Considering I had only ever left Texas twice before I was 18, and that to bordering states (Louisiana and Coahuila). But I made up for lost time:


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Pray for me... I'm connecting at O'Hare...

Heading off to my annual Canadian trip shortly. Don't burn the Internet down while I'm gone!

About to head out to the airport for my annual vacation in Toronto! Woot!

( Then I suppose I should post about my vacation and all the excitement afterwards. )

Checked in for flight... check. (Stopover this year is at DTW ( Read more... )

Today I vacuumed and researched what's wrong with my ReplayTV.

Tomorrow, I get my driver's license renewed, pull the motherboard from my ReplayTV and ship it to Massachusetts to be repaired, and mop.

Wednesday, I do the final load of laundry and final cleanup in preparation for adc14's arrival.

Thursday, I pick up adc14. Yay ( Read more... )

I finally got around to applying for permission to leave the country today. It's been one of those "when-I-get-around-to-it" projects that finally became necessary. If I do decide to fly to Calgary and drive to Regina this summer, I'll have to have a passport to re-enter the US by air. However, with the costs of lodging in Calgary (and Regina to a ( Read more... )

I'm considering a road trip this summer.

A big honkin' road trip.

To Rouleau, Saskatchewan.

3,750 miles round trip.

Trouble is, I don't think I can do that and see the things I want to see in a week's time.

*grump*

Tweaked my Yahoo Pipes which give geocoded border crossing information from the CBSA and CBP.
Slept in.
Went to Austin and San Antonio and explored. Enjoyed El Pollo Loco in SA. Bought two Buc-ee's fridge magnets with replicas of their "It's a Beaver" billboard ( Read more... )

Saturday was shopping day. We first went to Honest Ed's, where I bought a souvenir for 99¢, making it the least expensive stop of the day. Then over to Sonic Boom, a very nice new/used CD/DVD store, where I found season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small and a music DVD from Scissor Sisters.

Then it was over to Eaton Centre for lunch and meeting ( Read more... )