u/Birdy_Jo

I grew up out of the area and had some great experiences as a kid. Now with kids of our own who are getting to be old enough to sit through a performance I'm looking to give them some experiences too.

I'm looking for some of the experiences I had as a kid but it doesn't seem to be a thing here in Western WA, is that true? Or Am I just searching for the wrong areas/words?

- local community college (still 1.5 hr drive from home) had an outdoor theater. Sold theater seats and lawn seats. My family would always buy the lawn seats. I think I was 10 when they did The Sound of Music and sang while coming down through the audience.

- outdoor concert arena that also sold lawn seats. Mom would take us kids. We got to hear a small rock band, country, even a classical concert one time. (They STILL do this it's about $30/ea now days).

A nice thing about lawn tickets is your not confined to a small seat, it's okay to have the wiggles. It's okay to dance with the music a bit wild as you're discovering what you like about music and how your body moves.

I grew up out of the area and had some great experiences as a kid. Now with kids of our own who are getting to be old enough to sit through a performance I'm looking to give them some experiences too.

I'm looking for some of the experiences I had as a kid but it doesn't seem to be a thing here in Western WA, is that true? Or Am I just searching for the wrong areas/words?

- local community college (still 1.5 hr drive from home) had an outdoor theater. Sold theater seats and lawn seats. My family would always buy the lawn seats. I think I was 10 when they did The Sound of Music and sang while coming down through the audience.

- outdoor concert arena that also sold lawn seats. Mom would take us kids. We got to hear a small rock band, country, even a classical concert one time. (They STILL do this it's about $30/ea now days).

Why are the ants SO freaking terrible this year?

They are the ants that have a dollar store soap smell if you squish them, which we try to avoid. So far since January we have

- sprayed the outside of the house with Ortho twice

- sprayed ortho on baseboards inside

- put out two different types of ant bait

But we are still finding them!

They are so freaking persistent. If we find several we have even tried to spray the area (if cooking/eating surface it's food safe and fully cleaned before use, if another type than Ortho)

This evening I sat down for a rest in the living room

We don't allow any food in the bedrooms or living room due to small children. After 20 ish minutes I found one crawling on my arm.

Doom scrolling and saw preview, link was broken when I tried to click on it

- Consisting of one daughter sold to Russian fighting pits due to family debt

- She was returning to family estate scared

- her name was Elena

- everyone was surprised she was alive

- treated her like crap

- was a favored and pampered younger sister, along with older brother

- were going to marry her off to old guy

- Russian mafia sieged the place and called her an underboss

I searched a LONG time before I found reference on Google to the title "Severed Bloodlines: From Sacrificed Daughter to Bratva Underboss" but I can't find a link to read or an author

Anyone have ideas? Is there a different title? Author?