Flowers breaking ground?? No no no no no!

I hate spring.

Afternoon snoozing

I love this stuff!

Thought I might have to wait until Iceland trip to see some snow!

Sunset!

My achy breaky teeths

Brutal dentist trip today. Didn’t hurt during, but was lots of sawing,
hammering, and prying to get an old, bad crown off. Also found out I still
have issues with "that" tooth. In the x-ray you can see a point of rubber
they crammed-in going diagonally from an opening in my gums all the way to
the root of "that" tooth. So back to the endodontist I go – again!

Start me up!

So we were moving some furniture at work and viola – mystery laptop appears!

So I took it back to my office to see what it was….holy smokes! This
thing had Windows 98 on it. It must have been sitting down there all dusty
and lonely for a decade or more.

But it still works! Curiously, the laptop doesn’t seem all that slow -
just goes to show you that for as much as hardware gets more powerful there
shall be bloated software and operating systems to fill the void

Yay personal day!

I had a personal day I needed to burn before the holidays….having
fun at brunch…and yes that is Bloody Mary #2 . (why not?!)

Thanksgiving after party

We had a truly great thanksgiving afternoon surrounded by parents,
family, friends and food. My Mom and Dad came down to Seattle this
year…yes the Wiedmeier’s came south of the ship canal! It was
fabulous. Good food at Broadway Grill and no dishes to wash.

But now it’s after dark and we decided to hit the streets and hang out
at an open bar…it’s very friendly but a bit dark and sultry… And
completely awesome.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Spooky bowling

Halloween fun with black lights!

Happy birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday Grama!

Iceland!

We are booked to ICELAND! Yay! Yes it’s winter. But Iceland is not as
cold as you think….milder than Eastern Washington in the winter! And we
*adore* cool weather, so this is such an awesome thing for us. And it was a
killer deal. Here’s where we are staying — check-out the the photos link…it looks awesome!
sites.google.com/site/icelandapartmentvacation/

Yay for us!

Sleepy time

Christopher naps with the boys….notice who gets half the bed!

Was too cute to resist….

Little skillet!

Adorable! Came with the "heated olives" happy hour menu at 22 doors.

Clipper sunset

On way back home from Victoria…just an awesome sunset and glassy
water for miles…

Hello Victoria…

Cruising the Clipper!

Front row ahead of granny grumpster…

PC Load Letter Lunch prize

Me and the Office Manager at work have a monthly "PC Load Letter"
lunch to get the heck out of the office and decompress. We go to a
place with minimal flair. However, this week it came with a prize she
found! My new favorite mug!

If you are confused by this then you need to watch Office Space the
movie immediately.

Oh…we also have a jump-to-conclusions mat and several T.P.S. report covers….

Snowbirds “hero” break

Originally uploaded by charlib52

I am exhausted and burned even after multiple sunscreen applications
and having a hat. Still….grinning ear to ear. Another great show
at Abbotsford!

Snowbirds “condor” formation

Originally uploaded by charlib52

I am exhausted and burned even after multiple sunscreen applications
and having a hat. Still….grinning ear to ear. Another great show
at Abbotsford!

Snowbirds cross

Originally uploaded by charlib52

I am exhausted and burned even after multiple sunscreen applications
and having a hat. Still….grinning ear to ear. Another great show
at Abbotsford!

Yay airshow!

At Abbotsford Airshow enjoying perfect morning stroll thru
airplanes….there is a breeze, about 65 degrees with good enough
skies and the slight hint of jet fuel in the air…..yes!

YAY BLUE ANGELS. It’s Seafair. I love this. Haters can just STFU for a weekend…I’m sorry their delicate constitutions are so offended because it’s the end of the world and its soooo loud and it lasts days and days and days and days….you live in a loud city! whatever!

YAY!!

Happy Friday

We love early happy hour being the only ones at a big, huge, gorgeous
bar with a mirror to amuse ourselves!

Chicken video

Here’s an action shot for the chickens and chicken post below….

Chicken and chickens

Meet Bugsly, a grey bearded silkey…

At our friend Michael’s in White Center enjoying his urban
chickens….and then enjoying some BBQ chicken. And no…we did not
do what you may be thinking

It’s really great, really!

I wonder what the other point was that they decided to get rid of…:)

Happy Friday!

The best cookies Evah!

Nom nom nom!!

Sausage and oxtail

Both excellent

Next course…

Green garlic soup and beet salad.

Beet salad is fantastic and wins this round…but the garlic soup is
still very good.

The frites below were still divine…heavenly! I’m in withdrawals….

A thing of beauty…

Frites with fontina and Demi-glacé

It’s Juneuary….

Let the bitchin’ begin!

Kitty client

Fixing computers always demands feline supervision…

Phoenix poolside

Enjoying Kyle’s pool in Phoenix

Enjoying coffee on a deck

Overlooking Santa Fe square… It’s quite nice out now compared to the
hail earlier.

Santa Fe Sculptures

At Shidoni Foundry and Gallery. Not nice out…was hailing a minute
ago. But a walk amongst $70,000 works of art is worth it….

Longest passenger tram

Up to 10,000 feet!

We won!

Not at chicken poop bingo, but at the general raffle. How ’bout that!?!

Chicken poop bingo

Seriously. At a bar in Albuquerque. Wherever the chicken poops over
the numbers, depending on the numbers you drew, perhaps nets you a
prize!

Very Large Array

Out in the middle of nowhere.

It’s cloudy today and it’s actually chilly with the wind. ABQ is next!

Yep, it’s white sands for sure…

Dunes in White Sands National Monument

Lota Lunch

In Alamogordo having lunch at Lotaburger…a New Mexico thing
Christopher is glad we were able to stop at!

We are having green chile cheeseburgers and fries!

Welcome to Roswell!

Combo kitchen, bar and office

Candlewood Suites in Roswell….How awesomely weird to have this setup.

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad Caverns has Seattle weather…always 57 degrees and damp!

The caverns are quite impressive. Thank god for the elevator,
though…it’s 800 feet down.

On the road to Roswell next!

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

On the way to Carlsbad….Tiny little visitor center and that’s it!

Ahhh…fabulous views in El Paso

“Texas Tea” anyone? It is is brown hot and ugly here. Sorry, El Paso…

We’re only here for one night… Tomorrow is Carlsbad Caverns and beyond..

Greetings from flight level 330

Over Idaho on the way to DFW enjoying WiFi Internet on my laptop from
33,000 feet..first time I’ve had the opportunity. I know this has
been around for a while now, but I’m old and it still gives me a big
WOW factor that I can browse the net from 33,000 feet while traveling
at mach 0.80 on a tiny little netbook at connection speeds I would
have sold my soul to have 10 years ago.

It’s really cool.