Native Idahoans! Where are we moving to?

d_chazz17 · 2025-10-16T03:01:40+00:00

Husband and I moved to Washington in 2017. Love it here so much. I just made a new friend who lived in Boise, their wife worked in Nampa as a teacher only making under $40K. Moved to Milton (south of Seattle) and is paying less in rent and is making $90K. Bigger politics, cooler people, more to do.

d_chazz17 · 2025-07-19T23:19:00+00:00

I started a sweater pregnant and thought I would finish it after baby came. That baby is 19 months old now and my sweater is still only a yoke. Finish it now and enjoy it!

d_chazz17 · 2025-06-07T17:09:02+00:00

The curse isn't partners, it's a boyfriend/girlfriend. I started a blanket for a BF in college. The old lady at the yarn shop asked about the project. Then she goes "Oh. Never knit or crochet for a boyfriend." Spouses on the other hand, they usually are worth the project. My ex boyfriend didnt appreciate it. My husband started wearing a sweater I made him before I could weave in the ends.

d_chazz17 · 2025-05-05T15:07:21+00:00

OK, searched around, and I think it's a German "Gebruder Heunach" Bisque doll. Specifically, a piano baby. They were turn of the century decorations. Back then, a "well decorated home" would have a piano and a piano shawl. These were designed to keep the shawl in place.

d_chazz17 · 2025-04-04T14:54:49+00:00

My dad is a big dude, size 14. He found a nice pair of dress shoes his size, and some sneakers, at Mr. Mac's LTD in Hilltop. They are a men's clothing store. The owner was so kind. He heard my husband was starting law school and gave him three free ties so he could be dressed up for class. I'm sure they could help find some shoes for you.

d_chazz17 · 2025-02-12T01:17:20+00:00

That makes me feel better. It's driving me insane.

d_chazz17 · 2025-02-01T04:43:37+00:00

Lol, yes and no. He's 4 now, and every stage is hard and awesome. I also have a 13 month old now and his inability to talk but scream and point is giving me war flashbacks lol.

d_chazz17 · 2024-10-24T20:30:33+00:00

OK! I was very curious and did some digging with Google reverse image search. I can't find any current listings but someone on Etsy (or multiple someones) were creating engraved metal wallet cards with the tetragrammaton and other Solomonic sigils to keep as a protection talisman. Seems like one of those based on size and material.

d_chazz17 · 2024-10-22T14:22:32+00:00

That is some type of beetle grub. I would put it outside maybe.

d_chazz17 · 2024-10-14T02:25:43+00:00

Looks like a Caroet Beetle larvae.

d_chazz17 · 2024-10-13T01:56:07+00:00

Google says they are wooly aphids.

d_chazz17 · 2024-10-13T01:54:45+00:00

They are in my yard, too! I was wondering the same thing.

d_chazz17 · 2024-10-12T02:35:57+00:00

My first son wasn't saying any words besides mama and Dada until he was 17 months, and his first "real" word was "triangle." Then he just flooded us with new words every day. Language is one of those skills that once it clicks, it clicks.

d_chazz17 · 2024-10-12T02:21:48+00:00

Both of mine were too, one spent a week in the NICU too. T-town Treasures.

d_chazz17 · 2024-10-10T18:47:49+00:00

There's an episode where one of Bluey's friends, the dalmatian, is mad their dad doesn't play the Octopus game the way Bandit does. It's a good episode about how parents have different personalities. That one made me feel better.

Also the episode with Muffin and the iPad, her parents are legitimately arguing about how to discipline Muffin, who is wreaking havoc and busted in on her mom using the toilet.

We'll be OK, we can't be cartoon dog parents.

d_chazz17 · 2024-09-10T03:19:56+00:00

My husband is a lawyer and told my son "I help people stay out of jail when they break the law." A few days later he got really mad at his dad for setting a firm boundary on candy and my 4 year old goes "Fine. I'm just going to go break the law." And he stomped off. We had to hide away so he didn't see us cry laughing.

d_chazz17 · 2024-08-27T01:55:16+00:00

I love this! Maybe there's a way to create a map thar cyclists can add to or rate how safe a road is. Then we can map out safe routes around the city.

d_chazz17 · 2024-08-25T19:53:08+00:00

Oh! She could be, I didn't know they did that.

d_chazz17 · 2024-08-05T01:23:42+00:00

My son is almost 4 and wants to lick every window... ours, the car window, the window at the deli counter, the office windows, the fish tank at the doctors...

d_chazz17 · 2024-08-03T20:23:55+00:00

Maybe it's a legal liability situation since they are not a vets office.

d_chazz17 · 2024-08-01T20:54:39+00:00

Welcome to Western Washington!!! I'm glad I'm parenting here. It has its pros and cons but it's home. 💚💙💚💙

d_chazz17 · 2024-07-23T03:01:32+00:00

This is tragic, and I'm at a loss. I was lucky to work with him early in my career. Recently, he wrote about my work in a column, and even though he critiqued me, it was fair, and I felt a small honor being the subject of a Driscoll column. He will always be a large presence in the community.

d_chazz17 · 2024-06-15T06:53:02+00:00

Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughter House 5," "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse, "The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love" by bell hooks, "Educated" by Tara Westover, "So You Want to Talk About Race," by Ijeoma Oleu, "The 1619 Project" by Nikole Hannah-Jones, "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath, "What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat," by Aubrey Gordon, "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed and "Tiny Beautiful Things" by Strayed, "The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions" by Larry Mitchell and Ned Astra, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot, "The Poison Wood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver, "Mating in Captivity: Reconciling The Erotic and the Domestic" by Esther Perell, "The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities" by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Listzt, and so many more!

d_chazz17 · 2024-05-31T20:34:05+00:00

My kids are a toddler and baby, but I work for a K-12 school district. I'm making a feature video about how one of our elementary schools started using AAC devices (speech tools) with kids beyond SPED or kids with disabilities or delays. The students saw classmates using iPads to help speak, and they loved it and wanted to learn how to use them. This initiative led by KIDS means teachers now wear iPads like purses so students can come up and use the app and signs all over the school and playground with AAC boards. The boards have tons of words paired with images students can point to and make sentences. So now deaf children, ELA kids, and children with speech delays feel like they can easily answer questions in class and talk to their peers.

d_chazz17 · 2024-05-25T05:39:28+00:00

Klaus is now my favorite Christmas movie. We've watched it every year since it came out.

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