Monthly Archives: December 2008
Florida So Far
Sean and I are chilling out at our hotel in Zephyrhills, after a busy three days of skydiving. Three more to go till we head home early afternoon on New Year’s Day.
Oh, How I Dislike Cleaning…
Of all the things I’ve decided to cut out of my monthly budget until I sell the house in Seattle, the one I miss most is someone else to clean my home. I have tried, in vain, to become someone who likes cleaning, or who can at least tolerate it. But when I was moving … Continue reading
Tunnel Time!
I hadn’t been to the wind tunnel since I was down visiting in June prior to the American Boogie. So when Sean suggested that we use some of the time that he’s banked up doing handyman/repair work for the tunnel, I wasn’t about to turn him down. We asked Collin to come coach us, and … Continue reading
Things I Miss About Seattle
Oh, I’m not sitting around pining away – I’m happy with the move and really enjoying getting to know my new city and new neighborhood. But there are moments when I miss things – and that’s natural, since I lived there for the better part of 11 years, and it’s the first place I actively … Continue reading
Reminding Myself Why I Love Them
Some days, like yesterday, I have to remind myself why I love the cats. I’ve got one puking (Daisy) and one pooping (Franklin) in an inappropriate place for the second time in a week. Sigh. In Daisy’s case, I know she can’t help it, and the best I can hope for is that I hear … Continue reading
Cebiche!
Last night was Sean’s company holiday dinner in San Francisco. He works for a fairly small company where most of the employees are out on contracts with different clients, so they don’t see each other very often. I was prepared for it to be a staid affair where I would hopefully have some good food. … Continue reading
Times Right Now Ain’t Nothin’ Like They Used to Be
I have become singularly obsessed with the song “James Alley Blues” since I heard it recently on KEXP’s streaming archives. I’m pretty sure it was on The Roadhouse. I’m not sure which artist they had on the show, but I’ve downloaded the Wilco version and keep playing it over and over and over. Obsessive much? … Continue reading
The Chill of Fall in the Air…
… unfortunately means fog in the sky much of the day, at least out at the dropzones. So although it was a beautiful weekend here in Oakland, Oakland is where I stayed.
You Can’t Fight City Hall
The impressive edifice above is the Pasadena City Hall, a building that I had noticed before on previous visits (it’s right across the street from the Westin, where I stay, and some rooms even have views). But it wasn’t till this week without a car that I actually walked through it and realized what a … Continue reading
Skydive Sacramento
As the long Thanksgiving weekend loomed, Sean and I talked about enjoying a couple of days of down time and a couple days of jumping. Just before the weekend an email came out through the NorCal Skydiving Yahoo group that said Skydive Sacramento will have a Super Otter this weekend and through the winter.