Well, we headed back to Portland today. The cats were amazingly good on the ride home, not crying as much as usual, thankfully ( Read more... )

Yeah, it might be vaca, but I needed to do a deadline job for the festival today -- working on the Christmas card graphics. This is hopefully off to the printers now (I had to re-do it once, so far). Otherwise we're talking me starting over from scratch either tonight or tomorrow... (sigh) Seeing as this was supposed to go to print today, well ( Read more... )

Just a quick update -- this was an amazingly fun day ( Read more... )

My day started out at home, where I got a few things done and managed to wash my hair (it needed it). Marilyn came to pick me up mid-day so I could be in the office for afternoon work ( Read more... )

We got up in time to go to McDonald's for breakfast, something both Marilyn and I think is fun. We got sausage biscuits and coffee, then did some errands, including going to WalMart. I got birdseed for my hungry crows and some new shorts (woo hoo) that Marilyn picked out for me. I love every single pair ( Read more... )

I loved reading the book years back and I love the movie, "Jurassic Park." And movie three, as well, for that matter... (smile) So, yeah, when they play these over and over again, Marilyn and I usually turn them on and watch ( Read more... )

I just traded out the keyboards on both Marilyn's computer and my own. I hated (!!!) the touch of the Lenovo keyboards I was trying out -- and I'm very much all about the way a keyboard works. Changing them is a huge hassle, as we're crammed in for our office space, but that's okay. I'm just glad to have it fixed. Donn's coming by (yes, again) to ( Read more... )

Marilyn had an early-morning appointment, so we left the house by 7:00 a.m. today. It gave me time to go to Starbucks with Rich before starting my busy day at the festival office ( Read more... )

Rich and I did start the day with Starbucks, thankfully! It's become a tradition now to take the new person there first thing. I had an iced black tea lemonade -- a sure sign that spring is here (in spite of the continued cold). Speaking of weather, it was a NASTY day! Not only cold, but pouring rain. (ugh ( Read more... )

It was another VERY busy day (!!!) today. We had our event at City Hall (photos aren't DLed yet, I'm afraid) -- and I cried more than once. The speeches the delegates from Sapporo, Japan gave were AMAZING and moving! Imagine writing a speech in another language -- then being expected to present the speech, as well! They spoke such great English -- ( Read more... )