UMTravels

With another run to Wonderfuls to drop off auction stuff I picked up the last of the boxes I need to finish shipping pieces of artwork to Shirts of Bamboo in Florida for their office. The smaller piece was easy as I had a perfect box size for it — but the larger piece was […]

So, today’s title comes from a comment — and I guess the answer is, well, probably not. Work, grocery shopping, computer repair, and a quite evening — at least for now. So, maybe the answer is yes. No photos today, no nap, no nothing except getting closer to committing on the November cruise in the […]

After working a couple of hours in the morning I headed off to get my new Enhanced ID Drivers license. When I called last week the first appointment (yes, you need an appointment) was a week and a half later. OK. Better than Curt — who called at the same time and his is the […]

It started out to be such a quite day of working a handful of hours, and then the plan was to meet up with Tokyo Dave, his wife and kids around 7 for dinner. Who could have foreseen the tornado of Wonderful, Atrosius and Gnarlene whirling through around 5:30. So much for watching the news! Dave […]

I’m naked and working on a blog entry when I get the call from Swanda — I’m outside. It’s 9:30 — he is due at 9:45am — time for me to finish the entry, jump in and out of the shower and get dressed. But damnit — he’s early. Turns out he is with Helene […]

It just feels like I’ve been running a day late all week… with blog entries. It’s usually the next morning by the time the previous day is posted. Maybe I should make it my evening ritual rather than my morning ritual. The day in a nut shell. Morning with NPR and puttering around the house, […]

Oh, the best laid plans… laid waste by an estate sale… in Centralia. Here is the current status of the deck: Note the warning sign — “Careful — Loose Deck Boards”. Next week for sure. But here is the whole album: Dinner tonight with Stuart, who has recently moved back to town with a new […]

What was supposed to be a quiet evening at home after a day of meetings took a turn during cocktail hour. Gnarlene showed up with a copy of his new CD that I did the artwork for — and it looks STUNNING if I don’t say so myself. Here is a link to the video: […]

I must really be getting the travel bug bad. In chatting with Lynne who came over for cocktails, started chatting about the birthday cruise (and the fact that five people are signed up) and before you know it, I’m looking at an ad-on cruise:   10462 4 days departing September 30, 2008 on Holland America’s […]

What deck am I on? My front deck! I won’t be on the 8th deck (Navigation) until late September. Framing Thursday and Monday: and deck and ramp today: When it’s done, there will be ADA ramps from the sidewalk or the parking area. There will be some very low railing around the deck so I […]

I must be working, because it feels like Monday. Here is an email I just finished to a friend: I love you and your kidney stones and your dreams and your house colors, but it’s late at night and I might not be in my right mind.   It’s been a weird day of working […]

Where did today go. Between shopping and a run to Wonderful’s place to check out art for Dan, suddenly it’s 7pm and I’m working on dinner — with not much to show for the day other than a 15-minute nap during the nightly news. No word from Ron from Iowa about getting together while he’s […]

Going boating for my birthday this year. Just got off the phone with Julio from VacationsToGo.com and booked a sweet suite for the sweet price of $532.02 per person — which is several hundred dollars less than when I looked earlier this week. Mid-week the price was $719 plus tax and fuel surcharge per person. […]

Who knew Doogie Houser could sing? Or Neil Patrick Harris as he’s known to his parents. So, the first two episodes of this quirky webelevision are available at: http://www.drhorrible.com Now, this is from somebody who doesn’t really like musicals, so it’s even more surprising. So — today, work, and blowing up yet another water timer. […]

What a day — arrived for the marketing meeting to find that nobody remembered to put it on their calendar with the exception of the owner — who had already left the house when Outlook dinged with the reminder. It happened, but it was an odd meeting. Can’t wait for Chris to get back from […]

 So, I was thinking of what to do with my birthday this year — and thinking either a week in Tolyo and a week in Bangkok visiting friends…. but I’d have to be able use miles to upgrade to business, or use miles outright… or, maybe convincing friends to join me on a birthday cruise: […]

So — a month ago I got an offer to join Kate and Eric on a Caribbean cruise in late November…. 7 days leaving from Miami and including Honduras, Belize, Cozumel, and the Bahamas. My first poking around didn’t yield any decent pricing, but as time has gone on — it’s now basically 2 for […]

I don’t know what it was today with glassware, but every time I turned around, I was breaking some. Luckily, I have plenty. Or maybe it was just that everything was breaking — a hose split from too much pressure, as did a new timer I bought to replace the one that split from too […]

Errands in the sun today. Went to the store for steaks and salad, came home with that, and new deck chairs. The deck chairs were marked down from $60 to $40 for the pair. Finally the white plastic chairs can be retired. Looks like I should refinish the top fo the table (or wait for […]

For once, not garage saleing mania — sale, as in selling, not buying. LOTS of things were on offer from Kevin, Fluffernutter, and myself. Kevin cleared $250, Curtis was twice that much, and I was closer to $140. Kevin probably moved the most stuff — and all of our extras are now on the street […]