As ypawtows posted a little while ago, she and I took a week cruise to Alaska. Left July 16, got back on the 23rd. Had a nice time. See her LJ for a day-by-day description of what went on ( Read more... )

We spent the afternoon and evening of this year's 4th of July at the Citrak residence, doing the usual: blowing up stuff in the street. This time we managed not to fire anything at Yvonne, or set any bushes on fire ( Read more... )

As is normal, the May NWSFS social will be at my place. That will be this Saturday, 5/15/10, starting at around five, to whenever people leave ( Read more... )

Good news for the NWC people reading this: the lost bus cart was found. By the hotel, in a back storeroom someplace. Jordan has already gone and retrieved it ( Read more... )

Yvonne and I have been noticing a lot of noise around the back of the house over the last few days- sounded like a bird fluttering at the windows. Could catch a glimpse of a robin flying off if we lifted the blinds ( Read more... )

And boy are my arms tired ( Read more... )

Well, the night before the start of move-in, anyhow ( Read more... )

Things are quiet. Going reasonably well; badges are up to about 150, which is all we were expecting, really. Especially since the con had to move to Pamplin Hall, a class building that is not very well set-up for this sort of thing ( Read more... )

We made it to Technicon. Flight down was rather uneventful; about the only thing of note was some confusion over which Dell laptop bag was who's between us and another group at the "Jazz Cafe" food court in O'Hare airport ( Read more... )

The east cost has a snowpocalypse, but out here is anything but. The cherry tree in the front yard is starting to bloom. The lawn needs mowing. It's not even halfway through feb yet!

Of course, the warm weather out here is one of the reasons it's so bad back east.

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