t shirt of the now

Following theoctothorpe's morning ritual - the tshirt of today!



COFFEE LEVELS CRITICAL! (from the folks at shirt.woot.com)

healed broken-ness

looking around the internet for heart shapes....

and wow - this was on etsy.com and I thought it was too cool NOT to share.

The California Zephyr

David and I are taking a vacation together in October. We're going to Milwaukee to meet his family, then Chicago to meet more of his family - then taking the train to Denver - stopping for a day - then finishing the train trip home. We'll be gone ten days. (Uncle Leo will be living with and taking care of Miss Kate) There are so many cool things about this trip!!

I've never been to Chicago or Milwaukee - so those will be great opportunities. We'll arrive in Chicago and head to Milwaukee on October 11th - and then coming into Chicago on the 13th - and heading out on the train for Denver at 2pm on the 14th. We'll arrive in Denver at 7am on the 15th - where we will soak in the palmolive that is septimuswarren and his kitties. (I'll pack the kittykat allergy meds!) (Brett is one of my favoritest people in the world - and I can't wait to introduce him to David)- then get back on the train on the morning of the 16th - and go over the Rockies with all the fall colours - sleep our way through the desert and wake up in Reno - to go over the Sierras in the fall colours - and arrive in Oakland on the afternoon of the 17th - with a weekend ahead of us to reacclimate back to San Francisco. YAY!

California Zephyr Route Map Here

As a surprise birthday present (I turn all of 41 on September 30th) David upgraded our accommodations to a private room on the train (from a "roomette" that we'd originally booked). So we'll have our own shower and bedroom/living room on the train. It includes a nice couch that folds down into a bed at night -(hubba!hubba! Can you say train sex? I knew you could!) - and the price of the train tickets includes three onboard meals a day, room service if we'd like and putting our bed together every night for us. Neato! The Zephyr includes a dining sightseeing car with large panoramic windows for taking in all the scenery - so you can imagine - I'll have the laptop and the camera and take gazillionbillion photos. (no amtrak trains don't have wireless - - but I might upload as we stop in big cities like Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake, Reno and Sacramento along our route)

I am so friggin' excited!

So - there won't be much time for Lj convergence on this trip accept for maybe a dinner in Denver on the night of Wednesday the 15th - and perhaps breakfast/coffee with Chicago area peeps on Tuesday October 14th. It's more about introducing David to my extended family (Brett, Connor, etc. in Denver) - and he introducing me to his sister and her family in the Chicago area. and then just taking our time across country - looking, picture taking, giggling, hand holding and just having a grand adventure just the two of us.