About 5 hours away....

We just finished re-packing our four suitcases, two carry-ons and two laptop bags. It actually all fit, although everything may not be under the weight limit. Curns is taking us to the airport at about 4 AM for our 6 AM flight (traveling internationally with pets takes longer to check in.)

We've spent about six days packing frantically. Friday we closed on the house, and went to Brookings to go out one last time. Saturday was John and Megan's wedding, Sunday was a "play Wii and recover" day, Monday my family had a party for us at Elaine's, today we went to work and said good-bye to everyone, and tonight we ate with Brad and Niki and made a few more stops saying goodbyes. Boots is freaking out. Her little world has turned upside down the last few days, and it's probably going to be even worse for her when she's trapped in her kennel on the plane. (In the cabin with us)

Check back in a few days - hopefully I will have a new post. My friend Ted is working on getting this blog hosted on my domain, as Blogger is blocked in China.

To be continued........

Skype

Mom bought a webcam and I helped her set up a Skype account the other day. We just bought a new laptop (for our personal use, to replace our desktop.) It's a Sony Vaio and has a built in web cam. If you have Skype, send us your user name!

You have new Picture Mail!

This will all go in the POD & be stored in their warehouse. This is mainly books.... We have a ways to go yet.

Mother's Day

Jon and I came to my mom and dad's house for Mother's Day. We brought the Wii and played quite a bit. Mom is pretty good at bowling.

Jon and Jared boxing.

Me loading a game (and Jared sleeping on the floor.)

I also installed PhotoShop for Mom and showed her about it a bit. Hence the above photos. The photo directly above is my dad standing by one of his pastures, taken a few days ago.

Seth and Jessie - republished!

Sorry guys, not sure why blogger didn't actually upload my photos. Here they are!

We went to the Butterfly house in SF to take these. It was pretty funny - Jessie had a lot of energy to burn.... The outtakes are pretty good! I wish I was going to be able to come back for their wedding in August, but it's looking pretty doubtful right now. Seth was my intern last year and is a tech in the NOC now. Jessie is an account manager in the NOC.

The Bellagio

John (from Border Billboard) and I went to the Bellagio Tuesday evening. The water show was pretty cool and it also has a conservatory inside. I was a bit disappointed in that - everything is Vegas is so huge and grand. I thought the Sioux Falls butterfly house was better than the conservatory. But, I got three photos that make pretty good wallpapers. Email me your screen resolution if you want one.

More casinos...

I spent all day in the Las Vegas office today. After a conference call and lunch, Krista took me here to see a few of our boards. This is a "locals" casino and it still had tons of people on a Monday afternoon. That's so weird to me!! Inside, they have a 6 mm board in their sports/racing betting area that they just use as a TV. That is a REALLY expensive TV. They have a second one being installed, and have just ordered a third.