Saturday turned out to be a pretty busy day. We got up, met Julie for breakfast at IHOP, wandered around Home Goods looking for a good use of my gift cards (new water bottle, new Huggable-type hangers, and a cast iron skillet!), and then went to donate blood. Justin doesn’t donate because blood rushes out… Continue reading
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Tropical Storm Andrea
Hurricane season officially started on June 1st. Part of me really is trying to think of something funny to put in there, comparing it amusingly to hunting season or something, but I’ve got nothing. Anyway, hurricane season started on Saturday and, well, would you look at that? We’ve got a tropical storm warning already. Tropical… Continue reading
Heading out
Tony and Jessi left this morning to drive back to Vermont. Wendy’s flight is this afternoon sometime close to 6:00. We’re almost done with this round of guests at the house. More updates coming soon.
Wrap-up of Round One in our hosting adventure
Part one of our hosting extravaganza has passed. Pat and Judith left to go back home yesterday around noon. I had to work – and it was good that I didn’t take the day off, actually, because my coworker who took over the administrative assistant duties went home sick, so I had to step in… Continue reading
Goings on around here
We are about to head into a very busy couple of weeks here at our end of the world. Here’s a preview of what’s going on: Our friends Pat and Judith started on their drive to our house this morning. Pat lives in upstate New York (meaning he lives somewhere other than New York City)… Continue reading