UMTravels

MoonSong was on the 12:30 ferry with me on the 3:30 ferry (after picking up supplies for both plumbing, eating, and drinking). The goal of this trip is to get the drain for the shower figured out and put in. A sub-goal is to not have to crack any concrete to achieve the initial goal. [...]

Well, I have to thank Swanda for sending me this little tidbit. Now this is truly the holiday spirit. Whitaker cleans today, then I’m off to the liquor store to cash in the two Amex Gift Cards I found in my wallet (from October WorldMark visit). Late afternoon is Swanda’s for a package run, Home [...]

Well, according to my mother (who pulls no punches), my blog is boring. Oh well. Glad for the opinion, and I’ll take all others into consideration as well. Today’s picture: Yes, this means that most of my holiday wrapping is done except for the 13 solstice presents that are arriving next week (hopefully!). Do you [...]

Well — Up at nine and into town for a little breakfast round eleven. Damn. Love Dog is only doing dinners, it must be winter. Not even open for breakfast on the weekends. Guess I’m at the Islander for a nibble. Got to the ferry early and caught up on reading while I waited for [...]

What was supposed to be a muti-day trip to the island for construction, jury duty, and dinner with Lynne, Susan, and Don has turned into an overnight of taking the couch up, having dinner, and returning to the mainland on Saturday. The couch BARELY fit into the van — and took every seating space other [...]

Lots of errands today — time to get all the holiday shopping done in one full swoop. It’s too bad that I can’t detail the goodies, but I can tell you some of the stops: the bank, Portlock, Archee McPhee, IKEA, Lowes�to name a few. Now, of course, the kitchen looks like a total disaster [...]

Well – another milestone for this year. I’ve reached Premier Executive on United Airlines — and I still have the flight to Santa Fe for Christmas yet to post. Account summary Account number: XXXXXXXXX Membership level: Premier Executive Current redeemable miles balance: 85,227 Year to date Elite Qualifying Miles (EQM) 53,705 Year to date Elite [...]

Getting settled and caught up after all the trips. Things still slipping through the cracks, but not as bad as it could be. Nice to know that my Jury Duty for later this week on the island has been cancelled. That’s a day or two right there. Met with MoonSong this morning about the shower [...]

Didn’t get much done today. Raining to beat the band, no motivation. Spent most of the day on the computer, found the correct header file for UMTravels, so the banner is fixed, checked into a new couch at IKEA, but the shipped is half the cost of the couch (need to go there and see [...]

Oh my head. Oh my stomach. Oh my god, the time. Since I’m catching the shuttle with everyone else to the Newark Airport (EWR) — I need to be in the lobby with everyone else at 4am. I didn’t get to bed until 1am. Ick. And did I mention it was starting to snow? We [...]

Starting to feel exhausted, even with the quiet evening last night. On the up-side — I think I’ve run the cold out of my system. Today is the UN. Got there at about 12:30 — next tour at one (then pushed back to 1:10 because of a private tour). The delay gave me time to [...]