Trip to Solvang
May 17, 2012
We are on a quick get-away vacation over Labor day weekend. We decided to go to Solvang and take our dog Tucker. He really likes to be with us, but he seems to be too excited this time. He is barking constantly and driving everyone NUTS! We are staying in the Royal Copenhagen Inn because they take pets. We went around the town yesterday, and poor Sara had a small fly go up her nose :( I'm pretty sure we got it out.
We ate a good pizza dinner at Giovanni's which is in a strip mall towards the casino. At night Ed went out to take pictures of stars. He got a good one and posted it here.
On Saturday we went to Los Olivos. We got some delicious mini cupcakes and visited the saddle shop across from Fess Parker's place.
It was kind of hot so we went back to the room, but the A/C was being worked on, so we went to Hans Christian park and relaxed at a picnic table and read. Later we went back to the room rested again :) and then had dinner at a burger place called the Chomp. After dinner Sara, Jan, and Sam went swimming in the pool. Sam did really well and swam across the deep end. Now settled back in the room. The girls are watching "Once" on Sara's laptop, and I am entering this log of the day's events.
We ate a good pizza dinner at Giovanni's which is in a strip mall towards the casino. At night Ed went out to take pictures of stars. He got a good one and posted it here.
On Saturday we went to Los Olivos. We got some delicious mini cupcakes and visited the saddle shop across from Fess Parker's place.
It was kind of hot so we went back to the room, but the A/C was being worked on, so we went to Hans Christian park and relaxed at a picnic table and read. Later we went back to the room rested again :) and then had dinner at a burger place called the Chomp. After dinner Sara, Jan, and Sam went swimming in the pool. Sam did really well and swam across the deep end. Now settled back in the room. The girls are watching "Once" on Sara's laptop, and I am entering this log of the day's events. Day-by-Day
Added RSS feed for blog
March 3, 2018
I added an RSS feed to the blog to see if I could do it. It seems to be working ok, but I'm not sure yet that I have gotten everything correct. The feed can be gotten by going to https://www.edtobias.com/rss.php.
I hate colds
March 5, 2018
I have been down with a cold for over a week. I hate colds. They always seem to turn into bronchitis with me. And of course there is no appointments available with my doctor, and if I go to urgent care, I am likely to catch something even worse and still not get any help.
House painted
March 9, 2018
Well the outside of our house got painted. The guys we hired (Evans Painting) did a fantastic job. We went with a darker color brown called Tree Branch with an even darker trim color, Turkish Coffee.I'll post a picture tomorrow when there is enough light.
The road to retirement
March 21, 2018
Well today's the day that I met with my boss and told him I was planning on retiring at the end of June. He was sad and said that he wished I could continue on even on a part time basis. I told him that I decided I want to retire completely and start traveling with my wife who is also retiring at the end of June. If I were to have stayed another week I would have been in the industry for 40 years and that is a very long time. Just a few more months and the adventure begins!
Yard update
April 17, 2018
We are getting a landscaping makeover. We are revamping all of the flower beds and also replacing the lawns with new sod. Not trying to go drought tolerant or anything, just basically doing a "nuke and pave" approach. We are trying to get everything cleaned up and looking nice while we are still pulling in a paycheck. Below are the "before" pics. I'll add "after" pics in a few weeks when it is done.
Bootstrapped!!
May 12, 2018
I finally did it, I updated the website to use the Bootstrap 4 framework. Thanks again to the podcast Programming by Stealth with Bart and Allison. Now this site looks good on any device! I may have a few cleanup items (like adding a carousel to the main page), but it looks really good in my opinion.