shiftfocus Musings and Motivations

Dizzy girls

This morning started off a bit scary. When we woke up, Rosa could barely walk. It was like her back legs were giving out, shaking, falling over. I helped her down the stairs, but...

Maui, Hawaii

Well, obviously we’ve been busy here or I would have found a little more time to write in here before the end of our trip. Let’s start with the most important things first… I...

Aloha

Amanda and I greet you from sunny, somewhat windy Maui, sitting in sight of a beautiful rainbow (which also means a light rain). We have the absolute privilege of being able to leave our...

Kumala wine

We tried a new wine tonight, Kumala, a South African wine (http://www.kumalausa.com/wines/wine.php?id=183). It was a good wine, nothing special. Slightly sweet, definitely nice fruit flavors, although I didn’t detect the spiciness that they mention....

New Year’s resolution???

Yeah, I’m doing great. Here it is January 9th and I haven’t even posted this year. Ahh, but I do have some pictures coming. So far it has been a good year. New Year’s...

Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas today. Grandma and Grandpa Twinkie (Amanda’s parents) sent us a bunch of gifts that we had fun opening all morning. They had sent us questionairres awhile ago and many...

First solo 1863C

This was a beautiful morning for a flight. I dropped Amanda off at the airport at 5:30am – she is going to a conference in San Francisco for a few days – and then...

Gotta tri…

We’ve done it! Amanda completed her second triathlon a few weeks ago – the world famous Gold Nugget (http://www.goldnuggettriathlon.com/). And I have completed my first triathlon, the Eagle River triathlon (http://www.eaglerivertri.com/). Both of us...

Juneau

I am in Juneau, sitting in the Goldbelt Hotel, waiting for Amanda to give me a call. This is the first time I’ve been here in about a year and a half… I actually...

AP Boy and more serious topics

Well, since the beginning of this year Connor has had quite the series of accidents – broken arm, tooth knocked out. The latest is he got stitches. This was a couple weeks ago, he...