Where have the days gone?

Ultimate Frisbee tournament

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:07:18 -0400

I finally got to watch a couple games of an Ultimate tournament today, since I'm in Reston VA on business, and Alex's team happened to be in a tournament here. It took me a little time to figure out the rules, but after a while I could tell when ...

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Den project

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:32:47 -0400

Last August after Nikki moved out, we decided to use her bedroom as a temporary TV room so that we could remodel the den downstairs. It hadn't been changed in the 20 years we've been here, and likely not in the 40 years of the house's existence. ...

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Brew at the Zoo

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:14:03 -0400

This year, instead of buying tickets for the Big Pour, we decided to go to the Brew at the Zoo (held at the Pittsburgh Zoo), a benefit for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. The event was sold out; I'm not sure how many tickets that m...

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Saturday in Salem

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:37:53 -0400

After a truly delicious breakfast at our B&B (savory herb/gorgonzola/cranberry scones, ham/cheese/broccoli mini-quiches, apple-rhubarb crisp, fresh fruit, coffee & OJ), we walked in to Essex Street, much of which is a pedestrian-only area full of...

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Driving to Salem

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:13:03 -0400

So, Google said it would take a little over 10 hours to drive from my house to Salem, Mass. But then after I picked up my niece "I" (this being her 15th-birthday trip) at her dad's house, Lori (my TomTom) said it would be more like 11 hours from ...

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Kennerdell Tract

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:50:00 -0400

We spent a relaxing Memorial Day weekend in the woods along the Allegheny River just north of Kennerdell. The map above shows our hike in on Saturday morning in yellow (about 2 miles), and a red X around where we decided to camp. We were on a lit...

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Package from Germany!

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:11:29 -0400

Ah, the joys of having a sister (or two) in Germany! I picked up a package at the post office Saturday morning*, and stuff just kept coming out of it... Food-wise, there were 3 packs of Mini-Zwieback (simply because I said I liked them! Coconut,...

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Flight of the Conchords

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:44:44 -0400

Wow. Just wow. Those guys are SO good, and SO much fun! When I found out that FoTC were touring the US this spring, and that they were doing a show in DC the day after Easter, when we were going to be there visiting anyway, I was pretty excited...

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Easter Sunday in DC

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:00:00 -0400

We decided on Saturday evening to not try to get everyone up and going in time for 8:00 church Sunday, but rather to wait till the 4:00 Evensong service, which sounded kind of like something different anyway. So we planned instead to have a littl...

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Saturday in DC

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:10:49 -0400

We got a good start Saturday morning, got out the door by 6:30, stopped for our coffees at 7:00 in Cranberry, and headed out the turnpike with our new friend Lori (the TomTom One) guiding us. Of course, we already knew where we were going, but sh...

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