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[AnneT]

Oh my…a place to finally vent on Fast Tans

I just moved here from the Eastside, and it it truely important to me to “BUY LOCAL”

I have switched my dentist, doctor, nails, etc..and my tanning to WSEA even though I work on the eastside and everything is close to my office, I am a big believer of local commerce.

This has to be the worst place to go to.

I bought a rather expensive package with add on’s for a whopping $325.

The staff seems too bothered to help you, the doors to the rooms have broken locks, two of the machines have broken fans set to the highest speed so your googles fly off in the wind tunnel.

I also have a spray on package, that I went to use the day before my wedding, made my appointment in advance planned my day around it and when I get there “oops we forgot to order the spray lotion…like were sorry…for sure”

I am counting the seesion until I am DONE, because it is too much $ to walk away from.

Ill be looking for a new place here in West Seattle if anyone has any recomondations:)

[CandrewB]

We are interested in cutting a deck into our garage roof and was wondering what experiences members have had or recommendations for something remotely similar…

[bigmark]

Does anyone know of any place I could get some photos taken? These aren’t actually passport photos, they are photos for a Canadian citizenship certificate, so they have specific requirements about size, etc. I guess what I’m getting at is that this might be a little more complicated than something they could do at Bartell’s or Rite-Aid, so I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions. Thanks.

[WSMom]

Hi there Lattemom: Since I’ve been pondering your predictament today, I thought I’d throw my last two cents worth in…

I have a child in 2nd grade at Hope Lutheran School and I couldn’t be happier with the school, the 2nd grade teacher and the really nice parents in this class. There are only 17 kids (mostly girls) and quite of few are “only’s” so I hear of lots of afterschool playdates. My other children have gone to a variety of other West Seattle schools over the years and I have to say this one has fit the best. Naturally, everyone has their own ideas about the “perfect” school (there is none!) so, again, good luck and just keep trying!

[Anonymous]

Hi Bonnie,

Thanks for your input! It is ironic as our daughter was in kindergarten at Arbor Heights and we moved her to Roxhill. You are right about seeing the parents more at Arbor Heights, more parent involvement at that school that is for sure! But moving to Roxhill aside from this problem has been very positive for our daughter and family. I was told by the office staff at Roxhill that more of the parents work during the day than at Arbor Heights, I do remember a high number of stay-at-home-Moms at Arbor Heights.

I am hopeful that my suggest to the principal at Roxhill will not go unanswered, as she has so far been a very good listener.

When our daughter was in 1st grade earlier this year I talked with the only one other parent on a daily basis and most of those kids took the school bus. Now our daughter is in 2nd grade and the situation of the kids being on the bus is the same.

Girl Scouts here we come!!! :)

[CMP]

SA, a typical pool will put the faster swimmers in the middle lanes (i.e. 3 & 4), medium lanes in 2 & 5, and the easy lanes along the wall (1 &6). However, WS All Star doesn’t organize their lanes by speed making it a free-for-all. If a lane (or lanes) became available I would move over to it so I wouldn’t have to share anymore. I quit swimming there b/c the slower swimmers just loved sharing a lane with me since they knew I wouldn’t cross over onto their side of the lane. Well, I shouldn’t say slower since that’s insulting. They had poor technique and were all over the place. Anyway, it sounds like Mercer Island doesn’t organize their lanes either, which is unfortunate (Seattle city pools do…yea!).

I recommend swimming with people you feel are your own speed. That way if the pool gets crowded, at least you’ll be in a lane with someone you won’t be passing often, or who won’t be passing you. Here’s a link to the US Masters Swimming website about more pool etiquette: http://www.usms.org/fitness/content/pooletiquette

[Bonnie]

No RSVP’ing is a HUGE HUGE pet peeve of mine. It’s just plain rude.

My son went to Roxhill up until last year and I swear I met almost NO parents. I brought him to school every day and even went to all the parties they had and hardly met any of the parents. He goes to Arbor Heights now and I see parents all over the place.

Does the school ever have a parents night or anything like that? Maybe you could go and try to meet some of the other parents and try to get some phone numbers and contact information.

I like the Girl Scouts idea. That would be a great way for your daughter to meet some new friends her age.

Good luck!

[flipjack]

Cheyenne,

Unless you planted it in a nice thick sealed pastic barrier at least 3 feet deep there is no way to contain it that I know of. You would have to comp;etely remove the bamboo and make sure you get all the rhizomes (roots) because any that are left in the ground will continue to travel and will even go through cement foundations.

