I am a graphic artist in Kitsap County Washington - across the Puget Sound from Seattle. Work is a ferry ride and a mile walk away. Ella joined our family in 2002 as our daughter graduated from high school and began to "empty our nest." Daughter has entered veterinarian school at Washington State U summer (class of '11) - and was married6/07, so life is not dull. Son will be a 2008 graduate of h.s. and will enter college the following fall, further emptying our nest - maybe another dog?...