Toowong Villas – web Our home for the two nights in Brisbane was the Toowong Villas complex in the Toowong (te-WONG) neighborhood. We had a studio apartment with one bed (since Alex was still at his own apartment), which was on a lower level, but with a little private walled patio out back. The room…
Cafe in Toowong After Alex met us at the airport (much joy on both sides!), we picked up our rental car, and found our apartment in the Toowong area. We left the car parked there, and walked to a cafe for a brunch of sandwiches. Then we bought…
Fridge cleaned out except for apples & carrots: check. Dishes washed & dishwasher cleaned out: check. Knife removed from my purse: check! (not making that mistake again…) Itineraries printed: check. Contact info to family, neighbors notified: check. Most of my work caught up, at least enough to get away for a bit: check. Swimsuit, sunblock,…
Seven Springs Room The management team at Al's company is having a retreat this weekend at Seven Springs, and spouses were invited, too – so here I am, with a morning to myself in this lovely room, while they have their meetings… Last night we got in around 6:00, and everyone met in one of the…
Obama 237 McCain 502 in our precinct – not that surprising given the local demographic – hopefully the rest of the country will Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Are you voting for the party that you're registered for? I wouldn't be if it were a year ago, but last December I switched my party registration just so I could vote for Barack Obama in the Spring primary. Not sure who changed more over the years, me or the Republicans, but I had mostly…
I signed up to do some Get-Out-The-Vote volunteering today, which is the first time I've ever felt compelled to do such a thing. It wasn't quite what I expected, but enjoyable nonetheless. I reported for duty at 10:00 at the Beaver County Obama campaign HQ, which had moved to a larger location in the IBEW…
Goofballs I just thought this made a cool photo – taken at Dick's Sporting Goods store. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
But taken with my new global phone – now we're really ready for our trip This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless! To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture. 1031082224a.jpg Read and post comments | Send to a friend
1031080644.jpg Office kitty Salem. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Where have the days gone? 