[Anonymous]

I am interested in getting a part time job in the West Seattle area that would work well with the school hours as I do not have any before school or after school care and would much prefer to take our daughter to school myself and be home when she gets home or be able to pick her up from school. Does anyone know a business looking for part time help?

[Anonymous]

Hi WSMOM!!!

I try so hard to help our daughter have different experiences, she is an only child and there are no children in our neighborhood which makes it worse!!! We have always been open to having her friends over to the house, that is if she can find some friends and maybe someday have a sleepover at our house. Our daughter luckily is very outgoing and very friendly and does not seem to have a hard time making friends at school it is just after school everyone disappears and she has us and her cat as playmates. Rarely are other parents at the school so I can’t even get to know the other parents!

I have always had her in at least 1 activity twice a week to be around other kids.

I will give the Girl Scout idea a try and see what they say and if there is room for her to join.

I have since written the school principal and also asked her to give my suggestion to the schools PTA so we wil see if anything comes of this!

[WSMom]

My heart really goes out to you, this is such a dilemma as it is important for our children to have friendships. One more thought, my daughter had an excellent experience with Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts Totem Council is very well organized and open to all girls from K-12. http://www.girlscoutsww.org/

Every summer Girl Scouts has a two week day camp at Camp Long. This has been the highlight of my daughter’s summer for the last 10 years.

Given the circumstance at your child’s school, you may need to help her develop friendships in other places and/or consider other school options. You sound like a great mom! Good luck!!

[swimcat]

Another vote for Dr. Smits. He offers early morning appointments (7:00 am) which is super convenient for those that wake up early and don’t want to be too late to work.

[add]

It’s true that Seattle Public Schools are not allowed to publish family contact information. At our school (and probably others) the PTA takes responsibility for publishing the family/school directory. Perhaps you can ask Roxhill’s PTA if they would be willing to make this happen. It involves sending home a form asking for contact info and permission to publish for the school community only and then compiling/copying the info and distributing it back out. A tedious task, but definitely worth it!! You will only get those that opt in, but that’s better than nothing at all. I find that people need a deadline, lots of reminders, and then an extended deadline. :)

Don’t get me started on the problem with lack of RSVPs. I don’t know if it’s the Seattle area or just diminishing manners in general, but it is really annoying!! People who do not respond to invitations must have never thrown a party or planned an event. It is really tough to plan, budget, prepare, etc. without knowing how many people are actually going to show up.

[JanS]

WSMom….there used to be a butcher right in the middle of the junction, where Taqueria Guaymos is located now. They were wonderful, and they still exist, except that they are in Columbia City now. Bob’s Meats…if you’re ever over there, you should stop by.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all your suggestions!! We would love for any of her classmates to come over to play, but we can’t because they need parental permission and without a way to contact the parent it can’t happen! Again, most of the parents of children at Roxhill work and whenever I drop off or pick up our daughter I make a point of going in the school and on the playground and still I don’t see 1 parent, all the kids must take the school bus home.

When I asked the front desk for a class list all I got were the first and last names of the kids, no email or phone number as they don’t give out that information.

From what our daughter is telling me is that most of the kids take the school bus to and from school and there are alot of latch-key kids with no adult supervision at home when they get home.

Our daughter takes swimming and has taken karate and dance in the past.

As for field trips, per the teacher most parents are at work and I have already been with the kids on 2 field trips and there was only one other parent and she didn’t speak English well.

We aren’t sure if the kids in her class have transporation to events and might be embarassed to tell us they don’t have a car.

[WSMom]

This is a really hard situation. Have you talked with the school about their decision to not give out a directory? A directory is really needed for parents to connect so the children can connect. I’m sure you’re already doing some of these things, but here are some ideas off the top of my head…

Driving on fieldtrips, going to PTSA meetings and helping with class parties are ways to meet the parents. Your child’s classroom teacher might be able to help brainstorm some ways you can help your daughter connect with her classmates outside of the classroom. Have you invited any children from class over just to play after school? How about organizing the girls in your daughters class to all be on the same West Seattle Soccer Spring team together. Perhaps the teacher would send the forms home with the girls. There is also West Seattle Girls Softball League. Both of the organizations are terrific and will allow kids from the same school to request to play together. I hope this is helpful! Good luck!

[WSMom]

Wouldn’t it be great to shop at a local butcher shop with a real live meat cutter in residence. Our local fish market is doing great (according to one of the employees) and I think our community could support a stand alone old fashioned butcher!

[CMP]

LOL…people do swim like they drive around here :) No common sense and they just make their own rules, which doesn’t work for those of us who are a little more accomplished!

