FULL MOON FEVER

Full Moon as of now. 100% full - here today at 1 o'clock.

I know it's still officially the beginning of this month and I know it's only Monday, but .......... if things keep going at the lightning speed rate it has so far, before we know it. Done! Remember last week - one project finished just in time to start another. Well I think I've got a few more on the things to do list too. Better sit down and sort this out. What have I agreed to?

A very nice weekend. Totally. And the word 'RELAX' sure fit in there someplace. And a very special lady invited us to dine at her house Saturday night. And it was really nice. Thanks for having us.

TODAY: Well already had a full morning and this afternoon off to get some plane tickets booked. Love it when a holiday plan starts coming together. Very excited about this trip too. Going to hook up with some friends and do some seeing the sites with them. A new country to put on the been there list.

Probably in for some rain any time soon now too. I hear it. Those thunder boomers sneaking up from way back behind the house. This just might be a good one. Perhaps?

......... and stayed up way too late last night. You'd think I'd know better than that. I need nap.

Ok, phone keeps ringing, have a big ant hill that developed under/in a tree over the weekend in front of the house (definitely need to deal with that), need to get in the car before the rain starts ......... and this Monday's already rocking. Gotta Go!

Good to Go!

SMILE AWHILE

SMILE AWHILE. - So you know how your in-box always ends up getting filled up all with all those quirky little emails, bad jokes, etc., etc. and all that other stuff you never know why or where you should file them, delete them or forward them on to pollute someone else's in-box instead. Well, it happened earlier in the week that an email showed up in my in-box with "Smile Awhile" as the subject head. Contents; pretty much the same as all the rest - but for some darn reason that catchy little title 'SMILE AWHILE' has gotten stuck in my head.

So anyways - decided I just had to find a way to use it in this blog. And decided I should just dump myself into Photoshop and just have a little fun with it instead. And so - here it is.

Happy to report - I'm way ahead on the Book Club book this month. I'm actually done. Having our little get together early next week. " A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini. Good, good book - but I actually enjoyed his first book better "The Kite Runner". Was more of a can't put it down kinda thing. Both books though - definitely worth a recommend.

Hey, it's the weekend and that's great. A new addition to my family this week too. As of now - Pilot the big sister has a little sister named Penn. Congratulations Mom + Dad.

Oh, and those tiny little oranges in the pic. AWESOME. These things are the best. And must be in season right now. Truck loads of them all over the place in fact. And cheap, cheap, cheap. YUM!

Last night/yesterday - didn't exactly go as planned. Happy to report - no funky food. Stayed out way too late, good company, good fun.

TODAY: The only plan is to have no plan at all. Smile awhile - and have a great weekend everyone.

Good to Go!

TO BEE OR NOT........

Friday right? All kinds of good things happening around here, nothing in particular, but ..........

Maybe it's that holiday coming up.

Ok, so how do you like the photo of the big bee? Yes, it really was big. (It was that big) Big like in giant. I like this photo, and I didn't have to go far to get it either. Just outside the door in fact. That's what happens when you keep too many plants I guess. Amazingly, it sat there long enough for me run back in the house and grab the camera too. Amazingly, it sat there long enough for me focus, aim and ......... and run back in the house and grab the camera card and start the whole thing all over again - I have such a bad habit of that. Amazingly, I didn't have to run back in the house after getting bit. But I left that door open anyways - just in case. I actually don't know if it even can bite - or what it is, to bee or not, but .........

And yes, if your starting to thing I'm building a collection of bug and insect shots. You're right. But purely all by accident. I do not scout these things out - they come find me.

TODAY: Finally resigned myself to the fact that no matter what time you get up in the morning - it always seems to do the disappearing act. Fast. Fast. Fast.

....... and just when you get one project out of the way another one comes up. How can anyone possibly be bored in this place? More stuff to do.

Off on a couple of missions this afternoon. And later tonight ............ off to some unknown spot. I think it's going to be another one of those funky food places. Good thing you had a big lunch other Me. ............. and after that maybe the BBC? We'll see - we'll just let this day happen.

Good to Go!

GOODNESS

THANK GOODNESS! For cappuccino on a grey rainy day like today. With cream (krim) of course. Found a really nice cup of that at Jack's. Take that Starbucks. "Opening Soon" I'm beginning to wonder if you're ever coming to town.

HAVE MILK! Got Milk. Again. Yeah. Lot's of it in fact. Someone must have sent a whole container of it. Everywhere you go it's all stocked up again. I should probably mention that in fact there is always some version of milk around here, just not the kind we like - the fresh stuff - real milk. And I must point out - we do come from the land of mega milk drinkers. Where I come from, you buy milk in the 4 litre size - not the tiny little 1 litre types.

