Archive for May, 2010

Amanda threatened to make me go for a run so we hit the road in the morning and headed for Corvallis. After showing us around her garden, Aunt Lani took us on a walk in her neighborhood which ended up on a boardwalk tour through wetlands.
It was beautiful. A community project full of the sound… »

Amanda and I got to go to a movie last night (Kites- a modern Bollywood live story) and then this morning Gus slept in until…8am!!! Have decided to cancel rest of trip and never leave this… »

First family RV trip. Memorial Day weekend. Charles and Gus in the front and me testing out the newly installed seatbelts in the back. First stop Amanda & Leigh’s in Portland where rain is testing out our newly reseamed water proof roof. Would show you more photos of the inside but it’s a complete mess…. »

This is Charles running the trencher this morning (to lay the new phone line, to widen the driveway, to pour the concrete slab, to build a new room for the wine). But really it’s his attempt to impress Gus and climb back up closer to Tractor Driving Grandpa… »

Charles got his computer back from the shop so schedule balance was restored. I started a ‘couch to 5k’ program via an iPhone app that leads you through walking/running (I feel like I’m slowly making my way out of a cave). And Gus got over his fear of the tractor motor and started demanding regular… »