Clearance jackpot!
This weekend we scored the best deal we’ve ever had to date. We went to Lowes and saw a whole rack of clearance that was shrink-wrapped and for sale for $50. The retail value is over $1000! It included stuff like three faucets (including one worth $138), a drill, copper tubing, teacup planters, and dozens […]
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Our third Microsoft 5k!
We went to the annual Microsoft 5k race like we do every year. This time it was freezing! It was 50 degrees, overcast, with 6 mph winds. Brrrr! The Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline was playing at the finish line. Video here. We beat our last year’s 5k race times! I finished in 25:04.6 and Angela […]
Homeward bound
After two weeks of a lot of fun, it was time to head home. I told the doorman that we were flying on ANA, so he told our taxi driver we needed to go to terminal 1. We got our luggage out, got our tickets checked, went through security, and then found out that we […]
Staying at the Manila Peninsula
In Makati, we stayed at the Peninsula Hotel. This 5-star hotel is part of a very old, luxury hotel chain. It seems to be the place that ALL the foreigners on business in Manila stay. It also has a bit of history. In 2007 some officials attempted to overthrow the president of the Philippines. They […]
Bellevue Resort
The Bellevue Resort in Bohol (it’s actually on the island of Panglao) is the nicest place I’ve ever stayed, and I’d definitely go again. We paid $180 per night, but the list price is $365 per night. The place just opened a month or two before we arrived, so the weight room, some restaurants, and […]
Beautiful Bohol
Our flight to Bohol left an hour late. The island only has one airport and that airport only has one runway. It’s such a small airport that if you’re flying there and there’s already a plane there, you have to circle around until that plane leaves. But everybody was excited to tell us that they’re […]
By-the-hour hotel again!?
We had originally budgeted three days for Lucap and Hundred Islands, but after the first day we decided that we had seen everything we wanted to see there. We were exhausted from the dry ocean heat and I got tired of so many people trying to get our money. We stayed for the night but […]
I’m famous!
I know we’ve been on a roll posting about our Philippines trip, but I’m going to share something exciting that just happened. I wrote about riding on a 787 and some editors loved it and posted on Huffington Post! Maybe this isn’t that big of a deal, but it’s the first time anything this high-profile […]
Visiting old friends in San Quintin
After visiting Baguio we headed to San Quintin, which was one of the areas I was assigned to when I was on my mission. This part was the highlight of our trip because I got to see all my old friends and got to introduce them to Angela. It was so good seeing them and […]
Then and now of the Baguio Mission office
When I was on my mission, I was assigned in Baguio City for six months. I spent mornings working in the mission office, where I entered stats, ran reports, and helped with computers. The house I lived in was across the street from the mission office and mission home. On our vacation we visited these […]