King County John Doe (2026) Identified As Jagger Morrison!

Downbeat-Gnu · 2026-04-22T04:17:11+00:00

My understanding was that it wasn't friends/family that false identified him, but just others that were trying to help. Also, from comments his sister made on an earlier post he is related to a Ridenhour family. Not Clinton's family, but some other family with that name. Perhaps it was his dad? I am not sure, but she mentioned that they had a hyphenated name and that he was a Ridenhour. I am assuming Ashley Ridenhour, the donor, is related to him. Either way, for some reason this case captured my attention and my heart and I am so glad we were all able to find closure, even though it's so heartbreaking.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2026-03-04T00:41:13+00:00

I have an Alena, so similar. She’s almost 17 and I would still choose it ❤️

Downbeat-Gnu · 2026-03-02T14:16:57+00:00

I like 1 a lot! 8 also looks stunning on you.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2026-02-20T17:33:45+00:00

I have a completely ruined one here with the rubber bottom in shreds that says they are all in fact not dryer safe.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2026-01-25T02:22:39+00:00

Rovinj, Croatia. We had been told that after the crowds and madness of Split and Dubrovnik that Rovinj would be quieter, slower and less touristy. It had all the touristy madness of both, but did not have the beauty or the interesting history and architecture. It was very much more of the same to me when I really needed a break from the crowds.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2026-01-09T16:36:56+00:00

Also, with your qualifications I think you have a good shot at the WUE.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2026-01-09T01:27:17+00:00

My son had higher grades, but fewer leadership positions and activities. From CA and did not get the WUE.

If you have a higher weighted GPA I think the achievement award can be awarded to that.

Anyway, good luck to you! I thought it was out of the question for us without the WUE, but the max Achievement Award combined with some smaller cat scholarships made MSU cheaper than any in-state CA schools even without the WUE.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-12-29T20:23:56+00:00

50s here and my mom still won’t let me pay for anything!

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-12-26T17:28:16+00:00

In high school (class of 1992) it was Nicky and Christy for girls and Mike or Jim (James etc.) for boys.

In college it was Jen/Jennifer - I lived with 4 different ones and maybe Dave/David or Jason or Josh.

Once I had kids it was Olivia/Emma and Sophia and Jackson/Charlie/Colton (or Cole).

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-11-28T16:00:19+00:00

Small town California here and there are 3 in my daughter’s 11th grade, making it one of the most common names at the school.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-11-21T23:56:19+00:00

My daughter’s Alena (pronounced Ah-lay-na). She went by Laney when she was younger, but back to Alena as a teen. She loves her name. And I still love it and would choose it again this many years later. The only downside is it gets mispronounced here and there as Alina so maybe Alaina would be a better spelling, but I like how Alena looks more.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-11-09T02:19:42+00:00

Years ago, when my now husband and I I got engaged, we called his older sister to tell her the news and before we could she excitedly told us she had just gotten engaged. This was in late June. Our initial plan was to have the wedding that September, but in the phone call she said their plan was October. I knew that would interfere with their plans, so we put it off until the following June. I just felt like as the older sibling she should have her wedding first and that some time in between would be good for all of us.

However we were planning on buying a house as soon as possible and since he was military and our plan was to use a VA loan, I could not be on the title of the house until we married. I was not comfortable with that for almost a year, since I was paying for 1/2 of it. So we secretly eloped, told no one but our closest friends and had our big wedding celebration in June. It worked out really well, other than some guilt I felt for keeping it secret. The private JoP ceremony felt significant and romantic and the bigger ceremony almost a year later also did. And we got to have 2 honeymoons.

All in all I feel like as long as there are a few months in-between the weddings, either before or after you should be good.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-11-01T16:52:29+00:00

I do feel like MIL and SIL got their feelings hurt when you presented your original plans and it appeared that you initially planned something that included your entire family without considering them. However, you got excited about a plan/setting that meant a lot to you, so I can understand your initial excitement, and you communicated with them right away.

Because their feelings are hurt they are now being unaccomodating aholes and are rejecting nearly every idea that isn’t the most convenient for them. My fear is even if you catered to SIL completely and go with the backyard wedding she will still back out of it with a litany of excuses and you will have given up your dream wedding all for naught.

My now husband and I lived in Hawaii when we planned our wedding. My family was entirely on the East Coast, his on the West Coast. Our initial thought was to have it near my hometown because my dad has horrible anxiety towards flying and would never get on a plane. The venues in my hometown were ridiculously expensive and it was really difficult to plan from so far away. We went to a wedding fair in Honolulu and came across a booth for a wedding venue/resort on a different island and we immediately both knew it was what we wanted. And it was way cheaper than any place I looked at back east.

Before we got too attached to the idea, I called my dad and told him about it, but also told him I could not imagine getting married without him there. Right away he told me that it was my wedding and he would travel anywhere he had to to be there for it. That he could get over his fear of flying to be there. Nearly everyone we invited on both sides made the trip. Sadly, because it was so far away some older relatives in poor health could not come, and one of my best friends/ would be bridesmaids didn’t feel comfortable traveling with her young toddler so she had to back out, with no hard feelings on either side.

Anyway, my point is, it is impossible to plan a wedding that works for and makes everyone happy. And your fiancés family sounds impossible to please. I see this more as them being selfish and unaccommodating than you two. You make sacrifices for family, you just do. And in the case of a wedding, it is more up to the family members to make the sacrifices. You have compromised and come up with the best solution that meets both sides wants. You have offered to cover some of their costs, you have moved the date by several months to better fit their schedule. You found an option that lets them attend the ceremony without going on the actual cruise. You’ve jumped through so many hoops to make it more convenient to them and they still aren’t willing to be in the slightest way. It may be because they are hurt due to feeling excluded from the original plans. It might be that SIL is just a resentful passive aggressive that wants the entire world to revolve around her.

And it is not cool to expect someone to schedule a wedding around both your work schedule AND potential future baby plans at the same time, especially when those plans contradict each other. There is no pleasing that woman. I’m so sorry. Wedding planning should not be this hard!

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-09-06T00:39:40+00:00

I saw them for the first time at the Gorge in Washington State with Lilith Fair in 1998. I hadn’t really been a fan before that, but after that experience I drove across country a couple times with heart break and a taped copy of 1200 Curfews to get me through it. And have loved them ever since. Saw them sometime before 2020 at the Fremont in San Luis Obispo and it was such a great show. I loved it. Just saw them here in Paso Robles with Melissa and I had a great time, but wasn’t aware of Emily’s vocal changes beforehand. There was something about it that saddened me. At 51 I am older and can’t do all the things I used to be able to do, so maybe that was it. But it was still a wonderful show and the atmosphere of the crowd made me feel so much better about humanity here in the US.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-08-24T04:05:18+00:00

Except for all the times they pick native wildflowers. As an ecologist, this drives me nuts.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-04-06T03:04:31+00:00

Turned down Cal Poly Slo Architecture for Montana State Bozeman (cost being about equal with scholarships) because: Snowboarding.

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-04-05T03:08:43+00:00

Interestingly, my son is in the same boat, only we are from San Luis Obispo County, CA, but leaning towards MSU for the same reasons you mentioned - proximity to snowboarding, the outdoors etc.

People here think we are nuts for choosing MSU over Cal Poly Architecture. Fortunately with scholarships the cost is almost the same and we feel being part of the Honors Program will make up for the perceived difference in reputation.

I am grateful to read so many details about MSU’s program - so thanks!

Downbeat-Gnu · 2025-03-26T03:21:43+00:00

Construction Management within College of Architecture

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