The Hero Stores and probably Hypermart too, along with all the other little shops have a whole row of what I call "FAKE" milk though. The powdered stuff - yuck - but, a whole bunch of people here don't actually have fridges (or electricity to run them with) so I guess that makes sense. And then there's all kinds of milk that comes in non-refridgerated boxes or tetra packs - sorry but I have to give that stuff another yuck. And in all fairness, we have tried them - but it's just not the same as real milk ....... As of right now though, THANK GOODNESS we have milk! And cereal too.

Still working on the holiday plan. We're getting there. Really tough though to decide what to do. There are a whole lot of options out there. Will keep you posted on that.

TODAY: Had a really nice relaxing lunch - and a nice cup o' cappuccino to end it off. One of those spur of the moment things that every once in a while a person's just gotta do. That was great. Great lunch and despite the grey still an awesome view.

Good to Go!

FORWARD

Well had a pretty busy day yesterday. One of those days when things just don't go as fast as you'd like. One of those 3 steps forward and 2 steps back kinda days - at least that's how it felt. Turns out I was going forward all the time. Forward thinking. Just didn't know it. And that's the kind of day it was.

Special note to someone in Wyoming: You probably noticed that I deleted your comment - thought it might be best not to share your user name, etc. with all the rest of the folks out there on the net. I also know you have a whole bunch friends around here that miss you a great deal too. And yes I checked out your Blog - thanks for the Bahasa English part. And all your cool photos too. (I love pictures of snow) And a big thank you for all your kind words regarding my little space in the world of Blogs. Very flattering in fact. Peek in any time you like. Stay warm and enjoy the snow.

On a side note - there's an interesting little article in yesterday's Jakarta Post. "Bad weather to continue until April" Claims it's the El Nino effect, I didn't know we were in the middle of that. They use the words "torrential" and "storms". "Beach areas will suffer the worst weather...." (and Balikpapan does have a beach - a whole bunch in fact.) And here all along I thought it was called the Rainy Season. And for today, not sure what the forecast is, but for now at least ...... the sun's out.

TODAY: Hmmmm. Not sure, but I'm on my way out.

Good to Go!

BUSY - BUSY

Sorry, folks - not much time for a post today. Busy, busy day. I'm kinda of occupied with and/or concentrating on a particular activity or object of attention today - yup, that's my day.

TODAY: Did get out and managed to pick up 2 (two) little things of milk this afternoon. I'm told the shipper short-shipped the store this week. Good thing I had my name on the last two at least. Now we can eat all that cereal we brought back in our suitcases.

Not sure what's going on in town today, but - seems every crazy person with a motorcycle is out enjoying a ride or in a big hurry weaving in and out of traffic like Evil Canevils. (Note: motorcycles out number cars at least 25-1 here.) Today for some reason, is particularly worse. Wholly crap you guys. Hati-hati. That means be careful.

Gotta go. Good to Go!

WOW

Wow - it's February. Just what we all need. A brand new month. Actually this is going to be a great month. Have a holiday to do.

The Burns Night - sorry no photo from Burns Night. But, it was impressive I'd have say. The Balikpapan Burns Society did a really awesome job. Was just like one of those Red Carpet events you see on Entertainment tonight. Complete with the guy and his camera taking your picture when you arrived through the metal detectors (Yeah, we're still in Balikpapan) Pretty snazzy though - and everyone was all dressed all up. Was like the who's who of Balikpapan. Bagpipes, Scottish dancing, lots of kilts, lots of whiskey, more whiskey and a really great meal.

My first time to taste Haggis, ever. Isn't as bad as I thought it would be, although I think they may have added a bit of Indonesian spice to it. Jazzed it up a bit. Maybe? I was expecting it to be a little more bland than that. Haggis served with Bashed Neeps and Champit Tatties. Tatties are potatoes and the Neeps are mashed turnips. The Neeps - sorry, but I did not really care for that stuff too much. But the other Me did. Your mother would be proud of you, although you did comment yesterday that it might have had something to do with Whiskey.

It wasn't just Haggis either. Started out with Cock-a-leekie soup. No wonder Robby Burns was such a good poet - look the language he had to work with. Scottish really is a language in fact, and hard to understand too. It was a really nice dinner, lamb stew, trifle, shortbread and a thing they called tablet which tasted just like like fudge to me.

Now imagine this. A bottle of Whiskey that sold for $1,850 US. Auctioned off that night. I guess. Can't imagine it myself. You've probably figured out I'm not a big fan of whiskey, at-all-ever, yuck. But I guess, some people really, like the stuff. So apparently this was not just any bottle of Whiskey - it was in fact a Limited Edition, 37 year old Bottle of Whiskey. “Famous Grouse”. And only one of 250 in the world. A special Whiskey in honor of Robby Burns. Wow - can't imagine paying that much for a bottle of anything. Hope the lucky guy enjoys it.

TODAY: Well thought I had the pool thing this morning - but no body showed. Change of plans I guess. Guess that means I have lots of time to do other stuff. Like clean-up the mess in the office. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. I am so good at that.

Back on the milk mission again.

Ok, we're February-ready. Let's do it!

Good to Go!