ginny on February 14th, 2010

After yesterday’s comic misadventures in travel, today was an easy, perfect day in paradise. We’re not a big couple for grand gestures and super-elaborate plans; we’re more in the “play it by ear” mode of operations. But David had tucked a Valentine’s Day card in his bag and this morning he made coffee and brought [...]

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ginny on December 28th, 2009

Back at work after a somewhat-fragmented work week last week, I managed to get everything done (or contented myself with what I was able to get done) for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day…
I had to work to the bitter end on Christmas Eve, after getting off early a couple of days in [...]

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ginny on December 25th, 2009

Got it all done, all sung, all decorated, all served, all entertained, all wiped out. Merry Christmas to all, I’m going to take a LONG nap!

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ginny on November 12th, 2009

@dropdeadchris, this post’s for you! Thanks for the kick in the butt. It is indeed high time I got back to REAL blogging and not just Tweeting, Google-sharing, or posting del.icio.us links here at Blogula Rasa.
My team at work has been decimated by whatever bug is going around the office; my supervisor noted on Tuesday [...]

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ginny on March 21st, 2009

Were waiting for a friend to call so that we can rendezvous at our favorite sushi joint.
Come on, ring, damn you! Ring!

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ginny on March 7th, 2009

March 7
March is the homeowner’s month.
It is time to put away the snow shovel,
but not yet time to get out the lawnmower.
For the first time in… probably a year or more, the dining room table is cleared off as a friend is coming over so David can take a look at his laptop. The stuff [...]

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ginny on February 20th, 2009

Trouble in paradise: Cash-strapped tourists avoid Hawaii – USATODAY.com
LAHAINA, Maui — Every winter, scores of humpback whales trade the Gulf of Alaska for a few months of breeding, birthing and basking in Hawaii — a follow-the-sun migration that fuels much of the tourism industry in this former 19th-century whaling town.
But while the marine giants are [...]

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ginny on February 19th, 2009

We went on Captain Andy’s Na Pali Adventure cruise yesterday – billed as a snorkel trip, but too rough to actually go in. But we were happy to see all the dolphins (spinner and bottlenose) and whales.

I didn’t get very many good fluke shots, but I’m happy with this one. I have another one that’s [...]

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ginny on January 15th, 2009

We order from this Chinese restaurant that’s about the only one in the area that will deliver. It’s a little hole-in-the-wall kind of place that doesn’t really have seating beyond maybe a couple of small tables. It’s a takeout/delivery place, but we were delighted to find that what they don’t expend on ambiance, they put [...]

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ginny on December 18th, 2008

Last night’s snow (or as I originally typo-ed, slow), dumped only about 4 inches on suburban streets in the area, but the traffic was horrendous and there were enough minor accidents to put corks in all the bottlenecks. And due to the way the east-west arterials around here are blocked by large tracts of parkland [...]

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