One more wave

January 30, 2008

Tom called the resort this morning and it’s confirmed, we’ve got the same suite we had last time. Wahooo! So that picture of me on the deck? In several weeks there will be an exact replica posted on this site. Ok maybe with different socks.

Frankly this trip can’t come soon enough for me. We got yet another dump of snow yesterday AND last night and they’re saying there may be a bit more tomorrow and I need to commute in to the office in the morning. I don’t drive well in snow.

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I can do with a little California right about now. What am I saying? I can do with a LOT of California.

So the next steps will be figuring out the flights and whether we will hang one extra day down ’round closer to the airport or if we head home the same day we check out. That part we can probably get to nailing down this weekend, not to mention arranging for the rental car. Damn pinch me!

I definitely want to be able to spend more time in San Fran this time and get my picture of the Haight-Ashbury sign so there better be parking this time dammit!

It hasn’t quite gotten down to counting the number of sleeps but ask me that again in a couple of weeks and I will probably have it calculated down to the millisecond.


Spring Fever

January 29, 2008

I am THRILLED to say that this:
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(or near to it if we can’t get the same suite) will be our view in March. YES!

We are officially heading back down again to Seascape! Flying this time, rather than the road trip we took last year.

I am now also officially gonna make it through these next several weeks of HARD.ASS.WORK. It helps a lot to know that not only will we get that view… but I am gonna be able to set my ass down on a deck chair in the morning and drink my coffee like this:

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Instead of my usual posture of hunched over my laptop.

The evening will bring theĀ  inevitable gorgeous sunsets, a glass of good wine and as we are slowly enveloped in the darkness the heightened awareness of the powerful ocean waves crashing ashore.

Squeeee!!!


Birthday/Snow Day

January 27, 2008

As I mentioned in a previous post, we are way behind on celebratory dinners. We decided to catch up on the oldest (being Chris’ Birthday from back in November!) as we actually had a Saturday where all of us would be home.

The weather looked like it may be a bit snowy but the restaurant is only a few blocks away from home. When we got there the parking lot was pretty full so we were prepared to wait a while. Turned out to be about an hours’ wait. Not too bad for a Saturday and we kind of got there at the peak of things.

The Boys happily posed for pictures as normal with big smiling faces…ehem.

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Unlike us.. miserable folks..

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Originally uploaded by ThomasOMalley

It turns out the worst of the weather arrived overnight and continued into the morning. It seemed it would once again depend on where you live as to how much snow you got stuck with. As usual we got plenty out our way.

Tom, Sean and I headed out for a walk in it (Chris was working, not that he would have come with anyway). It was still snowing when we left but the sun was out which was quite strange. It took maybe another ten minutes or so and the blue sky and puffy white clouds made their way over top of us. It was quite mild actually, the sun helped to warm it up a bit and we weren’t turned into icicles.

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They’re calling for more snow later on this week. I am so done with this Winter. Bring on the Spring!!!!!!


Fly Paper

January 26, 2008

Finally we were able to capture on video Nutmegs latest hobby.

Pure entertainment.


Purple stain

January 25, 2008

Note to self… next time when you’re trying to make space in the freezer for your new groceries and you remove a box with one purple popsicle left in it, don’t leave it on top of the refrigerator for several hours and then pick up the box..

Purple shit everywhere.