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For the last 3 months, Julie has been doing the "flip this house" thing. Today, it went on the market. Click on the image below to see the listing and pictures. She thinks the pictures look best in the 2D mode.
Nice work darlin!
Update: Believe it or not, it's now under contract. Sold in under 8 hours!
The current gig I'm on is quite fun, mainly because I'm doing it with a bunch of co-workers and we get to write code all day. The downside of it is we have to fly out to the client site every other week. The traveling isn't too bad because we're all good friends, and traveling with good friends is quite a bit of fun. Today, the "fun" part of it is getting stretched.
We're flying back to DC this week, and Jim picked me up from my house at 11:30 this morning. We headed to DIA for a 1:30pm flight. When we arrived, we discovered our flight wasn't leaving until 4:30pm.
At 4:30, United cancelled the flight.
We're still at DIA, scheduled to leave on an 11:40pm flight for Orlando. We get into Orlando at 5:00am, then jump on a flight to DC, arriving at 8:00am. Ugh.
Should be an interesting day tomorrow. Our current plan is to grab a few hours of sleep when we get there and show up at the client shortly after noon. As for the Wednesday night Tech Meetup, we're still planning on Brickskeller, but are open to other suggestions.
This past weekend, I hurt my back pretty bad and I've been in severe pain all week. I did a back flip on our trampoline, and even though I landed it, I tweaked something pretty good. Now I'm like an old man: hobbling around, groaning when I get out of a chair, etc. I even thought about calling room service this morning to tie my shoes. My co-workers don't think I can hurt it anymore by not getting help immediately, but the pain certainly isn't going anywhere. In fact, it seems like it's getting worse. Good thing I brought a heating pad to work today. 
It looks like I'm going to be in Washington, DC on and off throughout the rest of the summer. Besides the regular touristy stuff, what's fun to do in this town? I'll be traveling with good friends from work, so I'm actually looking forward to the trip(s).
Raible Road Trip #9 was to the cabin last year for the 4th of July. This year, we're taking it a whole new level. Going to the cabin for the 4th is a good time, but the huckleberries aren't ripe yet. This year, we've decided to go the first week in August instead.
OSCON is at the end of July and visiting Portland in late July is awesome. My parents have agreed to watch the kids during OSCON, and July doesn't want to travel to Oregon (she's rather enjoy some "down time"). Because of all this, I've come up with quite the travel plan for Raible Road Trip #10.
On Saturday, July 22nd, James Goodwill and I leave from Denver and drive to Salem, Oregon - where my parents live.
According to Google Maps, this trip should take about 21 hours. We expect to arrive in Salem sometime Sunday night. We'll hang out in Oregon until Tuesday morning. Then I'm flying back to Denver to pick up the kids and return to Portland the same day. On Wednesday and Thursday, I'll hit up OSCON and its festivities. Thursday's Geronimo Live event followed by the Oregon Brewers Festival on Friday should be a lot of fun.
On Sunday, my parents, the kids and I will be heading to The Cabin.
Julie's flying into Spokane, WA that Sunday, so we'll pick her up on our way and hopefully arrive at the cabin sometime Sunday afternoon. From there, we'll all enjoy a week of relaxing, huckleberry picking and good family fun. We'll head back to Denver late that week, spending a night in Yellowstone Park along the way.
Julie thinks I'm nuts for all the driving I'll be doing on this trip. She calculated it up tonight and it's something like 46 hours. I'm pumped about the whole idea and can't wait for it to begin. I love road trips, especially when doing them with family and friends.
Update: As Sanjiv mentions in the comments, Yahoo Maps has a much better representation of this trip.
Total Distance: 2920.6 miles, Total Travel Time: 48 hours 8 mins
Father's Day has been great so far. We started off this morning by opening gifts. The kids gave me some new framed pictures, as well as a whole bunch of huckleberries. I couldn't ask for better gifts. After that, we headed out to breakfast at my favorite joint, Pete's University Park Cafe. From there, we headed up to Tiny Town and rode around on the "Choo Choo Train". We stopped for ice cream on the way home and now I'm sipping a cold one while watching the US Open. Life is good. 
Thanks to my Dad for being such an inspiration - I hope I'm as smart as you someday Pappy. Can't wait to see you in July!
Related: Father's Day 2005, 2004 and 2003.
It's amazing what a blog can do for your name. I wonder why Photo Matt got bumped from #1 to the 2nd page?
After a week and a half on the road, it's awesome to be home. JavaOne was a great time, but pretty exhausting too - and I didn't even go to any sessions! After attending the Ajax Experience, all the JavaOne topics seemed like old news. Actually, I was motivated on Thursday, but when I tried to register using the schedule builder, all sessions were full. Hot topics of the week were GWT, Avatar in JSF and Java EE. I do hope to checkout GWT sometime, but it'll probably take me a month or two. I'm booked at clients for the next couple of weeks, and after that I'd rather just enjoy the summer than work 12-hour days. As far as AppFuse 1.9.2, that's high on my list - but it'll probably take me a couple days to complete since I'll be doing it at night.
The Tangosol/SolarMetric party didn't disappoint, and Geronimo Live was a smashing success. There's a bunch of pictures (and video) posted on the Virtuas Travels Blog.
I arrived home Friday afternoon and the fun hasn't stopped. Softball game yesterday, followed by 3 BBQs and a night of playing with the kids on a friend's swingset. Today, we went to the 12th Annual VWs on the Green show. Unfortunately, it was 90°F, so we didn't last long. I'd like to say I got some good ideas for my bus, but in reality I chased Abbie and Jack around the whole time. Below are some pictures from the show today. As for my bus, it's in the shop, but no work has begun. I need to visit them this week to get something in writing so they can start doing body work.
While last week's Ajax Experience was a good time, it didn't hold a candle to the fun I had this weekend. I closed down the Thirsty Bear and Kate O'Brien's Friday night with Mats, Carlos and a few others. Saturday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Crazy Bob picked me up and we headed up to Napa Valley.
The first place we headed was Hans Fahden, which is a small winery in the northern part of Napa Valley. It was strange at first - no one was there, not even someone to serve us. Then a guy showed up, grabbed a bottle of wine and proceeded to give us a tour of the place. For the next hour, we toured his "wine cave" and beautiful gardens. Whenever our glasses were empty, he filled them up. The owner has spent the last 30 years building a spectacular garden with trees, flowers and even a couple of ponds. The gardens are so beautiful now that they've become a hotspot for weddings and have hosted over 800 since they started doing it. It was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been and we couldn't have asked for a better host.
From there, we went to another private tasting, where they kept our glasses filled until we refused. At this point, my toungue could no longer taste the wine, but my brain assured me it was good. After hitting one more winery and sweet-talking our way in (they were closing), we headed back to our hotel to meet up with Cameron and the Tangosol crew.
We had an awesome dinner with several more bottles of wine, then headed to the bars in downtown Santa Rosa. Two hours later we called it a night, much to Crazy Bob's chagrin. He's a big fan of downtown Santa Rosa. Yesterday we drove back to a beautiful day in San Fransisco. I spent most of the day working on AppFuse 1.9.2 (preview, status) and while I didn't finish, I did manage to get a good night's sleep.
This morning, I checked into The W, which is right across the street from JavaOne. The location rocks, the accommodations are swanky, and life doesn't get much better. This afternoon I have meetings with customers, followed by some AppFuse development, followed by JavaOne festivities.
As far as missing Mother's Day (yesterday) and Julie's birthday (Saturday), I'm still not in the dog house. Julie and kids have been living it up in West Palm Beach and having a great time. Today they're heading to Disney World. Sounds like they're having more fun than I am.
