Many of the pictures of our travels can be
found for sale on this new web site. The pictures are all custom
8x10 prints mounted on a lightweight backing with a linen finish
and lightly textured. I hope you'll stop by and check out what
I have to offer
Life is changing again for us. We finished
our activities in Houston after about 6 months consulting work
there. Now Mike and friends are working on a new business plan
in the telephone industry which will allow us to spend more time
in San Diego with some flight time to Tampa, Florida. We are
looking forward to the change and being able to spend time with
family and friends in San Diego and to also visit with family
and friends in Florida as well. We miss our time with Mike's
sister Carol and her husband in Houston but will get to enjoy
time with Carol's daughter and her family in San Diego as well
as son James and being closer to Heather and her family.
After our time in Japan, we spent several
months in Roanoke, Virginia on a consulting assignment which
gave us some time to roam the east coast, visiting Washington,
D.C. along with areas of North Carolina and Mike's old stomping
grounds of the Outer Banks and Morehead City, North Carolina.
We were sorry not to have more time to explore the areas around
Roanoke but life moves forward. From Virginina we headed to Houston,
Texas where we were both consulting. Here we had time to spend
with Mike's sister Carol and her husband Ken as well as working
away for hours on end. At least in Houston and Roanoke there
were movie theaters so we didn't miss out on the movie trips
and dinners out. We had an apartment here in Houston, but its
Oakwood which does fully furnished rentals so we have avoided
investing in additional household goods for this one.
Instead of going back to work for someone
else, I have embarked on the web development and hosting trail
WEB DEVELOPMENT
AND HOSTING. It fills most of my time in between joining
Mike for various projects that are tied in with his work in COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY. During our time in Roanoke and now in Houston
I was commuting back to San Diego once a month to meet with my
web development clients and tend to household "things".
It certainly makes for a busy life on the go but gives us the
opportunity to see more of the country ...We managed time for
our anniversary in Nashville for the Grand Ole Opry and also
into Kentucky for Mammoth Caves.
We arrived back in San Diego from Japan in
time to visit Paramount Ranch to watch the filming of the first
TV Movie Dr. Quinn Medicine
Woman. This aired on May 22, 1999 at 8pm. and CBS has offered
Jane Seymour the opportunity to do a second television movie
and maybe a third. We have our fingers crossed for more good
things to come in this area. At this point we are hoping for
Christmas 2000.
Both Mike and I have enjoyed a long association
with photography. We have pictures and slides from all over the
World and have filled our home with memories of our various trips
and a multitude of events in our lives. Our travels have taken
us half way around the world or as close as the Anza Borrego
desert. They have all been enjoyed and appreciated. Click on
one of the locations to read about our various trips.
Movies, books, plays and other types of entertainment
are another form of enjoyment to take our minds away from a busy
work schedule. They help to relax and refresh after a busy week
in the battle for new and better business opportunities. Weekend
trips to Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach
and others contribute to a refreshed outlook on hectic and busy
lives.
My involvement with computers started when
my new boss, Tom, dictated for 4 hours, dumped a computer on
my desk and informed me he needed it in WordStar on a floppy.
It was a dual floppy system with no hard drive. They showed me
out to boot it up, how to start WordStar and sent me on my way.
Two months later I was asking "how do I...". That was
when Tom handed me a couple of dBase II books, Ty put a 10 mb
hard drive into the computer, and I was off and running. I have
been "playing" away with a computer since that time....
Learning more... and more importantly... wanting more.... Bigger,
Better, Faster, etc.
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