We looked at a house on Thursday; it is on South Beacon Hill on the west side of MLK and pretty close to the Columbia City light rail station. It is notable in that its asking price seems reasonable. It is a three bedroom place with all the bedrooms on the top floor (unusual here), a rather nice living room/dining room area, an ugly kitchen (but with a gas stove and vent), and a large basement (very low headroom, though). It has a nice view from the backyard of the Rainier Valley and Mount Rainier on clear days. It has various pros and cons that I will not enumerate, but it is one of the best places that we have seen really at its price level.

It did not strike me though as “the place” to buy. However, we are probably going to look at it again tomorrow during its open house to consider. I doubt it will be on the market for long.

I made pancakes for bfast. I bought some cheap blueberries yesterday, and the Kai has been eating them continuously. Amanda took the Kai to the lake while I did a lot of gardening. I find gardening with the Kai around too stressful. They eventually came by the garden and Amanda decided to harvest out potatoes. She loved the treasure hunt aspect of digging the potatoes up. We will have to grow more next year. I like that they take no effort to grow really except for mounding dirt a few times while they are growing. I suppose pests and whatnot could be a problem though.

Kai ate more blueberries (“I like fresh!”) for lunch. Amanda had a 12-12 shift with her housecall job, and she had an appointment queued up, so she had to go. I entertained the Kai for a while and then put him down for a nap. I did some cleaning and idle stuff until he woke up.

He was in a weird mood when he woke up. I aborted a planned long walk and instead relaxed in the front yard while he diddled with some educational apps on my phone. Once he started playing games, I retrieved the phone and went off to get dinner… fish and chips ! which we took back home and ate in the front yard. The Kai kept feeding Ate Piglet pieces of his dinner. Kuya Armando was not around unfortunately for him.

I let the Kai water the plants in the front yard which he did for a suitably long time. Then it was time for more fresh blueberries and a bit of Rock Band before the normal evening bedtime rituals.

Hopefully Amanda will be home early.