January 2008

Monthly Archive

Love my Nutrigrain bars..

Posted by Thomas on 30 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: General Ramblings, Movies

Thanks, Brian, for pointing this one out to me.

Doing the nightly walk…

Posted by Thomas on 17 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: General Ramblings

Doing the nightly walk…

..with the wife. Yeah, it is a little dark. :)

Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Flagstaff…

Posted by Thomas on 16 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: General Ramblings, Picture

So this last weekend we decided to head to the great white North, otherwise known in Arizona as Flagstaff.

Yep, it was fun. We decided to stay at a hotel for Saturday night, instead of trying to drive back after sledding all day, and it was a good idea. We stayed at the Flagstaff Radisson, and upgraded to their “Sleep Number” bed:

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While it was a nice bed, when we first arrived, it didn’t work. You could select your ‘number’. Actually, the remote wouldn’t work at all. So, I couldn’t tell what ’sleep number’ it was on. But I can tell you it was whatever ’sleep number’ equals ‘hard as a friggin board’. So after calling the front desk, they promised to send someone right up, and we went off to go buy sledding equipment and, well, sled.

Yes, we tried to buy sledding equipment here in the valley before going up. But guess what? Nobody in the valley sells it. Not anyone we checked, at least. (Walmart, a few sporting goods stores, etc.)

And, of course, Walmart and Target IN Flagstaff were also sold out. But we did find some great deals at a sporting goods store, and off we go.

Got some great shots from the camera:
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After all that, we headed back to the hotel to get cleaned up. And guess what? They didn’t fix the bed. After complaining, they finally sent someone up to fix it, and he basically had to take the bed apart. Nice. Oh well. (And as far as ’sleep number’ is concerned? Ehh. it’s okay. Don’t think I’ll ever pay extra for it again in a hotel, or buy one.)

Dinner at the Teppenyaki restaurant conveniently located in the lobby, and it’s off to peaceful slumber.

The next morning, it’s breakfast at, well, where else? Mike and Rhonda’s The Place, as if you would even ask!? And back to Phoenix.

All and all, a great trip, and good times.

You can check out all the photos here on Flickr.

A very cold view…

Posted by Thomas on 12 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: General Ramblings



A very cold view…



…from our hotel room.

On the way to the Great White North..

Posted by Thomas on 12 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: General Ramblings



On the way to the Great White North..



..otherwise known as Flagstaff…

Why can’t I…

Posted by Thomas on 08 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: General Ramblings



Why can’t I…



..win like this in Vegas? (This is a slot machine the wife bought me for Christmas.)

Love that fresh, “New-Year” Scent!

Posted by Thomas on 02 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: General Ramblings

Yes, it’s finally 2008.

What does that mean? Well, taxes.  Yeah.  Lovely.

I’m in the process of moving all my picutres from my built-in Gallery to Flickr.  You might have even noticed my “Flickr Stream” on the right side of the page.   It’s a slow, manual process to move the pictures over, so I’m in really no hurry to do it.  But you can check out the ones I’ve moved to Flickr here.

I hate jigsaw puzzles…

Posted by Thomas on 01 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: General Ramblings



I hate jigsaw puzzles…



..but the wife loves them.