UMTravels

Lisa made coffee and breakfast this morning. Yahoo! Of course I managed to get the toad-in-a-hole all over my pants, but still damn good. Working on a marketing campaign with Susan today – she’s handling the wholesale implementation — shipping, returns, customer service, tracking down possible new customers — to which I built a package […]

Out of the hours at 8:30am for a breakfast at “The Kitchen” which does all sorts of prepared foods, and has a total hottie behind the counter. Granola and fruit and yogurt and coffee for breakfast. Off to the warehouse — which is looking totally clean these days —- should have brought my roller skates. […]

So — sleep (well, napped) on the couch rather than actually getting into the comfortable bed… a 3:30am time call (a cabbie term) that I wanted to be 4am, but that was shift change and the dispatcher said either earlier or later, but not 4am if I actually wanted a cab so show up. Love […]

The upside of blogs — your friends/companions/relatives can keep up with your life. The downside of blogs — there are moments that you can’t actually talk about — things that are too intimate — things that are not for public consumption. So. The Blog Isn’t The Journal. The journal hopefully doesn’t get published until you […]

Well — contractor decisions in the morning — MoonSong working on the roof extension. Nothing is easy, but it will look good (hopefully) in the end. Caught the 2:30 ferry to the island. Got a hold of Ron, and since he had help at the shop today, he picked up his pickup truck and finally […]

The big item for today? Late brunch (2pm) at J. Steves. Why anyone would actually LIKE to make eggs Benedict for 20+ people is beyond me, but I’ll be first (and middle) in line. Add mimosas, and you really have wasted (well, there WERE pretty boys there… Maroon, and someone who came as I was […]

So, really, today is just about running errands and preparing for dinner with friends. Oh — there is the computer hardware component of today: Graf came over, the disc enclosure is toast — $6.50 to order a new one. Ordered a 26″ monitor at the same time — doubles as an HDTV (including ATSC tuner) […]

Heard Jameson knocking around this morning. Thought about getting out of bed, but the flannel sheets kept tugging at me. He’s on “strike camp” next week so I won’t see him until I’m bad from St. Pete. Stove update: September the 4th. Jameson might have a complete kitchen for his last week at the Rose […]

Up around the usual time — had the coffee going by the time Brian (the priest) and Nathan (the hot dog king) rolled out of the camper. Made breakfast, which I screwed up — burnt the crap out of the top of the frittata — salvaged enough for the two of them — I had […]

Made the 8:55am ferry with plenty of time. Stop in Anacortes to check tire prices for the bus (think $2,000-2500 for all six tires!) and find a place to get the oil changed (Truck City in Mount Vernon – no price yet). MoonSong called as I was about half an hour away from home — […]

The blog has 365 entries. Guess that makes it a year old — except for the couple of days with two or three entries — remember the trip to China? That was the first entry. https://blog.unclemarkie.com/2006/07/30/seattle/ Though that make me realize that there are some early on gaps in coverage. Cheers.

So — regular readers have heard of all the WorldMark $25 Gift Cards I end up with. I finally found the easiest way to use them all at once. WSLCB is the answer. Go to the liquor store and buy bottles of booze that are $24.95 each — I’m willing to lose the nickel to […]

Here is how I did with yesterday’s list… The list: James cleans Need to look at the roof from where MoonSong removed rotting gutter and make roof decision Liquor Store Grocery Store Old Apartment for three packages Letters to SOB and Steve Two ads for Floating Bridge Press for SOB — and get approval from […]

The list: James cleans Need to look at the roof from where MoonSong removed rotting gutter and make roof decision Liquor Store Grocery Store Old Apartment for three packages Letters to SOB and Steve Two ads for Floating Bridge Press for SOB — and get approval from Dan Activate credit card Deactivate Church Phone/DSL Reattach […]

It never ceases to amaze me that some in our community who have more don’t offer even a small token to those with less. Yes, they pay their full way to camp — which does include a little bit over and above to cover some (but not much) of the scholarships we offer, and I […]

Out of bed at 8am, skipped breakfast at the Bush, had coffee with Jamshed though — talked more about a freighter trip in the winter. Someplace warm. Was on the road a little before 9am, and back to the house at 1:30 which isn’t too bad. Gives a little (too little) time to get the […]

Something must be working up here at the bush… got more comments in the last two days than I’ve had in months! So, we pick up the saga from yesterday morning (though I did check email last night as well, instead of going to the fashion show/auction). After yesterday’s blog and email morning session, Roushdi […]

I am getting into a routine here at camp…. actually getting up for breakfast (maybe that will change now that I snagged another blanket), then coming back and making coffee at Jamshed’s cabin while checking my mail (40 unread since yesterday morning) and making a cup of coffee (they don’t serve caffeine at Breitenbush — […]

OK — I’ll admit it. I wasn’t raised around pets. From an outsiders view I see the upside as unconditional love. I see the downside as vet bills, food bills, dealing with their feces (when I barely want to deal with my own), and accessories (chains, collars, toys). Then we get into the realm that […]

You can’t go back. Water under the bridge. Move forward. In all my running around over the last several months, I discovered something. You can’t go back. That was then, this is now. Just keep moving forward. There are specific examples that I could relate — but most likely the would only make sense to […]