Goofy Visits the Angels

Today, Goofy got the opportunity to be on the runway at Boeing Field when the Blue Angels were taking off to practice for SeaFair.

What a huge dose of FUN HAVING! Photos at runway level are soooooo cool. Check them out!

On Your Mark!

Get Set!

GONE!

And The Marines come by in Big Bertha...



Have a great weekend...where's my camera? I wanna go chasing Angels too!
M&G

Random Specificity

I'm going to have something interesting to say...but later on...I need coffee now.

So until then, here's a kitteh to make you smile



HAPPY FRIDAY!

M&G
For those that wonder what the hell it's about...click here...no here...ok really, HERE!

I've Been Waiting...

For nearly two hours now, I've been on "online support" hold.

Initially, it gave me an "approximate" wait time of 27 minutes. Then it began to slowly count down (not in real time, mind you, but downward).

Six was my favorite waiting spot...I can't really tell you why, other than I was there for quite a long time - and more than once, as the approximation went up a couple of times - I'm not so fond of seven.

I'm in the hell known as "MobileMe Support".

They are looking "forward to answering (my) questions", although I'm beginning to doubt the sincerity there.

Tease me with the ever so slowly downward ticks toward the time when I might be "helped".

At the 3 minute mark, I had a personal issue that raised a quandry.

Since it had been 3 minutes for so many more than sixty seconds, and since I'd been drinking tea while sitting anxiously awaiting my 27 minute "line", I was now needing to visit the restroom.

Past often predicts future, so i thought it might actually be more than a 3 minute wait until my turn actually presented itself.

But...

WHAT IF?

What if, in the sixty seconds it'd take me to get to the bathroom and back, time actually accelerated to more closely match reality?

What if, while I was hurrying to empty my bladder, "Josh" or one of his equally happy-named colleagues logged into my window, looked around, saw no one there, and left?

Argh!

(As an aside, since I started this post about 10 minutes ago, it's been "1 minute" until my turn, LOL EDITED TO ADD, it's now been nearly half an hour of my "1 minute" wait - I begin to wonder...AM I EXPERIENCING A TIME WARP? WOULDN'T THAT BE COOL? HEH :))

I took the chance, as the alternative was sufficiently unpleasant as to give me the added conviction that I could make it there and back.

So...I went.

Got back in 45 seconds too (or 1 nanosecond in Apple time).

And guess what?

I had 4 minutes until it was my turn.

If it wasn't so damn funny, I'd cry.

Typically, Apple doesn't have these kind of customer service issues.

Then came (dun, dun, DUN!) the release of the re-tooled .mac, called "MobileMe".

To give Apple its due, the promises of this service are very appealing. Sync your phone, your desktop, your laptop (work or home) into one area so that they all have the same information.

Hell of an idea.

They released it a bit before it was completely formed. Premie by about six months by the feel of it.

This queue online for help is a pretty good indicator that I'm not alone in my frustrations with it.

It does some things well.

Others are pathetic. I have one desktop (windoz), two laptops (both Apple) and an iPhone. So...you'd think I'd have a total of 4 possible calendars to sync.

Then why (oh, WHY?) do i get 21 calendars when I do a sync?

This is the question of the day.

I am being teased mercilessly with the idea that eventually "1 minute" in my world will jibe with "1 minute" in Apple land.

I actually have to leave the house soon...well, in an hour...I wonder if I'll have my turn before I have to leave?

Wishing, and hoping, and praying....that I don't have to pee anytime soon...

Cheerios!

M&G

The Time Warp Conundrum...

Have you ever noticed that while you are waiting for a vacation or special occasion to arrive, time seems to drag on so slowly? And then, as the day approaches, things speed up in direct proportion to how much you have left to do before you leave?

Hrmmmmm

So...we are about two weeks out from Maui (I know...AGAIN...you don't have to say it, I've heard it already).

All spring and summer, we've been working to get the place on Camano ready to put on the market. We ran into delay after delay - from permits and tribes, to nasty neighbors.

And now, we have just this coming weekend to go up and clear out all the extraneous stuff. Argh.

So, with much to do, and not much time to do it in, we'll add one more thing to the ever expanding list that Goofy keeps (mostly with things for me to do, lol).

And, we also have to find time to adore the boy!

Could life get any better? Not really!

Cheers and aloha from the tired twins....

M&G

Some things I've been reading lately

So...I've posted a couple of new blog links for some sites that I've enjoyed of late.

Dad Gone Mad is a fun site written by a guy that has been "downsized" and is trying to make sense of the world. I've been reading this one off and on for about six months, and it's both serious and hilarious. Danny is pretty well known in the blogosphere...check his site and see why.

Cry It Out is a guy that writes for the San Francisco Chronicle (or "The Chron"), while staying at home to be the primary care giver for his now two year old daughter. I like him too...

So, now, you might be wondering what Goofy and I have been up to lately....

