This past Saturday we held a SURPRISE belated birthday celebration for Erin! It was so much fun, and the weather was fantastic! We lured Erin to Santa Rosa on Friday, and around lunchtime on Saturday Erin’s dad took her wine tasting. You know, we REALLY had to twist her arm to get her to go …
James Steven Cleary “Steve” April 22, 1936 – April 23, 2012 After fighting Stage IV colon cancer for nearly two years – my grandfather passed away Monday April 23rd at 6:10am, one day after his 76th birthday. Our entire family gathered in his hospital room for the few days before his death. I would never have …
After rallying for the post office in San Francisco, Erin and I headed to Napa Wine Country. We had a free night at a time-share resort and so we wanted to take advantage and get out of town – even if only for 24 hours! We stayed at the Gaia, which is a green hotel located …
Last Thursday Erin and I headed into San Francisco to attend a post office rally with her parents – Jeff and Sylvia – who are both letter carriers. We went to protest a move to 5 day mail delivery. While most of us would survive if we didn’t get mail on Saturday – this contraversial measure would …
Erin and I celebrated 6 months of married life this weekend! Ok – so it’s not a real anniversary, but we used it as an excuse to celebrate. We even used our china for the first time! I roasted a chicken and potatoes and made a yummy spring salad with arugula, mini heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers …
Last weekend Erin and I went our separate ways for a few days. She headed north to Seattle for a comic book convention, and I headed east to Philadelphia for the annual TESOL convention. We both got to be nerds for a few days, and we loved it. Here are some highlights from our trips! Erin …
I really am going to try and keep up our blog! As most of you know – our plans to move to Washington were derailed by an unnacceptable pay cut. So, for the time being we are planning to hang tight on the Monterey Peninsula, and see what decision is best for us financially, as …
Erin arrived in Ankara, Turkey on July 28th. Well, actually after a several hour delay – she arrived on the 29th. In any case, we picked up our rental car and returned to my mom’s house for a few hours of sleep before heading off to Cappodoccia – the land of 1,000 horses. We didn’t …
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After a several month hiatus – we have returned to the wonderful world of blogging! I will do my best now to get this blog up to speed! The biggest thing of course is that we were officially married (in five states that is) last Saturday in West Dover, Vermont. But, before that, we had …
My weekend did not go as planned from start to finish. However, I ended up exploring some things I probably never would have had the chance to see had things gone according to plan! So, all’s well that ends well! I had planned to spend Saturday morning at the Ethnography Museum before heading back to …
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