Thread: Radiance..Feb 1, 2010 Mexican Riviera

Good to hear the inside scoop Janice. Having been involved with the Nuclear Industry (DH working on construction of power plants and Savannah River Project) we know how much care goes into the building and overseeing of our Nuclear Plants but something like a tsunami is probably above the scope of even the most stringent safety measures. Pretty darn scary but the press does it's best to create real panic I think.

Kumar good to hear from you. I agree "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was a good movie but not for the faint of heart. I pretty much can watch anything but I did find some of the scenes disturbing (not to say it wasn't well done) just a warning if you're bothered by violence it might not be your cup of tea. I know a lot of people devoted to the books maybe that's the place to start and see if you like the premise.

I think the housing market is pretty flaky all over. My kids in New Zealand still haven't sold the apartment they bought in New York just before the big down slide. I think the value is nearly back up on that ($700,000 for a very small 2 bedroom in Park Slope area of Brooklyn) but they are pretty content with being able to rent it at about $1000 a month over their mortgage for the time being. Personally being landlords at that distance would not be for me but they currently have had "friends" who are renting it for the last two years. I hope that they will put it on the market SOON!

Well it's time for my DGD to come over, we're going to work on some sewing. She is out for teacher conferences as she is in middle school but her sister a grade behind has school. Tonight we are going for a red tip tests for Karate. They both have brown belts and are working hard for the black belts later this year. They have been doing Karate since the younger one was 3 so 6 years now, they are pretty darn good.

Have a great Friday everyone!

Originally Posted by Quiltsalad

Well maybe not quite that judicious!

$200 for 20 hours.....not that's a deal......unless it takes her that long to get the house clean.

It does but the place is spotless. (And she does laundry, organize things, and walks the dogs)

It's been pouring here. I think the sky is falling! This is not helping the "Chicken Littles" here. We've been getting some panicky calls from people about the radiation fallout from Japan. If these people would only pay attention to the news, they would learn that the reports for Calif have stated that very miniscue traces of radiation have been found! I'm wondering if they WANT to hear that there's been a warning. Well, there was a tornado warning from 11 - 11:30 for the peninsula. No tornados ever touched down though.

Sally & Neal, you two are very fortunate to have great housekeepers at such a deal!

Kumar, I've been slowly getting back to watching some movies but I cannot watch anything violent. I think Dave watched that movie though.

Judy, I hope Mike gets a break this weekend! Not good to be so overworked.

Hanna, is the sky falling over there too?

Martha, hope all is well with you and Lee's feeling better after his treatment.

Been getting a lot of thunder tonight. Saw on the news that this morning there was a water spout spotted out in Ocean Beach! There was a small twister in Santa Rosa too that took off a piece of corrugated roof from a landscaping business and destroyed their shed also. Crazy stuff going on!

Would you believe I finally started the Oasis report today? It's already been over a month ago!
http://www.cruiselinefans.com/cruise...-2-5-11-a.html

I think Janice that people only hear what they want to hear in the news and the way the news people ask questions and report the news makes for the most alarmist sounding presentations possible. Not that what's going on in Japan isn't terrible but they could stress a lot more that we will not be experiencing any fallout but instead they seem to delight in doing a big production out of "what if the earthquake happened here." I wonder if that old book "The Last Days of the Late Great State of California" will have a resurgence.

Looking forward to reading your report on the Oasis trip. We actually have some nice weak sunshine this morning and David is of course golfing.

My mom is glued to the NCAA Basketball games, the kids here have gone to spend the weekend with my daughter from Olympia and her family at the Skamania Lodge on the Columbia River near Portland for a weekend of hiking and swimming (indoor pool.) The cousins love getting together. It's very cute how sweet the girls are with their younger boy cousins.

Hope you all are having nice peaceful weekends as well. Happy house hunting Neal! Keep reporting in on that, I love seeing house plans.

