UMTravels

I was correct about the long day. Dan I were out of the house and to the shop before 8am — Lisa is down with a bit of the flu — really bad timing, guess it’s really a good thing that I’m here. The rest of the staff starts rolling in at 8 and we start […]

In the kitchen by 8am fixing eggs, goat cheese, and salmon scramble for Dan and I. Lisa was planning on porridge while dealing with the tradesmen expected through the day. Opened up the retail store at 9:30 before heading to the warehouse. Productive day of dealing with wholesale stuff, finishing the printing of t-shirt images […]

Out of the house at 8am — all of us. Breakfast (what we ate of it) at the Chatterbox then off to the warehouse. Meetings, new equipment, new designs, dealing with wholesale issues. Productive day, but visits here tend to be in the 12-16 hour range which I don’t feel comfortable billing for. Hopefully it […]

Up at 5:30 with Jameson. At the Board Room by 6:30 for a power breakfast of a Red Baron and a muffin. Flying American this morning… at least it’s First Class — but at the other end of the airport. St. Louis is the layover. I haven’t been to Lambert Field in at least 30 […]

Up at 8, MoonSong by 9, to Home Depot for a dog at 10 for more stain and painting stuff. Just a normal day around the house. Half the deck is stained, the old fence broken down, new cabinets put in the garage, starting to get organized, and the garbage is out because I leave […]

Up at 7am thanks to a truck rumbling by. Slept really well with the sleeping bag added to the bed as a comforter. Amazing how being totally warm helps sleep. Either on the 8:55am or the 10am ferry — still have the van to pack, though I did get the two soda machines on the […]

Spent the morning finishing the trailer, complete with wiring for the lights, and a plywood floor. All that went well. Even had a lovely breakfast. Then disaster struck. In my attempt to load the cutter onto the slanted trailer bed when something slipped, and send the 550 pound paper trimmer smashing down on its front […]

Up at 8 with thoughts of making the 12:30 ferry to Lopez with the trailer in pieces in the back. Not. Between booking more slots for Hawaii’s first leg, and just random stuff like showers, have decided to not rush this morning. There is a 3:30pm ferry as well. Wasn’t planning on coming back tonight […]

Spent the morning working on the Hawaii trips this fall — trying to get a cheap RCI condo trade… no luck yet, check in early August. I’d like to use this certificate before the end of October so I don’t have to renew the RCI fee ($89). Did manage to bag two nights in Maui […]

Well — this afternoon I added another vehicle to the fleet. Well, I added a trailer. With taxes, tags, and licensing. $350. 12″ tires (with a spare and mounting bracket). So far I’ve passed on putting an aluminum floor on it ($87 for a 4’x12′ sheet from Boeing surplus) to save weight… though I am […]

OK — since I’ve gotten a ton a email on the subject of the big trip mentioned here a week ago — it wasn’t a cross country road trip (which I’m planning down the road), it was a boat trip. Not as long as the Lisbon to Antarctica, but close. Is what the itinerary would […]

I’m up at 8:30 — and I take coffee to Wonderful at 9:30. Breakfast is a scramble — brought all the ingredients from home. I have an 11am appointment with the WorldMark ReEducation Specialist…. which I get $75 and a copy of a book some member wrote for listening to their pitch again. A good use […]

Lots of little things to do in the morning before heading to pick up Wonderful hopefully at noon (or whenever his shipment of bottles arrives). We are headed to the WorldMark Leavenworth for a quickly overnight mid-week mini-vacation in a 2-bedroom unit. This is part of my quest to stay at as many of the […]

MoonSong showed up a 9am to continue work on the garage — got the last (for now) of the drywall mounted and the first coat of mud on the new section. Primed as much as he could before running out of primer. Shopping list is now: New cut in brush (or two) Primer Big drywall […]

Out of the house at 9, on the ferry at 12:30, mowing the lawn from 2-2:30, packing the car until 4:15 — and actually make the 4:55 ferry which is actually at 5:10pm today. Mid-point events are: cleaning out the clearance meat department at Safeway, dealing with three weeks of mail, and a lovely dinner […]

What did I  actually get done today. Made breakfast for Curt and I — he spent the night — showed up at 9pm after an airport run and we had scotch, but not a hot tub. And, I bought scotch. Explored West Seattle looking for Radio Shack — where I found a liquor store next door. […]

Startled awake at 8 by Curt on the phone… Can I borrow van from 3-midnight. OK. Call me back when I’ve had coffee. Morning was running to UVA for packages (wine and cell phone accessories), lunch, and two sheets of drywall at Home Depot. Came back home, started to remove the oven element (lower) to […]

Puttered around the house doing this and that — like stocking the pantry shelves. They really look good — guess I should get a picture of them. Went our noonish on a grocery run with the top down. Found Copper River Salmon at Safeway on Capital Hill for $7.99 a pound — now THAT’S a […]

The first day back from vacation wasn’t what I was expecting… which was working on the garage and around the house and yard. Instead — it was Vanessa (VavaPussy) on the phone wondering if I could run her up to Snohomish to look at a car if she took the bus from Portland to Seattle. […]

Left the condo at 9:15 — which is really 8:15am West Coast time. Stop 10 to Stop 11 today. Got the stats off the car when I arrived and moved stuff around inthe garage so I could park…. 52.5 mile per hour is my average for the 6 days on the road. 34.3 mile per […]