Not a lot, unless you consider adoration of a small boy a pass-time. :)

Here's today's pic (I've been on Jessica's 'space, stealin' her pics, lol)




Spence is now nearly three weeks old. Geez...I know it's not much in your worlds, but it's hard to comprehend life without him now, and three weeks is a lifetime (his) and a mere dot on the face of eternity.

It has been so amazing to watch the mother that Jessica is - and the Dad that Billy is too. It's as if they just were meant to be parents to this small boy. Relaxed and happy...that's how I'd describe them all...and us as well....who would have known?

This weekend, a bbq where those that haven't yet had the honor of seeing our boy in person get the opportunity to see him.

It'll be fun. Just about anything and everything he does is awesome, so we'll be entertained - either by him or his parents...lol.

Funny how perspective changes when the baby is just for spoiling & adoring, not for getting up in the middle of the night or changing stinky diapers...

And so it goes...

M&G

Awwwww

So, I got this picture forwarded to me by a couple of friends...I don't know why, but it's pretty funny to me.

So....

I thought I'd share.

Hopefully, none of us has a day as bad as this Alfa driver looks to be in for.

Sometimes, you just gotta laugh.

Happy Tuesday!

M&G

Spence is 9!!!

...days old in this picture...lol.

Today, he's two weeks old...time is flying!

Love this little angel!

M&G

Drawing Lines

It's unfortunate, but some people are just plain mean. Mean of heart, mean of spirit...mean. There are other words to describe these sad souls, but I won't belittle myself by invoking them here. The reality is that these folks have been this way for as long as I can recall, and they've passed along this bullying soul to their progeny. A vicious circle indeed.

We have finally decided to put the Camano property on the market. It's been a long time coming, and not an easy decision to make. Once made, however, it's been re-inforced on more occasions than i can count.

This property has been in the family for more years than I've been around...passed down from generation to generation. Most of the property on this particular beach is like that. Folks just keep it in the family. So, the fact that we are selling is a bit of a novelty there.

It's a nice place with a lot of fond memories from the past. Lazy summer days spent running around the beach looking at tide pools and climbing on rocks. Swimming in Puget Sound (only a kid would do that, lol, and we did). Mom stayed on the beach or in the boat - watching us, but wondering whether or not our brains were freezing along with the rest of us. You see, on a good day, it's only about 50 degrees in Puget Sound...now, I don't even enjoy going in that water in full wetsuit and mask...

Now, however, the meanness seems to overtake the place. Many of the older folks that are there - and were old when we were kids, lol - just don't have the fight in them any more to protest it. I guess it's our turn when it comes to the nasty folk of the beach. We are doing it - regretfully, as we don't think that neighbors (or anyone, for that matter) should spend so much time being so incredibly nasty - but it's not our call.

Our attorney thinks that things will turn out our way just fine. It's just a matter of time and money...isn't it always?

For now, though, we'll battle the big meanie, and get her to behave (for a bit), and then we'll be gone from there.

Hopefully, the next people there will be able to find the happiness we had those long ago summer days...

M&G

Camano Update

For those of you that are out of the loop with what has been going on up at Camano Island..well...count yourself lucky.

It's been one pain in the neck after the other (and when I say "neck", I mean "ass", really).

Between the county folk (doing their jobs, but geez, there are many places where interpretation is appropriate), and the engineers, and the archeologists, and the tribes....it's been a wild ride the last few months (which, not coincidentally feel more like years, but i digress (again)).

So...now we've found a great lawyer, and are working to get everything in black and white (the favorite colors of the legal world), and are nearly ready to list the property.

And to think...it all started with a deck that needed replacement and the thought that a paint job might be nice...

Here's some new pics of the progress...think happy thoughts for a swift resolution to the niggling little problems with the niggling little neighbors (it would be more appropriate to think of them as retarded step-children...not the brightest bulbs in the sign, but still a huge pain in the neck...and when I say neck....LOL).







The six million dollar wall....lol

Spencer Mostly Sleeps Through Our First Visit..

...but he is totally AMAZING! :)



Here, Spencer is somewhat annoyed that his staff isn't keeping up with him and his needs.
He just woke up and has not yet been changed, fed or amused.



Goofy takes the time to give Peanutt some attention.
It's funny, as until this moment, Peanutt did nothing other than bark and nip at her.
Spencer enjoys the time to relax and get to know his Graunty.
So far, he notes that she gives him a cozy spot to nap and amuses his dog so that he isn't disturbed.



Magic holds up the boy for a close up shot. Isn't he amazing?

So far, he has been able to keep us all entertained with:

baby dreaming...much REM stuff going on behind those closed little eyelids
baby yawns...
baby sneezes....
baby hiccups...
baby stretching, but then going back to sleep..
and...baby scowling when his picture is taken (with or without flash) while he is doing any of the above.

He's got his work cut out for him...we are expecting even more exciting days spent watching him grow.

And he'll expect us to be properly trained to do his bidding by then...

One of us is going to be disappointed...lol.

Tomorrow, he is one week old...wow...time flies...

Cheers and happiness...we are loving our new little boy!

M&G