Everyone is resting from the wedding yesterday. I started by putting in a full day at work while working from home. Deb took the approach of putting in 10 hour days earlier in the week. Anyway she, my MIL, and Shanna spent the morning doing last minute things (Pat had already made the 25 centerpieces the day before. They looked good). So, at 2:30 we headed up to Fair Park to start getting the Old Mill ready for the wedding. Fair Park is a large sprawling complex that is used for the Texas State Fair Fair Park. We had one small amphitheater near the Old Mill for the ceremony. Quite a nice little area.

The Old Mill is a Texas landmark, itself. The Historic Heart of Fair Park - Old Mill Inn Very quaint with lots of history. We had the whole place reserved for the night so they let us use the upstairs for changing. Did I mention that the whole thing was in Renaissance Faire style? Yup, David and a few of the wedding party were in kilts, the women were in medieval dresses Deb was in full costume. I cheated with a doublet and a pair of regular pants. I needed them to hold Deb's car keys, cell phone, money.......

The wedding was performed by a friend who is a Wiccan priestess. We have known Stasia, short for Anastasia, for years. In fact, she and Brian kept Shanna sane for the period she was with John. Anyway, back to the wedding. The bridal party marched into the amphitheater for the ceremony which was very nice. Dave was beaming, Susan looked wonderful. Lots of onlookers!

Then everyone filtered over to the Old Mill for dinner and karaoke. Remember, Dave is a karaoke jock, that is how he met Susan originally. We partied until after 11 PM. I think the highlight was when they cut the cake. David started acting up and smudged Susan with a bit of the cake. She retaliated by putting the rest of the plate into Dave's face. Served him right. Susan is a very kind person but she does not let Dave get the upper hand!

I got to give a toast. That was my main contribution to the evening.......

Shanna beat us to the punch and got them a wedding night package at one of the major private hotels in Dallas, the Adolphus. I think the couple enjoyed it. After all the drinking and partying until midnight, I am thinking they were exhausted. Shanna thinks differently. We shall find out when we hear from them.

Sally, I agree with you. One of my biggest pet peeves is when there is a natural disaster or catastrophe somewhere and everyone starts asking "Is the US ready?" or "What if that happened here?" Umm, HELLO! it didn't happen here so can we focus on where it actually did happen and give those people the help they need before we start worrying about the "What if's"?

Janice, hope the rain & thunder have subsided for you.

Neal, sounds like the wedding went well

Mike did work today, there was also a hint of maybe working tomorrow He's napping now and I have to run out to the store, not sure how we went through a gallon of milk in 2 days, but since there's not much left I guess we did

The wedding sounded great Neal, how nice for you and Deb to have it behind you I'm sure. A Wiccan Priestess, now that's very cool. In Florida (in the 1980's) you could marry people if you were a notary which I was because I worked for a builder. I married our youngest to her first husband (LOSER) on Jupiter Beach at sunrise, just her sister's, David , myself and the dud (no I don't mean dude.) Well the ceremony was lovely even if the marriage was a 6 year miserable mistake. But she is happily married to a great guy now and I will never marry anyone again. I always wondered if it was actually legal but they did a legal divorce. Love your story about the cake, way to go Shanna, start right out keeping the upper hand!

Egad Judy, how many Saturdays in a row has Mike worked, maybe he's taking milk intravenously. Poor guy. I hope he at least gets tomorrow off.

Well back to my cooking, doing some spare ribs for tonight and they need turning. Baking slowly in beer for the first few hours.

Hey, you all need to go to Facebook and "Like" the post on CLF featuring Hanna's Hawaii cruise report.

Another yucky rainy day. At least no downpours today which we're warned that will come tomorrow. The news showed hail in the North Bay. Last night the East Bay had very heavy hail. I think everyone got the same idea as me to go grocery shopping today. Had make a bunch of runs too...Asian market, Petco for tortoise food, Radio Shack to see the possible selections for a replacement phone for my parents, Ross (decided not to get the stainless steel ladle since the line got long) and lastly Luckys.

Judy, not what I wanted to hear. All this OT for Mike is putting your renovations on hold!

Neal, hope you'll post some pics of the neat sounding wedding.

Sally, those ribs sound yummy! I got get to cooking too even though I'm so tired from shopping. I just got home about 1/2 hr ago.