores. Hooray for fall! Hooray for pumpkins!

Happy First Day of Fall!

MY FAVORITE SEASON ARRIVES TODAY!

SCENES FROM FALL IN VIRGINIA

WHEN WE LIVED THERE

BEFORE COMING BACK HOME

WHERE IS HOME?

HOME IS WHERE THE BVG'S ARE!!!!!!!

And one more photo from the Royal Flush Party (9-22)

So glad to get this one group picture from Elletu's 60th birthday party. We invited Elletu's good friend Sandy---a permanent fixture at our annual Bring-a-Friend Night---to join us for her birthday surprise. Elletu must have snapped this as we---as the Royal Flush Singers---prepared to sing "Skip to Your Loo" for her. Do not be misled...that's ROOT beer we are drinking. Bottoms up, Sisters (and Sandy)!

Post-Party Potty Humor (9-22)

The Bethel Valley Girls are partied-out after Elletu's Royal Flush birthday celebration.

Straight Outta Port Orchard

Okay, I already admitted that I grew up in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, and it turned out to be as bad as Compton, California. Now I find this out about our little old Port Orchard, original home of the BVGs. Where do we go next???

WASHINGTON – A website has ranked the 10 worst places to live in Washington.
The people at Road Snacks said they looked at things people like and then decided which cities have the least amount of those things.
On the list of things people ‘like:’
Good education
Lots of jobs
Low crime
Great weather
High income
Lots of things to do
Short work commutes
Houses that aren’t vacant
Road Snacks then looked at cities in Washington with more than 10,000 people.
Out of 110 cities, these were their top 10 worst places to live in Washington:
10) Bainbridge Island – The study says this is a bad place to live because it’s in the middle of nowhere and has the second-worst commute in the state.
9) Lakewood – According to the website, Lakewood has one of the highest crime rates in Washington.
8) Parkland – The city scored in the bottom 50 percent for all of the criteria Road Snacks analyzed
7) Longview – Low marks for high unemployment rate and the Nutty Narrows Bridge for squirrels.
6) Port Angeles – According to the study, Port Angeles ranks in the bottom 20 percent for unemployment, crime and housing vacancy.
5) Aberdeen – It’s called the “Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula,” but Road Snacks suggests calling it the “Gateway to high unemployment” because of the city’s high unemployment rate.
4) Port Orchard – The city scored low marks for a high crime rate and high vacancy rate.
3) Kelso – It may have an excellent commute time, but according to the study, Kelso scored poorly across the board in all categories.
2) Bremerton – According to Road Snacks, Bremerton’s unemployment and crime rates rank in the bottom 20 percent in Washington.
1) Centralia – Low marks for high unemployment and crime rates

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I guess we better follow j to Gig Harbor.   : )

Royal Flush Party in Pictures (Part 4)

HAPPY 60th ELLETU!

WE LOVE YOU, BABY SISTER!