so it was only Memorial Day weekend that Kristie and I went for the first bicycle ride we had done in a couple years together 8 miles around the flat top of the Santa Fe dam in Irwindale. this weekend our nice easy ride was 20 miles round trip over rolling terrain out to a bagel shop for breakfast. we have been riding generally 3 days a week or ( Read more... )

So I have now experienced Bottle shock I think. The Hamm Vineyard in Paso Robles was sold to a developer to build a housing project in 2002, Meaning that the 2001 Stephen's Cellar Black muscat (originally produced when he was the wine maker at York Mountain) sourced from this vineyard was the last year of production. 2 years ago, we were in the ( Read more... )

Yeah, That would be me. Mom's 60's era white with blue flowers on the side corningware dish of creamed onions, you know the dishes I'm talking about. I was checking to see if they were done and after using a pot holder to pull the dish out of the oven, I thought nothing of lifting the lid bare handed. That wasn't too bright. but fortunately I also ( Read more... )

So work has shifted my schedule at my request to 30 minutes earlier. The really nice thing about his is that it allows me to get out riding a little earlier which I have been able to do 3 times this week. One effect of this is that I have been on the motorcycle since the change came through on Tuesday. Traffic is just that much grimier that 30 ( Read more... )

Sitting in a wine bar in downtown paso sharing a glass of Pasoport Ruby with Kristie and listening to a one man band play classic jazz. The fact that I'm 90% certain that he used to have a trio that played at Jax in glendale just makes it that much more awesome. This after an awesome day of vacation The day started with a.kayak trip in San Simeon ( Read more... )

Blithescribe and I decided to have a midweek date night this evening, this was in part fueled by the Text "I have a Red Robin gift card and I'm not afraid to use it ( Read more... )

So this weekend, I gained massive points with my nephew for having been at the Red Sox game where buchholz came off the disabled list, of course the fact that I was routing against him didn't hit him hey, he's 5. dinner with family including sister and kids, was fun. Sunday Family meeting went better than it could have but there is a bunch of ( Read more... )

Live journal not so subliminally forcing me to upgrade. It continually suggests groups like Queermail and Glee obsessed. Also currently suggests gifts like a pride flag and michael jackson glove.

So I took Yesterday off of work yesterday to do my annual physical, that's what happens when work is an hour plus drive away. That and I have the time so why stress. Which made it that much more difficult to go in to work today. So going through the usual health history with my doc, She asked about exercise and when I told her how often I work ( Read more... )

Okay I know I'm not a professional and I botched the tile work in my living room. Last night I was coming out of the hall bath upstairs when I notice for the first time that when the installers that did the tile work bullnosed the transition to the carpet. The thing that makes this messed up, this is the only place in the entire house where they ( Read more... )