Family Night

Monday night is family night....even if everyone is out of town.  So I played the piano; watched the TV, did some work and just hung out.  Life is good :)

MARCH 6 (ish)

I woke up at 3am this morning and remembered that I had forgotten to download my photo for March 6, I realized that it was too late and if I was going to be a day late, I may as well carry on sleeping and just upload the photo today.

I took Dad and Boyce down to Ramona's house yesterday - I was sure I would find a good photo opportunity somewhere in that 45 minute drive - and I kinda did, I thought the old trains at Heritage Park looked really cool, but I would have needed to get out of the car and walk a hundred yards in the snow to get a decent shot....I guess I'm a fairweather photographer!  So, I took this photo of the reservoir - just because I could take it from the car....

...and for comparison - here is the train,  I'll take a decent photo of this when the weather is a little warmer!!

Where did that day go?

After a late night last night, I had to get up at a silly hour in order to catch a flight back to Calgary....

The intent was to catch an early flight so that I could be home at a decent hour and not miss the whole day (which, incidentally, is my wedding anniversary) - so I flew all morning and was home before noon.  Then promptly went to bed and slept the day away.

It would have been just as good to sleep in and catch a later flight :)

Last day in Austin

It's actually quite sad saying goodbye to everyone....but I had a lovely day in Austin. The GM's spoiled me with some lovely Texas gifts; and then we all went to watch a hockey game in the evening.  It was actually quite entertaining - the home team (Texas Stars) were 4-0 up in the first period and then lost the lead going to 5-4 in the 3rd period.  Fortunately they scored with 18 seconds left and then won in OT...very gripping!

But look at the crowd - only 5,036 people, hardly a Flames game, but made it easy and quick to get out afterwards..

earlier in the day at the office, I took a photo of this vulcher which was guarding her eggs just outside the office window...the photo is a bit grainy, but interesting nonetheless!

Shopping spree in the hotel

I spent a lot of the day passing stuff on to Leslie - I felt like I was adding stuff to the list quicker than we were completing it...at this rate we should have everything covered by June :)

After work we went to a steak house for dinner....not sure why it had a skull on the wall, but it was kind of interesting to look at....

When I got back to the hotel I noticed my blackberry cable was missing; I called the front desk who had a  box the size of Texas, full of cables that had been left...so I managed to inherit one that was way better than the one I lost....now I just need to think of other stuff I've lost over the years and see if they have spares....like that brown skirt I left in San Jose; the black shoes in Hong Kong; the earrings in Poland and my heart in San Francisco.  Tomorrow I think I'll tell them that I lost an ipad and a 56" LCD TV.

Back to reality

Today seemed especially boring given the exciting few days I've had with the Merrills;  I spent the day in the air and the evening in my hotel room catching up with email. Hmmph :(





A temple in the making

I went out with Barbara today to see some Church History sites in  and around Kansas City;  We started at Independence - that was interesting, it's hard to believe how technology has made stuff so easy now.  I can type this blog in a few minutes every day and at any time get it printed into a book within 24 hours....Back in 1830-ish, the process was a lot more complicated and painstaking - letter by letter by letter, and then swabbed with these big ink holders - it would have taken months to complete a book.

After Independence, we visited Liberty Jail - incredible; and then finally we drove to the Kansas City temple site - it's coming along nicely and should be complete in about a year...

As you can see - the weather was gorgeous; at last!