[Anonymous]

No, unfortunately there is no class directory at Roxhill Elementary. It is heartbreaking that our daughter had to forgo a birthday party just because no one even bothered to RSVP. What more could I have done, I went to the school and handed out in person the invites, I went again to deliver cupcakes and both times I told the kids that if they wanted to come to the party we need to receive a call from an adult so we know how much food, etc… to bring.

I guess I an old fashion but I was always brought up to call or tell someone in person if I planned or not to go to a party.

As my husband told me it was not my place to contact people even if we had an email address or phone number, that would be tacky. If for some reason not everyone had transporation we would have helped them out.

We still would like to throw a party for our daughter but how do we when people don’t RSVP????

[Ken]

To paraphrase my mom:

Nothing wrong with a bit of skepticism until someone loses an eye.

Election fraud is the correct term rather than voter fraud. Voter fraud is mostly a myth of the republicans who are intent on reducing turnout and disenfranchising voters of historically Democratic voting blocks. Note in this state the only recent cases of voter fraud uncovered in 2004 were all Republicans voting for Rossi.

Election fraud is much more difficult to detect and the safeguards run counter to the business model currently in use. The more speedy and efficient the process, the more vulnerable it is to single point failures and manipulation.

However you are in luck in King county. You can monitor the thing yourself. If you are a party member, you can even get paid to do so. Contact your district chair and tell them you wish to be an official observer for the next election. There are several people who are regulars in this function but often several slots open up.

Also any citizen with a pulse and a drivers license can sign in as an observer at most if not all of the venues where the ballots are received, stored, counted and tabulated.

I have done such duty myself. I also happen to know that while they probably will not comment on this thread, about 2/3rds of those who are long term employees of the King County elections offices, seem to live in West Seattle…. and are hardworking, honest people who would blow the whistle if anything obvious or underhanded was done within their sight or hearing.

The nature of the combination of Windows, Access database, and secrecy by the vendor Diebold of the underlying code and scripts, continue to fuel the suspicions of anyone who understands the nature of computers and the proven vulnerabilities of the various components used in the “black box” part of the tabulating software.

Open source code and transparency is the only viable fix as I see it but that is probably a long ways off here in the heart of Microsoft and the place where millions of people use computers without understanding either how they work or how they can be compromised without any indication to the user.

The shift to vote by mail will actually remove one of the potential failure points in the chain of custody of pre tabulated votes. The memory cards. The majority of the vulnerabilities discovered by computer scientist given access to various voting machines, could most easily be compromised via code introduced into memory cards.

That’s enough for tonight. If anyone wants a long rundown of the king county elections processes circa 2004-2006, let me know and I will pull out my notes and the boxes of records and reports I had to sign off on.

[upnorth]

Nursing Homes in West Seattle…? Seeking info on the good, bad and ugly. Do you work at one? Do you know anyone living at one? Had a tour at Providence Mt St Vincent today and don’t know what to think…..

[flipjack]

JAN, That’s right I DO vote. And yes as acemotel says, it should be in the forefront. OK, I tend to be cynical but what’s wrong with that. A little cynicism is good as long as it’s not just a bunch of negativity.

If we had more critical thinkers in this country, we might not be in the mess we’re in now. But who knows maybe we’re not in a mess and the whole thing will work out fine and Kucinich will end up winning the the presidency.

[CMP]

Just wanted to remind people utilizing West Seattle pools for lap swim purposes to swim with people that are your speed. Just because the easy/medium/fast lanes might be more crowded doesn’t mean you should swim in the very fast lane if there are fewer people in it. If everyone swam with people their own speed, we would all get in a good workout. Remember, if you’re being passed frequently, it’s time to move into a slower lane. And if you keep passing people, move to a faster lane. Very simple and logical…just like those lap swim pool rules state (which everyone should read). Thanks!

[WSB]

So there’s no school directory at the elementary school your daughter attends? Our son attended two public elementaries here in WS in the past several years and both had class directories every year, including e-mail as well as phone. You could opt out of them, but otherwise, they were fairly comprehensive.

[Anonymous]

I remember that when our daughter was in preschool both at West Seattle Preschool at the YMCA and than at Little Pilgrims she had several playdates with many of her classmates but since she is in elementary school and most of the parents work and the school has a policy of not giving out personal information such as addresses or phone number how is it playdates are handled nowadays???

We were going to throw our daughter a birthday party, I handed out the invites and brought in some cupcakes and I explained to the kids they needed to let their parents or an adult at their house know and call us one way or the other if they were coming tot he party. Not one person called and so we had to cancel the party. Why is it that people don’t RSVP nowadays? Is this another rule I have missed?