Author Archives: Andrea Y. Griffith

We are here and settled in for the most part! The trip went smoothly – Cate and Henry both did marvelous on the plane. We stayed the first night in a seedy motel and moved into our apartment on Monday morning. We settled in just before Telfer left for Southern California to attend the funeralContinue reading “Settled”

So here we are in Olympia, together again (I was so happy to pick Telfer up from the airport last night – three weeks is really a long time).  We are almost done figuring out the packing/luggage strategy for our travel day. Witness one aspect below:   I love my new iphone! So, here's theContinue reading “The Night Before”

beautiful Originally uploaded by telfandrea. My new iPhone arrived yesterday. It’s really a thing of beauty… Biggest draw: a videocamera.

Maybe you have all seen this already but Elizabeth showed it to me and I haven't stopped laughing. My biggest nightmare: flaunting mom jeans.   In other news, Cate and Henry and I are headed to Olympia tomorrow. Telfer sold his car and the buyers will pick it up tomorrow. He'll drive a rental car forContinue reading “Mom Jeans”

detour to cannon beach Originally uploaded by telfandrea. Elizabeth and I were trucking down I-5 when I had a little niggling thought: why not spend an extra night in Cannon Beach before driving on to Richland? Fabulous idea. We had such a good time.  Favorite part: watching Henry run on the beach. my puppy OriginallyContinue reading “Detour”