Home Again

All good things must eventually end and our weekend in Seattle has indeed ended. tdjohnsn, rlegters and the Puddletown Squares are no doubt wrapping up final administrivia related to their fly-in, cuyahogarvr is back in Cleveland we’re back in Washington, DC.

kent4str, cuyahogarvr and rlegters in Pioneer Square, Seattle:


( Details, details... )

This is also the last time we’ll be saying good-bye to cuyahogarvr… the next time he comes to Washington, DC, it will be to stay for good. His worldly belongings should be shipped to our place next week and he’ll be moved in with us (although probably still living out of boxes) within 10 days. Whee!

We have no additional calling engagements until next Monday’s Mainstream class. In the interim, I have to get the accounting for this weekend caught up, including checks deposited and expenses recorded. Heaven knows what will be waiting for us in our mailbox when we get home.

We also want to get an additional license for Vic Ceder’s square dance software since it is likely we’ll be using separate equipment simultaneously in future. I want to shop for a newer microphone, one which better matches my vocal range. I have Anne’s C1 to transcribe & study, and there’s always A2 and C1 material to compose when spare time allows. I also have a handful of singing calls for which I need to redraft the lyrics –either they’re inappropriate for our group but have a lovely melody in my range or the cue sheet simply has no lyrics whatsoever.

In short, there’s a laundry list of things to do (including laundry) while I’m still supposed to be holding down a fulltime job. At least our weeknights are free this week, although we might run over to dance to Skip Cleland’s A2 with the Zig Zaggers this Friday night if we’re ambitious.

Home Again

All good things must eventually end and our weekend in Seattle has indeed ended. tdjohnsn, rlegters and the Puddletown Squares are no doubt wrapping up final administrivia related to their fly-in, cuyahogarvr is back in Cleveland we’re back in Washington, DC.

kent4str, cuyahogarvr and rlegters in Pioneer Square, Seattle:


( Details, details... )

This is also the last time we’ll be saying good-bye to cuyahogarvr… the next time he comes to Washington, DC, it will be to stay for good. His worldly belongings should be shipped to our place next week and he’ll be moved in with us (although probably still living out of boxes) within 10 days. Whee!

We have no additional calling engagements until next Monday’s Mainstream class. In the interim, I have to get the accounting for this weekend caught up, including checks deposited and expenses recorded. Heaven knows what will be waiting for us in our mailbox when we get home.

We also want to get an additional license for Vic Ceder’s square dance software since it is likely we’ll be using separate equipment simultaneously in future. I want to shop for a newer microphone, one which better matches my vocal range. I have Anne’s C1 to transcribe & study, and there’s always A2 and C1 material to compose when spare time allows. I also have a handful of singing calls for which I need to redraft the lyrics –either they’re inappropriate for our group but have a lovely melody in my range or the cue sheet simply has no lyrics whatsoever.

In short, there’s a laundry list of things to do (including laundry) while I’m still supposed to be holding down a fulltime job. At least our weeknights are free this week, although we might run over to dance to Skip Cleland’s A2 with the Zig Zaggers this Friday night if we’re ambitious.

To Do Today

• Make hotel reservations for ACDC, Washington DC, February, 2008;
  
• Make hotel reservations for Independence Squares fly-in, Lake Harmony, PA, March 2008;
  
• Make hotel reservations for CALLERLAB, Los Angeles, CA, March, 2008;
  
• Send fly-in checklist copy to tdjohnsn;
  
• Update ACDC registration form with hotel information;
  
• Nag kent4str to create 2008 Harper's Ferry Registration form now that we have rates, dates and callers;
  
• Update DC Diamond Circulate registration form with staffing changes;
  
• Dig up prior convention brochures from my files for Lorenzo;
  
• Purchase Halloween candy for the kids that'll never come;
  
• Catch up on bookkeeping from this weekend's trip;
  
• Transcribe ewe_bull_akr's C1 and C2 tips from last Saturday;
  
• Create routine backups of XP workstation and Linux server;
  
• Laundry;
  
• Check balances in Canadian bank accounts;
  
• Make 130 copies each of the Harper's Ferry dance schedule, 2008 registration form, ACDC 2008 registration form, DC Diamond Circulate registration form, etc..
  
• Check and confirm stationery supplies for Harper's Ferry Hoedown;
  
• Prep for next Monday's Mainstream class;
  
• Restore order to the basement;
  
• Check monthly rates for a storage locker.
  

To Do Today

• Make hotel reservations for ACDC, Washington DC, February, 2008;
  
• Make hotel reservations for Independence Squares fly-in, Lake Harmony, PA, March 2008;
  
• Make hotel reservations for CALLERLAB, Los Angeles, CA, March, 2008;
  
• Send fly-in checklist copy to tdjohnsn;
  
• Update ACDC registration form with hotel information;
  
• Nag kent4str to create 2008 Harper's Ferry Registration form now that we have rates, dates and callers;
  
• Update DC Diamond Circulate registration form with staffing changes;
  
• Dig up prior convention brochures from my files for Lorenzo;
  
• Purchase Halloween candy for the kids that'll never come;
  
• Catch up on bookkeeping from this weekend's trip;
  
• Transcribe ewe_bull_akr's C1 and C2 tips from last Saturday;
  
• Create routine backups of XP workstation and Linux server;
  
• Laundry;
  
• Check balances in Canadian bank accounts;
  
• Make 130 copies each of the Harper's Ferry dance schedule, 2008 registration form, ACDC 2008 registration form, DC Diamond Circulate registration form, etc..
  
• Check and confirm stationery supplies for Harper's Ferry Hoedown;
  
• Prep for next Monday's Mainstream class;
  
• Restore order to the basement;
  
• Check monthly rates for a storage locker.
  

Photo Time!

If bjarvis was travelling, then bjarvis was being incredibly shallow and probably armed with a camera.

Click for some of the hotter specimens encountered in our recent Seattle trip. (rlegters, tdjohnsn, cuyahogarvr and kent4str already occupy a special place in my heart so I'm sure they'll forgive me for not including them in this list... they all appear in prior hottie postings anyway. :-))

Click here to jump to the complete photo series on my web site.

( Click here for the smaller hottie collection from this trip. )

Photo Time!

If bjarvis was travelling, then bjarvis was being incredibly shallow and probably armed with a camera.

Click for some of the hotter specimens encountered in our recent Seattle trip. (rlegters, tdjohnsn, cuyahogarvr and kent4str already occupy a special place in my heart so I'm sure they'll forgive me for not including them in this list... they all appear in prior hottie postings anyway. :-))

Click here to jump to the complete photo series on my web site.

( Click here for the smaller hottie collection from this trip. )