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Day at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa

Today we spent the day at the Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa off of Fair Oaks in Sacramento. It was a special day because it was a continuation of Ebru’s birthday, which was yesterday March 21. The day started off with brunch at their Mango’s Cafe.
I had the Eggs Benedict and Ebru had the [...]

March 22, 2009 Blog 14 Comments

iPhone Test

Testing WordPress 1.21 App from the Apple Store with attachment.

March 21, 2009 Technology 5 Comments

AIG Bonuses

All I can about the AIG bonuses is WTH! AIG has no freakin common sense! They are backwards thinking and it’s probably the reason why they are in the mess they are in. After they were given the bailout money, our money, they hosted getaways for their top producers and now this! They must be [...]

March 18, 2009 Blog 10 Comments

Facebook Reunion

Today I joined or rather re-joined Facebook and had a great time catching up with old friends. The interface is quite different from what it looked like a year or so ago. Since then more of my friends have signed up or at least are searchable.
To me Facebook is like Twitter on steroids. It’s definitely [...]

March 14, 2009 Blog 6 Comments

Balancing Act

Work, play, and home life. How does one create a balance? We only have so many hours in a day. When do people have time to hit the gym, go to work, pay the bills, do the laundry, and spend quality time with their families? How has the turn in the economy impacted our ability [...]

March 11, 2009 Lessons 5 Comments

Service with a Smile

Friday I went to get an oil change at Jiffy Lube and was pleasantly surprised. I was greeted with a sincere smile from a female technician. I didn’t expect this from a predominately male trade. There wasn’t just the one, but there were at least 3 female technicians working there.
I’ve been going to Jiffy Lube [...]

March 8, 2009 Blog 6 Comments

Frugal Friday at G.V. Hurley’s

Lately I’ve been writing about the state of the economy. We are not immune to cut backs in our household. We still like to dine out when we can so we’ve been looking for deals on the net and from deals from local restaurants. If you live anywhere near Sacramento, then you have to take [...]

March 2, 2009 Food 6 Comments

iPhone Bandwagon

I finally did it! I jumped on the iPhone bandwagon once and for all. For years I have been eyeing this little wonder, but never gave in. Best Buy recently had an offer I couldn’t refuse. I have been a Windows Mobile users (Windows CE) since they first came out with the device, but [...]

March 2, 2009 Blog 4 Comments