In almost every yard around here, some sort of tree or branch has broken off from the weight of the heavy wet snow and landed in the front yard. We are not immune as we have 3 giant branches and a half of a tree that came down in our backyard. It’s about 10 degrees outside now so all the moisture is frozen. Today it’s supposed to be cold but will finally warm up tomorrow. Of course, I’ll be in Seattle where it will be raining.
The boys had early release yesterday and spent much of the day outside. The afternoon was filled with typical brother vs brother confrontations over one meaningless thing or another. Nothing out of the ordinary, just brothers being brothers. The day was finished up with a good dinner and everyone was in bed by 7:30.
We’re trying to figure out how the misses can keep working during the coming holidays with all the time the boys will have off. You see, this is also a pretty heavy travel time for me as I need to go and meet with at least a dozen distributors to set up 2012. This is further complicated by the launch of our new Andrea Bocelli line of wines. This involves a whole new group of distributors in many cases, so I’m kind of on a road show from now until mid December. We might be witnessing the end of the misses career at Whole Foods very soon. She’s looking for other sources of income where she can work from home right now. When she’s gone, we’ll miss the “love card” or discount card the most. It’s hard to give up our 20% discount, we’re basically addicted to it. She’s been having lots of back and neck problems from having to stand on her feet for 8 hours at a register all day. It’s really becoming an issue as she usually needs a day of rest on the following day to just get back to normal. All this for $10.50 an hour. Those of you that don’t have to get up and go to a 9 to 5 job, should feel really lucky, trust me (or her), it’s no fun.
I’m back on the wagon trying to eat healthy and drink next to nothing. This will be difficult tonight as we have the annual Museum of Contemporary Art dinner. We’re taking our two doctor friends, Libby and Carl and then our uber realtor friend and her new beau who’s the in house counsel for the largest oil and gas firm in Denver, and a new couple who are from Iceland that recently moved to Bachelor Gulch (the Vail area). They also have homes in NY and London we’re told but are supposed to be really fun and down to earth. Their names are Bogi and Solla, how’s that for a couple of names! I guess she (Solla) is also some kind of doctor. Anyhow we’ll be ducking out by about 10pm as I have a 8am flight in the morning.
Both dogs are sleeping at my feet and the misses has an appointment to get her hair fixed up this am and so do I at a different (cheaper) salon. We should both be back by 10:30 or 11am.
We hope all’s well with you all. We’re on post 299 today meaning by Saturday it should be the 300th day of the year if my math is right. (we started on Dec 31st) Not much time left in the year, it’ll be 2012 before we know it.
Take care, God Bless and have a great day,