Barb and I continued to celebrate our 50th birthdays and our 25th anniversary. Allie started 8th grade at GCS. It continued to be a big year. Allie spent two weeks in early July at a JHU CTY class, Whodunit? Mystery and Suspense in Literature and Film, at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. I think she …
Our 25th anniversary extravaganzas continued with a sojourn in Maui and Kauai. I believe it was in 1975 that I visited Kauai for the first time with Mom and Dad on one of our trips back to Hong Kong. We stayed at the Princeville Resort near Hanalei on the north coast and had a few …
Our 25th anniversary extravaganzas continued with a sojourn in Maui and Kauai. Monday, August 18 After a nice week in Colorado with the Embreys, the three of us headed to Hawaii. Barb and I had honeymooned at Hana in Maui but hardly left the isolated Hana Ranch resort so Barb hadn’t seen most of the …
Allie and I went to Colorado to spend some time with the Embreys. Barb joined us at the end of the week before the three of us headed onward to Hawaii on another leg of our 25th Anniversary celebrations. This is one of those trips that I didn’t document all that well, so mostly I’m …
As an add-on to Allie’s 8th grade class trip to Argentina, Allie and I visited Jill and her family in the Galapagos. Thursday, June 20 – Guayaquil to Galapagos We decided to go to the Galapagos primarily to visit my niece, Jill Blythe. Jill had moved to the Galapagos in 2007, initially as a volunteer …
Glenelg Country School offered Allie’s 8th grade class a summer trip to Argentina. Nearly 20 students signed up, along with a dozen parent chaperones and four teachers. I was eager to sign up with Allie and looked forward to my first (and so far, only) trip to South America. Allie and I extended our itinerary …
Our Spring Break trip to France, Allie’s first visit and in honor of our 25th anniversary. We visited Paris, Normandy and the Loire Valley, packing a lot into 7 quick days. Part One covered our days in Paris. This post covers our days in Normandy and the Loire Valley. Wednesday, March 19 After our morning …
Our Spring Break trip to France, Allie’s first visit and in honor of our 25th anniversary. We visited Paris, Normandy and the Loire Valley, packing a lot into 7 quick days. This post covers our days in Paris. Part Two covers the remainder of the trip in Normandy and the Loire Valley. Saturday, March 15 …
By the end of 2006, I shut down my Planning Coach financial planning ambitions, such as they were, and slowly decided on a new direction. I shifted my sights to working for a non-profit, one that was in an interesting field and that would be flexible enough to still allow me to drop off and …
Barb and I got ready to celebrate our 50th birthdays and our 25th anniversary. Allie continued with 7th grade at GCS. It was a big year. We started the new year with an open house party for friends and neighbors at our house on January 5. I think this was the second of these annual …