I was on call from 10PM to 4AM, got 2 hrs of sleep then drove Sandy to the airport at 7:30AM to fly off to San Diego. I’m tired… and did I mention sick too.
Christmas Day
Iron Chef
Every night is like an episode of Iron Chef. Tonight while Sandy was out at church, I had the task of making dinner. Of course I waited til the last minute. Luckily Sandy went shopping yesterday so it was a simple matter of throwing things together. Lamb was the secret ingredient. Unfortunately I didn’t know she was going shopping before coming home so it was cold by the time she got to the plate. It looked pretty though.
Sunset
I don’t really like being in front of the camera but tonights sunset left some very nice colors and I was home alone. So I took out my trusty G11 and set up a single off camera strobe with a shoot thru umbrella. Set the cam ISO for 400, TV 1/15th of a second.
Sunday Stuffings
This morning everyone went to church (except Geo) as Sandy was reading. Later Tita Nellie dropped by for breakfast. We served a Smoked Salmon Frittata, Banana Nut Muffins & Fruit.
We then drove to Concord as Aleki wanted to visit the UFC Gym.
This was followed by some serious shopping that left us tired and worn. Only one thing to do… Go to McCovey’s and order a 44oz 521 Cheeseburger.
After such a big meal we had to walk it off. Geo & Aleki went clothes shopping while we shot Christmas photos by the tree.
Big Gulp Saturday
Today after the physically fit performed a workout. We shuttled off to India Palace for a Indian Food Buffet, it was so good!
Later I did my best to prepare a hunk of Venison for dinner.
On a side note I was told that Geo would get quite upset if anyone touched his shoes (He sleeps with em). Therefore we did our best to stay away from his new Nike KB 24’s.
In the City
Tonight we ferried in to the city and took Geo to NikeTown. He did his best to conceal his excitement for purchasing his new shoes. Later we went to Angel Fish for an always excellent sushi dinner.
Poor Sandy, she’s surrounded by Manly Men. It’s been nothing but drinking, eating and farting.
Aleki arrives
Tonight we picked up Aleki from SFO and quickly drove to LaPinata for a “small” bite to eat.
Taco Night Woo Hoo
We just love Taco nights. Tonight we used blue corn shells. I think I ate 6…
Klamath Falls
Had a bit of business in Klamath Falls Oregon. It started out great, there was a little Peruvian Band to entertain us at the airport.
Unfortunately it was about 17° F when I arrived in Klamath Falls.
Work was smooth, and I found a great Hawaiian restaurant. The North Shore Restaurant. The Kalua Pork was so good.
With a number of hours before my flight, I raced over to Crater Lake. The last time I was there the weather was terrible and I wasn’t able to get a good shot. I drove an hour and a half on an iced road in my little Hyundai rental car and was literally there for 60 seconds, I snapped this panorama and raced back to the airport only to find that the weather in SFO caused a 4 hour delay.
I waited patiently at the gate with 10 other unlucky passengers. This gave me a lot of time to update my blog and enjoy a wonderful dinner of Fritos & Mountain Dew from the vending machines. I got to bed at 1:50AM.
Damn SPAM & Flying Burd
Last night, we decided that we would eat breakfast at home instead of going out since as Sandy put it, “We have some SPAM that’s been in the cupboard for some time.” As I was preparing breakfast this morning I happen to glance at the bottom of the can…
If I fail to update my blog by next week please send someone over to the house, because it probably means we died of SPAM poisoning. Actually I feel SPAM will never expire and would love to do a 10 year experiment. Kinda like what the Chinese do with eggs. So everyone is invited to our place on December 2019 for breakfast. I’ll be serving 10 year old SPAM, eggs & rice.
On another note we’ve been letting Judy’s wings grow out which means she’s flying a lot more. This morning, probably to get away from the smell of expired SPAM she took flight. After a few minutes we found her motionless on the rug above the stairs.