It looks like September is the month for launching new (ad)ventures in our house. Besides a new start-up pet care business, Emerald City Pets , and a new real estate website, Realty Seattle , we're also restarting this blog. What you'll find here are short stories and simple accountings about the daily lives of a same sex couple living just outside Seattle, WA. We share our lives with a bunch of clever, precocious and challenging pets. After living here for 4 years, the summer of 2010 marks our first experiment on a vegetable garden and small fruit orchard. We began the project by constructing an 8' by 12' greenhouse from a mail order kit. Gaby, a friend who is 'soil challenged' in her dowtown condo, lends us a hand on weekends. One of us is a real estate broker while the other is employed part-time at the University of WA after being laid-off mid-June. So don't be surprise if you hear a little about the real estate market or campus activities. We're also exploring different ways to supplement household income. Besides the pet care business we also have an 'E-bay store' called Emerald City Goods & Collectibles. Meanwhile, we're thinking about a road trip to keep the vacation budget modest. And since our 3lb Chihuahua is something of a Facebook celebrity with 5,000 friends, you'll probably read some stories and antecdotes about Stella Luna and her siblings. So return from time to time and see what's happening while we enjoy a Seattle Life.