UMTravels

OK — before I get to the title of this post, just the daily update. Out of the condo at 11:30, through the border with a 1.14 liter of Alberta Springs Rye for $19 CAN and home (with a stop at Safeway at Smokey Point) by 3:30 in time to check mail and take a [...]

Sleep, Eat, Work, Eat, Hang Out, Cook, Entertain, Drink, Sleep, Repeat. That was my day — didn’t even leave the condo. Had them bring me a new coffee machine to replace the dead one. Had BamBam bring up more dishwasher detergent from the desk when he arrive. Tom showed up and immediately took a shower [...]

Why 6:30am — Why am I awake at 6:30am. To many of you — what’s new about that. Me? You must be kidding. By my normal wakey wakey time I’d gotten the work that needed done today done, and showered, and thinking of breakfast. �It’s a crisp morning here in Seattle, a layer of frost [...]

The morning was spent on a website re-do that was basically shot down as: derivative not classy enough Well — true, but it’s better than what they have, and they seem not to be able to pull the trigger and pay a pro. And I fully acknowledge that I’m not a pro — I can, [...]

As promised, here is the YouTube video of my hotel room (yes, I liked it that much): Brunch this morning is with Julian, Jameson’s not so little brother, at Mother’s Bistro and Bar(thanks Swanda for getting us a table). Talk about crowded! Wow. Now I remember why I don’t go out to brunch on a [...]

So, I thought my Saturday morning was going to be some quiet time on the train to Portland, reading, working on a web-site redo, having lunch… Until Tom Hennessey came up to me in the train station in Seattle and said hello. I’ve known Tom since my (and his) late teens in the Midwest. I [...]

As I stuggle with billable hours — and there is a request for more (which I fulfilled today, but more tomorrow and Sunday), it’s another couple of coats on the hot tub sides, unexpected calls from everyone and their mother: Wonderful needing to borrow Speedos for an 8mm film project Jeff (my ex) and Jimmy [...]

Thank god the sun is shining — having sold the Mommy Van I now need to haul planks of lumber in the Jag. And that’s only possible with the top down. The load today? Three 2×6′ panels of patched together pine — it should look nice with a little varnish. By the end of the [...]

Well. not quite, but I did jump into the tub after running money to the bank (Mommy Van sale), getting groceries, and restocking the liquor cabinet (with cash from the sale). Now all it needs is: Complete the surround (buy planks, seal, screw with standoffs) Swing 180 degrees Reseal two connections Move back towards the [...]

Talk about a full day. No nap time for me! Morning = bi-weekly marketing meeting. Afternoon = more hot-tub plumbing: You like the duct-tape and pink rigid foam temporary tub cover? Now all I need to do is enclose it after swinging it 180 degrees so the pipes are back by the fence. Tomorrow, once [...]

OK — that sounds kinda bad. How about this. Plumbing, and then Swanda. Update on the hot tub project: OK — it doesn’t look like much, but I actually managed to get the drain/air system put together (and not leaking with one trip to home depot. Well, two trips, but that was once I’d figured [...]