Guaymas / March

Yun and I headed down to Guaymas for some beach action a couple weeks ago with Jeff, Beth, Liam, and Natalie. We left after work on Friday and returned on Monday.

Saturday night was poker night at Abe’s house. Mexicans versus Americans. I was the first to take out a Mexican, but that’s all I can claim. Jeff hung in there until the final three, but was eventually taken out. I blame the lack of re-buys and the rapid increase on the blinds. This was confirmed last weekend when Abe and Gabriel came to Tucson for a second round and were proven less than victorious.

We had a nice lunch at Bonifacio’s on Sunday. Part of the fun was the drive there. I had the Charger (Gab’s), Yun had the Camero (Abe’s). We each had some tasty dishes and then went for a walk on the beach.

There is a good size hill on the inlet that provides for some good photos. Here’s a photo looking down on Bonifacios.

Liam and I had plans to do some diving, but the water is just a tad too cold this early in the year. I suspect in a couple more months, the water will be in the 80s.

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poker in la casa

Had some guys over for poker last night:

Luke, Ben, Jon, Liam, Daniel, Abraham, and Gabriel.

First: Jon
Second: ME
Third: Liam

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Mt Lemmon

Jeff, Beth, Yun and I spent the weekend up Mt. Lemmon last weekend. So very relaxing. So very cold. We had a great time. An excessive amount of (much needed) sleep. Great food. Great wine.

It’s so nice to get away for the weekend. It’s even nicer when it’s only an hour from the house. The winter-esque weather was a nice change. There was plenty of snow to enjoy!

The dogs accompanied us on this trip. They LOVE the mountains. Tila loves to dig. She spent most of her weekend digging.

Jeff’s dog Walcott was with us. Scout and Walcott do not exactly get along. Walcott likes Scout. Scout hates Walcott. They had more than one interaction. I caught one such special moment with the camera.

Fortunately Scout didn’t do something stupid which would lead to another couple months of vet visits.

We had a great time. It was a much needed rest.

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Cilantro

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I have a pretty impressive window ledge in my office at work. I have put it to good use. the entire thing is covered in plants. As seen in the picture above, I have recently started growing cilantro. 

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I have another plant which I cannot determine if it is a  golden pothos or a variety of a heart leaf philodendron. They propagate very easily. 

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Matt becomes a delagate for Ron Paul

Dana text me maybe a week ago to tell me Matt was nominated as delegate for the Republican primaries in his area (Minnesota). Arizona is next on the schedule for the end of this month. We tried to get seats for the debates, but that didn’t happen.

Matt wrote a great speech to get elected as a delegate:

“In 1770 Alexander Tyler said this about the cycle of democracy:

We move from bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage

I ask you friends, in what phase are we? With welfare rolls exploding, foreign owned debt crushing our economy, the legislator knocking down our doors telling us what we are allowed to do under the law instead of how the law will offer us freedom, when patriotism means we can’t question our leaders and liberty is the choice between a body scanner and a pat down. I ask you again my friends, how have we come this far?

We are all here tonight because we believe that America can break free from the bondage of debt, class warfare and dependency offered to us by this administration. Our hope isn’t in the next bailout, but the free market. We believe social justice is about tearing down the walls that separate us, not lifting some over at the expense of others; that Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem!; and that the Constitution cannot be interpreted to mean just anything, for it would then have no meaning at all.

I am part of your community, your neighbor, and I’m asking you to allow me to be a part of the biggest turn around in our country’s great history.”

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UFC match at Justin’s house

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i love coming home to dinner.

Brutal day at work. Scout tore off his bandages again today…..

Dinner was redemptive.

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Phil and Nancy were over for dinner tonight. Yun made an incredible pork with tamarind sauce and rice. It was then on to a round of Nutz, one of our board games from the 80s. Good times…

Sadly, I lost to Nancy who was playing for the first time.

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Breakfast of champions

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I love these things. Since I am generally always running late for work, this becomes breakfast.

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Another day at the hospital

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Dropping Scout off for his bi-weekly visit to the vet. He will spend the entire day here.  After doing this for many weeks, you would think he would be comfortable with this place by now. Sadly, that is not the case.

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