Whirlwind vacation

...day with Georgia in her stroller and then she got to ride facing out on the Moby for the evening and that seemed to please her greatly. The first week my father took Lauren to a college basketball game (UT vs Michigan) and the second week everyone but Jason got to see them rout some team from a school none of us had heard of. It was a fun night, but in future I must remember that an entire bag of ...

2010... really?

... like numbers and product instead of human beings). It's far from my ideal situation but right now, with Michigan being in a seven-year-slump, I'm at least thankful to have a job. To be more ... the day after Christmas, just the two of us this time, for a small but much needed mini-vacation. We saw some EXCELLENT live blues, hit up a couple great restaurants, and visited the Shedd Aquarium, which ...

A 2009 Retropective

... start. This was actually the third worst winter in Michigan. Meaning it was really cold, there was lots of ...David took me to his mom's condo for a "vacation" of sorts. Though it was originally supposed to be ... Very busy month and the final one spent in Michigan. Much time was spent packing up and preparing to ... North Carolina is a lot more mild than in Michigan. It's only snowed once so far and it ...

A Decade, Born Of A Beautiful Promise

... and had only spent a chopped month in each others' arms. That month was stolen in snippets - a weekend convention here, a week's vacation there, a drive back to Michigan after the wedding - each part as glorious as a fragment of diamond, but too small to keep in the chaos of our "normal" lives....

.... (See below on why next year will have more.) And in the US, Washington (a lot), Oregon, California, Hawai`i, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? A vacation that I'm not working on. Oh wait that will totally happen! Any other answers that can go here would just ...

The 14 Days of Xmas

Once again, my Christmas vacation hasn't been particularly memorable. Facebook has taught me that for everyone who jets off to Cancun or goes out to the bar... Not many people get a solid two weeks away from the pressure of the workaday world, so I should be grateful. Michigan has provided the requisite snow for me to have a white Christmas, though it has kindly refrained from blizzarding or freeze ...

July 7th-16th: Wall Lake, MI

..., I went to my family cottage in Michigan for a brief visit. We have a car... the few hours trip from Chicago to Michigan. And we got to eat Steak N' ... and Grand Rapids, just east of Lake Michigan. The Cottage has been in the family ... the rights to use it when on Vacation. It's very nice when the cottage is...was for. And to end my lovely vacation, while I was still jet-lagged, someone...

December

...back after Thanksgiving, Alex and I took that Friday off because I had vacation time to use by December 31. We spent part of our day off...selections of beer from their impressive menu. The first one I liked (from Michigan) the second one I didn't (from Germany), the opposite of my... there was a little too much haze, or smog, to see to Michigan, I could still see the entire city, from the south end to ...

This 'n that

.... And on January 2nd, we take of for our long-planned two week trip to Hawaii. Yay vacation! We gave out Hanukkah gifts at Thanksgiving, as we always do, so we'll have quiet days at... and was excelling at. He was employed by Goodwill, working on a contract for the State of Michigan, teaching computer skills to the visually impaired. Thanks to budget cuts, the State canceled the contract. Yesterday ...

Two Nights Before Christmas

...photo in the living room. Ian and I are still glued to our computers playing video games throughout vacation. We might head out this evening for an elegant dining experience at Five Guys Burgers and Fries... which...name which did not impress me as a movie. The story about Kellogg's crazy healthnut spa in Michigan sounds good as a book so I picked it up. The first three chapters are amusing enough ...