January 24, 2005
A perfect weekend... almost!
What a beautiful weekend it was... painfully beautiful! We had sunshine from glorious sunrise to gorgeous sunset. Temperatures were in the mid-60s and there was just enough breeze to jingle the wind chimes. I would have felt sorry for the poor folks in the valley that were in the cold, clammy grips of that nasty seasonal fog, but it was much too nice up here to think about it. I had other things to worry about, like making sure I didn't get sunburned... 8^)
The only thing I didn't do, which would have put the icing on cake, is go for a long motorcycle ride. Instead, I spent most of Saturday doing outdoor cleanup kind of stuff, and most of Sunday doing taxes... you might think I'm starting early, but actually I'm rather late; I was finishing my 2003 taxes since I never did get them done last year.
Sherri and young Sean enjoyed themselves as well; Sean went to a school friend's party on Saturday. It wasn't quite clear what the party was for until Sherri dropped him off (Sean said it wasn't a birthday party), and it turned out that his parents were throwing a party to celebrate his good grades. What a neat idea!
After dropping off Sean, Sherri descended into the icy depths of the valley to do some shopping for the art class she's taking. She said it was a depressing trip, going from sunny clear skies to dank greyness. However, that's where the good shopping is.
As she picked Sean up on the way back, she started talking to the mom of one of the other boys invited to the party and found out not only that they lived quite close to us, but also that her husband was looking for a 240Z project car. By happy coincidence, I have a 240Z project car that I wouldn't mind getting rid of.
Sunday, Sherri spent the day trying to fashion noses out of various materials (her assignment from her art class) with varying degrees of success. One was to be made of wire, which absolutely did not want to cooperate with Sherri and yielded some frightening expletives from her. Another was to be made of aluminum foil, which was also difficult to work with though she tried her best to form it around her nose... at times she looked like someone trying to shield brain waves from aliens with a foil hat, only she had a strip of foil running vertically from the top of her head to below her chin. The final nose was made of clay, and that was more her element. She formed it and then baked it; now it looks like something that is meant to be used as the original for a plastic surgeon's mold... very, very good.
The husband of the mom that Sherri met came by with the family to check out the 240Z and he seemed quite interested. He may come by with an expert next weekend to take a closer look. Their son Jonathan stayed to play with young Sean; they spent the rest of the day bicycling, hiking, playing with Sierra, playing with the Xbox, and doing various other things that boys enevitably do (like get dirty and muddy!). I'm really glad to see that Sean is making new friends and enjoying the outdoors up here. He's quite the trooper.
I sure could have used a couple more days off like this past Saturday and Sunday. Sadly, I see that the forecast is rain for the next three days. Oh well, I suppose it's best that I'm working those days...
Posted by Michael at January 24, 2005 10:00 PM | Family
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