Prescott, Arizona

It’s Memorial Day weekend. Yun and I traveled up to Prescott with Jeff, Beth, Liam, and Natalie. We rented a cabin in the mountains. It is beautiful. It smells great and it is in the low 70s. Yun and I love these sort of vacations. They are so very relaxing. No plans. No rush. We need to pool our resources and buy a place like this.

This morning we woke relatively late. Ate breakfast. Played with the dogs. Went to a park. We played some horseshoe. I know the game from my youth. I don’t remember it being so fun. Yun and I decimated Jeff and Beth. Then the guys played a few rounds. Jeff and I won one, Liam one two. Liam was very, very lucky.

Notice Beth’s perfect form as the horseshoe heads for her foot.

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Taste of The Wild Pacific Stream Dog

We changed dog foods again today. It’s hard to find something that is not garbage. Most dog foods seem to contain grains and other such undigestable things to fill their bags. The marketing boasts of fruits and vegetables, but doesn’t note that dogs cannot actually break down the cellular walls of these foods in order to benefit from them. This is the garbage that is typically sold at major pet food stores and other chains.

We have found a few brands that are grain free and contain actual meat (rather than just meal or other byproducts). Typically they’re pretty expensive. Tonight we found Taste of the Wild; which, despite it’s goofy packaging, was one of the healthiest dog foods we’ve found and at a price much less expensive than other comparable brands.

30lbs = $40

Here are the ingredients:

Protein: 25% Fat: 15%
Calcium: 1.9%, as-fed; Phosphorus: 1.1%, as-fed
Calories: 3,600 kcal/kg (360 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy
Available in 5lb, 15lb and 30lb bags.

Ingredients
Salmon, ocean fish meal, sweet potatoes, potatoes, canola oil, salmon meal, smoked salmon, potato fiber, natural flavor, salt, choline chloride, dried chicory root, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, yucca schidigera extract, dried fermentation products of Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, niacin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

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6 years

Today is our 6-year anniversary. This is the first time our anniversary has occurred on a Saturday since our wedding 6 years ago. We have a tradition which we’ve been consistent with since our first anniversary. Couples massage and then dinner at Gold. Two of our favorite things.


We started with a seared shrimp appetizer and salad. I had the rack of lamb for dinner (above) and Yun had the tuna. It was excelenté!

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Mexican Bocce Ball Champion

We traveled down to Guaymas last night to spend a long weekend on the beach. As we both worked yesterday, we didn’t arrive until after 1am. Fortunately I had a little sleep on the trip which made things go fast. We drove down with Yun’s parents.

As we approach Guaymas, the dogs must begin to recognize things or smell the salt air, because they go crazy. Scout was up this morning at around 6 am after 4 hours of sleep to hit the beach. He played in the water all day today and appears to be exhausted, so theoretically he’ll sleep well tonight.

I bought a cheap bocce ball set in Tucson before we left for our first international bocce ball championship this afternoon. Perhaps we’ll invest in a better quality set in the future, but for the time this one worked.

Yun and I are sitting on the back veranda of Abe’s house listening to some Bob Marley right now. The temperature is perfect with a nice warm breeze while we watch the sun set over the sea. This is one of the most relaxing places I know.

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exercise…

As we live much farther North now, we are unable to take the dogs on their traditional blood runs that they were used to when we lived in the South. Fortunately, next to where we live is an empty lot with ample dry, desert wash behind it. This provides sufficient space to throw the dog’s retrieval toy and for the dogs to get a pretty intense workout.

Of course there is plenty of cactus and sharp rocks which accounts for a good number of cuts and blood. I think we’ll call this event their blood throws.

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Polish cuisine for dinner…

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Bin Laden is dead today…

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Conveyor belt of sushi for lunch…

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Wisdom from Portland

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30,000

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I am currently over Northern California on my way to Portland.

My feet are frozen.

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