Last Weekend we were in Reedley for Kacie's Bridal shower numero dos, that's right, she's having three.The highlight s of the weekend included golf on Saturday and a great dinner at New China with the entire family, all 16 of us. Dale made life easy on us and ordered ahead of time. We ate true family style and there was not much left in the end. Did I mention it was 100+ degrees all weekend? The whole weekend flew by and before I knew it I was back in the office.
This week has not been that bad. I'm waiting on some big deals to come in that just can't seem to close. "Sign the paperwork people!" Last night we had a salesforce.com outing at the Giants game. There were 200 people from work that went, mostly from sales. They had kegs, hotdogs, burgers, and cookies for us.
This morning I woke up and let the cats out. After I got out of the shower I checked up on them and they were both pre-occupied with different things. Mandy had her head in the gutter and when she looked up at me her face was all dirty (kinda weird for a cat). On the fence there was a squirrel that was watching Mandy, and then Tosca was watching the squirrel. It was like a cartoon. I went over to see what Mandy was doing and saw that she had scored herself a
salamander. Good job cat, you bagged yourself the most defenseless creature in all of San Mateo county. After I placed a rock over the little mander I watched Tosca and the squirrel. The squirrel climbed down the back of tree almost to the ground. Tosca could see this but I could. Next the squirrel peaked its head around the trunk and caught Tosca's attention. Tosca made a move and the squirrel rounded the tree to the other side. Eventually Tosca saw the squirrel again and made another move. Back and forth they did this till Tosca ran up the trunk. The squirrel high tailed it for the top of the tree.
I think the squirrels have a crush on the cats. That or they are royally messing with them. What is it with the animals in this neighborhood. Ninja raccoons, the Cady shack Gopher, Wiseguy squirrels, and jack @$$ blue jays. I see a Red Ryder BB gun in my future.
This weekend Jodi and I broke the house in with a party. We had great turn out and we got a lot of compliments. People came from all over, Chico, Santa Cruz, SF, and Washington, and next door. We BBQ'd about 22 pounds of Beef and chicken kabobs. We also went through about 90 beers and 12 Bottles of wine. Not bad for a days work. We made sure everyone was fat and happy and to our surprise everyone stayed. We flipped on the outdoor lights and broke out the dessert. Our neighbors Sibby and Dave brought over some of her businesses cup cakes, the one's I've raved about in the past. People scarfed them down like they were the cure to cancer.
Eventually it started to get cold and Mike layed his eyes on the chiminea. Now we didn't have any wood nor have any intention to break it in but that didn't stop things. Before you knew it guys were scouring the yard and garage for rogue pieces of wood. Not a lot of wood was found but they did find about 100 lbs of cardboard. I can't talk up what happened next, I'll just show you the picture and let you be the judge. The chiminea was awesome! Not only did it shoot flames out the top, but it kept everyone warm and didn't make everyone smell like smoke.
Here's a picture of Mike eliminating the hair from his arm for the next 6 months. All and all it was a great party. To see more pictures click this link: Flickr The next morning Mike, Jon and I (3 of the 4 Cal Poly Roommates) went to a local breakfast joint and licked our wounds. Later that day Jodi and I drove to Santa Rosa for Jodi's Grandfathers 90th birthday party. It was a great time, but by the time Sunday night hit we were partied out.
