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Brian Bilbrey June 26, 2016

26 June 2016

A week off, and away ... in Maine, visiting with Marcia's sister. We brought Lexi with us, and actually took her out on the boat on Sunday. She and I were out on the front deck of the pontoon boat (aka "party barge") when she decided something in the water looked interesting and leapt into the water, while the boat was underway. Good thing I had her leash on - she would have been canine frappé before Nancy cut the prop power, otherwise. I leaned forward to find the little dog swimming forward for all she was worth, trying to…

Brian Bilbrey May 31, 2015

Vacation Over

So... the big deal is that we were in California for purposes of vacation and only vacation - 15 days worth. We visited family in the SF Bay Area, in San Diego, and near Sacramento. We visited friends in Saratoga (SF South Bay) and Dillon Beach (North coastal Marin). What a wonderful, wonderful trip. Oh, oh - AND I got to make it to Maker Faire Bay Area 10th Anniversary. That was fun and awesome, too. I could give you the full rundown on the trip, but it's a lot like inviting you over and showing you slides, so I…

Brian Bilbrey January 12, 2015

Wotcher, World

Well, I *intended* to put up at least a brief post last night, but the world conspired against me. Or Jack Frost did. Hard to tell, really. Marcia is doing well. Her surgery last Monday went off without a hitch, and she's plowing through her Physical Therapy goals without hardly blinking an eye. Of course, when she plows through those goals, she reaches points of real pain pretty quickly. That's what the pain meds are for - to control things while she does the necessary work. Speaking of work, other than a couple of hours worth of email, I haven't…

Brian Bilbrey September 1, 2013

Travels done

And we're back! Nine days in California and in the air are done: We flew out to SFO on the 22nd, and flew back through DFW on the 30th. We visited with my folks for about three days, then headed over to SF and stayed there while I attended VMworld 2013. I attended three general sessions and 19 technical sessions in four and one-half days ... my brain nearly exploded. I watched countless demos, met many wonderful and smart people, and acquired enough t-shirts to last me until the next millennium. The weather was lovely, and Marcia split her time between…

Brian Bilbrey August 11, 2013

1400 miles later ...

Saturday last we departed for the big vacation of the summer, and spent a week in Saugatuck, Michigan, with family from Marcia's side of the tree. Good times, picnic with grand-nieces and -nephews, etc. Oh, yeah, and three days of fishing. We did some shore fishing on Kalamazoo Lake, and managed a couple of dozen fish between us - all catch and release. Here's one of the carp that Marcia reeled in: The drive was 700 miles each way, taking about 10 hours and change on each of the Saturdays. Overall, we got 34.8 MPG out of the 328i for…