Life Gets Sparkly (and planning help needed)

4 January 2011 5 Comments

Now that the holidays are over and I’m too bloated to do more than sit on the couch, a little catch-up:

Ro was nursing an abscess for the last couple weeks, so she hasn’t had to do anything besides eat and sleep. This is ok with her, but I’m planning to ruin her vacation and put her back in work this week.

Our ramp up into work will be helped by the shiny new surcingle I received for my birthday. I think Ro will be less excited about that gift than I am.

Hopefully, her shiny new browband will pacify her a bit. That’s right: I got a bling browband. I hear they are going out of fashion, so the timing seemed about right. But this isn’t crystals, so it’s probably ok. This is a combination of navy bluestones and some white something-or-others. It looks fabulous on her, and the navy stones stand out from the black leather more than I thought; it should look absolutely stunning in sunlight.

I took pictures tonight, in the barn, when it was dark. Ro looks a bit… evil… due to the flash. I’ll try again tomorrow, when I may be able to get out to the barn while it’s still sunny. If that doesn’t work, you’ll have to take my word on how great it looks and wait for spring to actually see pictures.

Other shiny news: my brother, the one person in the world whom I would have said was even less likely than me to get married, got engaged. The wedding will be in Oregon sometime later this year. According to my rather liberal grasp of geography, that puts me in driving distance of the Redwoods (note: I live in Texas and am pretty sure Colorado is in “driving distance.” When I lived in Ohio, New Orleans was in “driving distance.” For that matter, when I lived in Ohio, I thought going to Virginia was a good weekend trip. Like I said: liberal grasp of geography.)

So an early planning plea for anyone who lives in “driving distance” of Portland: where would you recommend I go (or not) during the two or three weeks I plan to be driving around that area? “That area” isn’t too well defined—but probably western Oregon and northern California. I miss scenery desperately (Houston, which may have a redeeming quality or two, deep down where no one is sure it exists, has a negative scenery quotient). I do not drink wine. I do like micro brews. I don’t particularly want to do big-city stuff. Redwoods, beaches, mountains?

Ideas?

Trips, Vacations, Places That Are Not "Home"

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