UMTravels

Running around loading the car with miscellaneous stuff needed at the shop and my Jim. I even cut down a couple of shelves for him. Sundays we are open 12-5, but today, we had a $20 (plus tax) Champagne Tasting of the upper end stuff. For the tasting notes, check here: http://madronawinemerchants.com/blog/2011/11/29/grower-champagnes-2/ The plan was [...]

What’s better than a marinated turkey breast? Wrap it in bacon: That was the before shot, here is the after it’s out of the oven shot: And with the bread: Add slaw and a little honey mead from Onyx afterwards, and you have a complete dinner, which, of course, I forgot to get a shot [...]

Thank goodness for text updates about flight times. There I was lolling around the condo about to hop into the shower when the text message alert came in. It’s a good thing that I looked at it before the shower. I thought my flight was at 3pm for some reason, when in reality it was [...]

A whirl wind day… Breakfast at Tia Sofias with the Colonels, then back to the condo for a bit before deciding to go to Trader Joes and restock the liquor cabinet at home since the Colonels gave me a liquid Christmas gift, so checking a bag is now mandatory. Next up was an abbreviated catch-up [...]

I couldn’t stand the thought of getting up at 6:30am to drive to the apartment to catch light rail to the airport. Working until 7pm, then recycling, printer moving, take-out at Swanda’s while picking up the book… it was too much. I needed that extra hour of sleep, and apparently I’m willing to pay $60 [...]

Long day at the “office”. Exactly matched sales for the beginning of the week (Wednesday on our schedule). Not the best day at the till. And here is what the car looks like coming home from the shop: Needed to stop by the apartment to pick up a new cover for my Kindle Fire (and [...]

One of the packages I picked up last night at Swanda’s place from a new rack for the sleigh. No just imagine it with cardboard strapped to it headed for the recycle bin. Wonder if that makes it a tax-deductible business expense. Having a large selection of bourbon and rye, a late afternoon call yielded [...]

Shop hours today are 11-5. As so-so day at the till, but I did get some chores done: Installed the new shelf unit Swapped out printers Finish initial wine cards for all the wine Didn’t get finished: Figuring out the cash register and why it’s charging tax on the undiscounted amount if we give customers [...]

Santa’s work in the shop before shop hours: Build a bookshelf for under the cash wrap… finally, a place to shelve stuff next to the filing cabinet. Got to work and found Jim’s work! Stunning, we have an “A” board to announce tastings. And more shots for today… Santa in the shop painting the bookshelf [...]

The saga of the Rose Gold Cross continues, sort of. The story, the cross below: I purchased from LeoStarFuckerSunshine a year or two ago for $60+/- with shipping. Last spring I left it with my friend and jeweler Margo on consignment with the understanding that it would bring $160-170 once it sold. In the meantime, [...]

Well, the other day I blogged about trying to bologna from my Kindle Fire. Today I’m successful. As they say, there is an app for that… just note in the Kindle App Store. Check it out here: http://pancaketherem.com/wordpress-android-app-on-the-kindle-fire/ Now let’s see if I can add today’s photo: But of course, I couldn’t figure out how [...]