Goya Blog – Page 133 – The life and times of a true knucklehead

It’s Christmas?

Today I met Sandy for lunch at our local shopping center. I can’t believe it’s Christmas time already. We ate at Daphne’s, Sandy had a Chicken Salad I had the Gyro.

Later we took a walk on the shoreline.

Feels like a Sunday

I love 4 day weekends. Today, in between naps, we went for a walk and ate at the India Palace for lunch. Later I made Smoked Salmon & Asparagus Fettuccine Alfredo for dinner.

This year we went to Auntie Amy’s for the 1st annual Umami Thanksgiving celebration. As usual there way too much food and everything was delicious… I mean Umami. Thanks to Auntie & Cait for all the hard work. For the evening’s entertainment Koa had everyone’s attention with her Halloween Pig Costume.

This is was also a great chance to test out Dido’s new camera. Unfortunately I paired it up with my 270EX which doesn’t have an auto focus assist light. So in low light the XS couldn’t focus at all and my eyes are so bad I couldn’t tell until I looked at the photos on my monitor at home.

Short Week

Today I snapped a couple of photos of the ferry terminal while waiting for Sandy to come in. We then got a bite to eat, Angel Fish was packed so we went to LaPinata. I had the Chimichangas. I feel so fat.

1980

Almost 29 years (and 50 lbs) to the day I left home to serve my country. On our last visit to see my folks, my father gave Sandy this photo. While I’m not particularly pleased with the portrait it is a part of my history.

24 hrs in LA

We flew down to LA to see my folks yesterday.We also stayed at a nice Courtyard (thanks Rhea) that had a jacuzzi. Unfortunately we had to catch a 6AM flt in order to get back in time for work today.

We also got a hold of some old photos.

The photo on the left is my Ma’s school class (she’s 1st row 4th from the left) and the other photo has my father on the far right.

Beng

While we were in AZ Bengie came over for a quick visit. I dropped him off at the airport this morning. Stay a little longer next time. Why does my head so much bigger?

Amanda & Christopher Ludwig

We had the honor of attending the wedding of Amanda & Christopher Ludwig in Chandler, Arizona yesterday. It’s been years since I last saw Amanda.

The wedding was held at the Castle at Ashley Manor. Everyone was friendly and warm, it was a great time. Thanks Amanda & Chris. We wish you all the best for your life together.

Chandler Arizona

We had a quick run to AZ for a wedding (more on that later). We landed, got our car and checked into our hotel. Then we searched for a lunch spot. We ended up at Famous Dave’s BBQ. Sandy had the Smoked Salmon Salad and I had the BBQ Buddies. We had to finish it off with a small serving of their award winning bread pudding.

We flew back home the following day so we were only in AZ for about 24 hrs. We did manage to stay at a great Marriott (thanks Rhea).