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We wish you a Merry Christmas…

January 8, 2010 in Family, Travel, Updates by melissa | 1 comment

…and a Happy New Year!

Okay, so this post is a little late, but at least I’m getting pictures from Christmas and New Years up on the site. If you head on over to the 2009 Holiday Gallery, you’ll see three sets of pictures. The first is us (me, really) decorating our small, crooked, table top tree. His name was Gil and he was very cute!

The second set is from our trip to Midland, MI to see Chad’s parents (and other family) for Christmas. I would just like to share that when we left Virginia on the 23rd, there was more snow on the ground than we had landing in Michigan. And then it had to go and rain on Christmas! In Michigan! So much for my white Christmas. Ah well. For Christmas dinner, I made garlic prime rib, blue cheese mashed potatoes, sauteed mushrooms, Yorkshire pudding, and a salad with pear and carmelized onion. Beth made a fantastic eggnog cake for dessert – all in all, it was a delicious Christmas. =)

The final set of pictures is from New Years Eve. Alin, Christina, King, Nif, Michelle, Mike, Chad and I all got gussied up and headed out to the Willard Intercontinental for a great big party and had a great time. You can also check out the professional photos here, if you’re interested (our crazy prom photo is 5131 and 5132).

Finally, since I know some people are interested, I’m currently 56 out of 63 on the Consular Register. I’ll get there one of these days!

And by the way – I’ve added some new links on the left. Check them out!

Surprise Trip to New York

June 29, 2009 in Travel, Updates by melissa | 2 comments

For Chad’s 30th birthday, I surprised him with a trip to New York City for the weekend.  We left Thursday morning, and he had no idea where we were headed.  At first he thought we would be flying out of National, then when we got into the car and headed north, he thought we might be heading to BWI.  It wasn’t until we were almost out of Baltimore when the sign for I-95 north read New York did he figure it out. But at this point, he didn’t know what the two planned evening activities would be for the weekend.

On the way there we stopped at a diner in Bordentown, NJ called Mastoris. There was just too much lunch for us to eat, but it was pretty good. While we were there, I showed him the tickets for the evening – to a taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Chad and I are fans of Jon’s show and interview style, so I made sure to get tickets back in February. Read the rest of this entry »

Guess who’s going to San Diego

September 17, 2008 in Travel by melissa | 1 comment

Me! (and Chad, several days later). I’m heading to the APTA Expo with a few other coworkers. We will have a booth at the show and while I’m looking forward to being back in San Diego, I can’t say the same about the actual Expo. That’s probably because I’m not sure what to expect.

I’ll be in San Diego from October 4-12. Chad flies in to join me on the 9th. Yaaay!

Thoughts on a business trip

January 10, 2008 in Travel by melissa | 1 comment

1. It is never a good sign when a fireman steps out of your plane’s gate thing. Nothing was wrong, someone thought they smelled something funny so the fire department did some air quality tests.

2. If it is a full flight, I love the exit row, but in full flights, I always end up seated next to a very large man…

3. If I knit, the large man sitting next to me will always want to talk about it.

4. I should have brought more yarn.

5. 24 hour business trips stink. I want to go home.

tickets!

January 9, 2008 in Travel by melissa

I just bought our tickets to LA for Naama and Greg’s wedding. Hooray! I’ll be flying on May 20, and Chad will fly out on May 22. We’ll be in SoCal until the 26th. =)

tickets!

December 13, 2007 in Travel by melissa

I just bought our tickets to Israel for Leah’s wedding in March. We’ll be gone from 03/08-03/18, with a short layover in Zurich on the way there, and an overnight layover in Zurich on the way back. The best part is that we’ll be able to pay for the entire trip using Chad’s vacation payout from when he left TSP. Yaaaay!

This weekend, I’ll have to get some passport pictures printed up so I can get my passport updated with my new last name.