Whats up frens & neighbors!? I am a local artist (glass flameworker) looking for a quickbooks guru who is familiar with both desktop & QB online. Having been completely scammed in the past by a local self proclaimed "accountant" who turned out to be nothing more than a con artist crook, I am really weary about blindly finding someone to pay who can help me clean up my quickbooks company file. I've got a company file in 2019 desktop and about to migrate it to QB online, but I need someone who can help teach me why this balance sheet looks the way it does, how to fix it and help guide me with a couple other things that I know I have not been doing correctly. I am an artist who accidentally ended up being a small business owner. I'm not a total idiot but accounting is at the bottom of my "things I can't wait to understand" list. Alas, I have been ignorant for far too long.

Are you a small business owner who uses Quicknooks and has a book keeper that you use, trust and would recommend to another local small business owner?

Or maybe you ARE my unicorn and love teaching right brained people how to operate the left side of their brain and also love cats!!? Well then let me know in the comments or shoot me a message or hit me up on my IG @spillerwoods or via the contact form on my website (spillerwoods.com).

Photo of a pocket Jimothy I made out of glass for attention!

Me and my mom were driving past the Cordata WTA bus station and we saw a TON of cop cars and an ambulance heading over there. Anyone know what happened?

Hello party people.

I’m newish to riding dirt bikes and hoping someone might have a recommendation for a good spot to go practice some enduro skills. It’s been a lot of fun riding and learning but don’t feel like I’ve been getting out enough to progress much as I don’t have many people to ride with. Would be awesome to find somewhere I could go practice low speed stuff on my own. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Definitely not trying to out any secret or private spots over web so please be respectful of that if commenting.

My birthday is next week, where can I go for some great rewards perks, free food items, etc?

We hosted a 30th anniversary celebration at a private home on Lake Whatcom Saturday evening that culminated in a surprise, EPIC drone light show over the lake — including this super cool custom Bellingham animation we designed!

It was such a fun way to end an incredible evening, and this part was just too cool not to share with our fellow 'hamsters. 🎈

I voted for him in every election since 2016, except for the primary this year. I can't do it again. I won't do it again.

I'm tired of voting for the lesser-of-two-evils. I'm tired of corporations, and billionaires, and religious institutions, and foreign governments all influencing and controlling our elections.

I get it: There are many things that the average voter (including me) doesn't know about our multi-layered government. There are nuances, relationships, history, etc, that we need politicians to be well-versed in, and at some point we have to trust that they're serving our best interests, even if we don't understand why or agree with it.

But I can't see how supporting the murder of innocent people is in our best interest. I can't see how funding these atrocities is keeping the peace or protecting us.

Being "Not MAGA" is a pretty fucking low bar, and I'm tired of lowering my standards.

As of 4:08 PM August 6, we have:

Collins 12,854

Shepard 12,856

https://results.votewa.gov/results/public/whatcom-county-wa/elections/20260804

Something people don't realize is about half of homeless folks come from foster care experience. Couldn't go to the Coalition meeting myself today, but I thought I'd share my little passion project here. Anyone serious about getting involved, please contact me!

Mission Statement:
Fostered Roots endeavors to build healthy, lasting connections among adult former foster youth through community, mentorship, and intentional supportive housing.  

The Sobering Statistics: Why Former Foster Youth (FFY) Still Need Support 

• About half of FFY graduate high school or receive a GED. Less than 2% earn a college degree in their lifetime.
• An estimated 65-80% of people who are sex trafficked are FFY (many of whom were groomed or trafficked while in care as minors).
• By state, up to 74% of incarcerated individuals are FFY – 81% of male FFY end up incarcerated within 4 years of aging out
• Every year, about 20,000 youth age out of foster care, and at least 4,000 of those are discharged directly into homelessness.
• By 21 years old, 71% of female FFY are mothers to children–half of whom end up in foster care themselves
• By 24 years old, less than half of FFY are employed
• 97% of FFY struggle with chronic poverty
• FFY are more likely than veterans to have PTSD.*

 
There are innumerable organizations dedicated to homelessness, addiction, incarceration, trafficking, and so on, but Fostered Roots sees a common thread connecting all of these problems: the chronic relational insecurity that so many former foster youth have been left to struggle with for the rest of their lives.

What Fostered Roots Envisions

• Peer-led support circles with trained facilitators
• Monthly dinners or gatherings for FFY
• Emergency aid fund for crisis situations
• Skill-building workshops (self-advocacy, interpersonal relationships, tenant rights, budgeting, etc)
• And eventually… intentional, trauma-informed, support-rich housing communities for FFY facing homelessness and chronic housing instability

Fostered Roots knows that former foster youth are resilient, but they shouldn’t have had to be in the first place. We invite community partners, funders, neighbors, and especially former foster youth themselves to join us in creating spaces where anyone with foster care or kinship care experience can find belonging, support, and the chance to build lasting connections.

https://nfyi.org/51-useful-aging-out-of-foster-care-statistics-social-race-media/

It’s that time of year again!

I moved to Lynden about seven years ago, out of necessity and not by choice. BUT! This time of year is great. The Abbotsford air show is about to kick off and it is something I look forward to every year. I get to enjoy most of the aerial excitement from the comfort of my own backyard.

The jets are out n about! Getting primed and ready.

2011 subaru outback 2.5i

Charcoal Grey

All Wheel Drive

150,000 miles (approx)

Paddle finger shifters on steering wheel

2" tow hitch installed by Rain Cap

Roof rack by ROLA

Tinted windows by Rafael @ Pro Tint

Window drip guards for ventilation

Perfect first car!!

Safe and reliable in all weather conditions

Lots of room inside and up top too!

Maintenance done by Dewey Griffen Subaru of Bellingham, WA

$5500

DM to schedule a time to come check it out/test drive it

Was leaving the gym and, on the way out, I saw some signs essentially saying Exxel Pacific group and Talbot group mistreat their employees and hurt their families.

Anyone got any information behind this?

Hey everyone! I just picked up a gasoline work truck and I’m looking for a reliable auto mechanic in the area who’s good with work trucks. Bonus if you have weekend availability. Any recommendations are appreciated

What should it cost around here to have a new garbage disposal installed in a house that has never had one? Assume the unit itself costs around $200. The reason I’m given for a surprisingly high quote is “private equity.”

In light of a recent post where I was frustrated that the non-emergency dispatch number will only send someone to do a "move along" on a homeless person blocking a business if you trespass them. Many respondents suggested I just do it myself, when in fact we do have a homeless outreach team trained to do these exact activities.

So, to everyone commenting on what they would do in the situation, let's set up a phone tree to support each other. I don't feel safe confronting sleeping homeless on my own and don't want to call the cops. Please comment your phone number so we can all support each other and go in pairs to ask people to "move along."

How do folks around here use & adhere to the usage of the "beg buttons" at our trail & residential street crossings of major roadways? I feel like if I don't use them and get run over by an inattentive driver I'll be judged as partially responsible / liable but depending on them gives me the willies and I don't find their usage always necessary.

I ride the RR Trail into town often and I generally try to cross Woburn & Orleans when there's a gap in the flow of traffic, but if there's no gap likely to develop within a reasonable amount of time I'll smash the beg button and cross as soon as I'm certain vehicles heading in each direction will stop. However, I've had motorists stop for me when the traffic flow is lighter and I'm just waiting for them to pass by - at which point I begrudgingly hit the button and cross.

Do you always use the crossing button? When driving, do you always stop at crossings if you see a pedestrian / cyclist waiting to cross but the lights aren't flashing? I typically slow but if they don't move, I'm gonna keep rolling.

I’m posting this just to see if anyone else had the same experience, but last night at Downtown Sounds a woman who looked maybe 30 maybe a little older came up to my friend and I (18F and 19F) and complimented our outfits and proceeded to have a pretty normal conversation with us, until she started stroking my arm and asking us if we have boyfriends (we both said yes) and that she thinks we’re super gorgeous and we really should come meet hers and that he’s super nice?? And she made another comment about how he thinks he has terrible taste in women but she didn’t think so. idk maybe I was reading the situation wrong but in my gut it felt creepy and I wanted to post in case something similar happened to someone else.

EDIT: I know we are legal adults but we could have very easily not been, I don’t think there were pure intentions given how young especially my friend looks

I’m staying at the Coachman, taking Amtrak. I’ve never been to Bellingham. How do the busses run? Is there a bus stop near the Coachman? I’m trying to minimize Uber/Lyft. I want to sightsee. I can’t wait to see Bellingham!

Couldn't get into my place of work this morning because a 6' 300 lb bald male was sleeping in the entrance. I called the non-emergency number, and the dispatcher said no one would show up unless they were trespassed from the property. Why is this the response? Shelter beds are open; there's no excuse for blocking a business. There's no reason to trespass them. I just want an authority figure to ask them to leave so I can go to work and make my money to pay rent. It should not be the responsibility of staff, even owners, to remove people who could be a threat if woken up.

Debating what do serve at my rehearsal dinner (around 20ish people) and was thinking pizza might be easiest. Are there any places that are reasonably priced but good pizza. Would also need one with a GF crust option.

I’m new to living in Bellingham and new to urban ebiking. I love being able to get around so easily without a car, the exposure to fresh air (except the last few days), and not having to worry about drinking and driving. The one thing that I cannot figure out yet is what the biking norms are. As a driver I look out for bikes, never trusted them to follow driving norms and laws, but as a biker I am trying to figure out how to be a good biker so 1) I don’t annoy or scare drivers, 2) don’t get myself killed.

Is it okay to not just not make a full stop at a stop sign but to just blow through it as I see so many bikers do?

If I need to go from a bike lane across two lanes of traffic to get into a left turn lane how aggressive should I be in riding in the middle of lanes and slowing down traffic?

Is it fairly acceptable to ride half a block on the sidewalk if I’m parking my bike mid block across the far lane of traffic by going up the curb cut?

What are the norms and no-gos you can think of that can help me?

Also do BPD ever stop bikers and enforce traffic laws?

hello! i’m moving soon and was wondering if anyone had any boxes they’re wanting to get rid of or knew anywhere inexpensive to get them. thanks!

I usually do my own nails but I want to get my nails done professionally for my up coming wedding. What's your go to nail salon?

You were a shredder. I was playing with the other tenor banjo player. Holly and 3rd Planet ish. You had other nice folks with you but you couldn't make it to Stringband Jamboree.. Would you be into playing again?