News From SoCal
News From SoCal
New Hampshire, August 21, 2006
Back in New Hampshire, for another vendor audit. All of my other vendors are in California, with the exception of this one laser machine shop. It appears that they are all in the North-East, so even if I could find another, they would probably still be in the same area!! Enough of the belly-aching, life is good, we are staying at a nice hotel (the Crown Plaza in Nashua, NH), it has both a great restaurant, and a health club with a pool, heated spa, and tons of machines and weights. So what do we do? Well, we eat a great big dinner, then to burn it off we go to the gym!!!! Kinda balances out, or so I hope. Life on the road is not bad, AcuFocus pays for everything, and we always stay in nice hotels, and eat at nice restaurants, so one should not complain. Of course, being away from the family is always a drag, but to do a little traveling is just part of the job. Last weekend we spent two days in Rancho Mirage, just east of Palm Springs, just lying in the sun, then napping in the nice air-conditioned room, and then off to dinner. A great life!! We stayed at the Rancho Las Palmas resort, a great place with a 100 foot water slide dropping into a pool, the boys must have gone up and down the slide for four hours, a great time!!!! We used to stay in Palm Springs when there was just me and Kathy, but the town has become a little run down, and most of the great resorts and restaurants have moved east. The weather was great, but Hot!!! A 112 deg. F during the day, it went down to about 85 deg. F at night. Anyway, we went out on Friday, and stayed until Sunday morning, but it was good to get home. We all missed our dog Sidney, who was spending two nights at the Irvine Pet Complex (where Chelsea also works), and she was indeed treated very well, but there is no place like home, especially for a dog, who has become such a great part of our life. At 50 pounds and about 1.5 years in age, she is both the biggest and youngest dog that we have had, but she is just great. Part Border Collie, she is sturdy, and loves to play, and she can walk for hours!! But, given that she is a mix, she does not have that crazy herding instinct, instead she is a perfect family dog. The boys can rough-house with her, but she also loves to lie on a couch and be petted!!! I never in my wildest dreams back in Sweden thought that I would have a family of 5, plus a dog and a horse!!! It’s just weird how life is, if somebody would have told me 25 years ago that I would be living in Southern California, have a couple of degrees, a great wife and three of the most wonderful kids, and all the other material trappings that comes with a middle class life here in SoCal, I would have said that it would be impossible, things like that just does not happen!!! But here it is, and I’m proof that strange things do happen. Chelsea started College today, she will spend a couple of years at Saddleback College (near her horse), then transfer into a local university (we have some great schools within driving distance, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine, and Cal Poly Pomona), and if everything goes according to her plans, she will get a business degree with a concentration in accounting. The little boys are just crazy, we went to a local swap-meet on Sunday and found an old Nintendo-64 for $20.00, and they have been playing Zelda ever since. I hope it is just another phase, personally I can’t stand the games, but at least they are not fighting when they are playing, but to get them out of the house is like pulling teeth!!!! But boys will be boys, I hope that they grow tired of the silly thing, and go back to being outside in the wonderful California Sunshine!!!! I had another gig with the band on Friday, back at the British and Dominion club. We had a great gig, people where actually dancing!!! We are almost starting to sound like a band, the plan is to get a paying gig, then we have finally hit the big time!! Anyway, it is 12:00 Midnight here in New Hampshire (9:00 PM my California time), so it is about time to sign off. So, to all my friends, have a great time, love each other, and enjoy the rest of the summer, I know I will!!
See ya all later, hugs, and have a great time!!!
PL
New Hampshire, August 21, 2006
Back in New Hampshire, for another vendor audit. All of my other vendors are in California, with the exception of this one laser machine shop. It appears that they are all in the North-East, so even if I could find another, they would probably still be in the same area!! Enough of the belly-aching, life is good, we are staying at a nice hotel (the Crown Plaza in Nashua, NH), it has both a great restaurant, and a health club with a pool, heated spa, and tons of machines and weights. So what do we do? Well, we eat a great big dinner, then to burn it off we go to the gym!!!! Kinda balances out, or so I hope. Life on the road is not bad, AcuFocus pays for everything, and we always stay in nice hotels, and eat at nice restaurants, so one should not complain. Of course, being away from the family is always a drag, but to do a little traveling is just part of the job. Last weekend we spent two days in Rancho Mirage, just east of Palm Springs, just lying in the sun, then napping in the nice air-conditioned room, and then off to dinner. A great life!! We stayed at the Rancho Las Palmas resort, a great place with a 100 foot water slide dropping into a pool, the boys must have gone up and down the slide for four hours, a great time!!!! We used to stay in Palm Springs when there was just me and Kathy, but the town has become a little run down, and most of the great resorts and restaurants have moved east. The weather was great, but Hot!!! A 112 deg. F during the day, it went down to about 85 deg. F at night. Anyway, we went out on Friday, and stayed until Sunday morning, but it was good to get home. We all missed our dog Sidney, who was spending two nights at the Irvine Pet Complex (where Chelsea also works), and she was indeed treated very well, but there is no place like home, especially for a dog, who has become such a great part of our life. At 50 pounds and about 1.5 years in age, she is both the biggest and youngest dog that we have had, but she is just great. Part Border Collie, she is sturdy, and loves to play, and she can walk for hours!! But, given that she is a mix, she does not have that crazy herding instinct, instead she is a perfect family dog. The boys can rough-house with her, but she also loves to lie on a couch and be petted!!! I never in my wildest dreams back in Sweden thought that I would have a family of 5, plus a dog and a horse!!! It’s just weird how life is, if somebody would have told me 25 years ago that I would be living in Southern California, have a couple of degrees, a great wife and three of the most wonderful kids, and all the other material trappings that comes with a middle class life here in SoCal, I would have said that it would be impossible, things like that just does not happen!!! But here it is, and I’m proof that strange things do happen. Chelsea started College today, she will spend a couple of years at Saddleback College (near her horse), then transfer into a local university (we have some great schools within driving distance, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine, and Cal Poly Pomona), and if everything goes according to her plans, she will get a business degree with a concentration in accounting. The little boys are just crazy, we went to a local swap-meet on Sunday and found an old Nintendo-64 for $20.00, and they have been playing Zelda ever since. I hope it is just another phase, personally I can’t stand the games, but at least they are not fighting when they are playing, but to get them out of the house is like pulling teeth!!!! But boys will be boys, I hope that they grow tired of the silly thing, and go back to being outside in the wonderful California Sunshine!!!! I had another gig with the band on Friday, back at the British and Dominion club. We had a great gig, people where actually dancing!!! We are almost starting to sound like a band, the plan is to get a paying gig, then we have finally hit the big time!! Anyway, it is 12:00 Midnight here in New Hampshire (9:00 PM my California time), so it is about time to sign off. So, to all my friends, have a great time, love each other, and enjoy the rest of the summer, I know I will!!
See ya all later, hugs, and have a great time!!!
PL
posted by PeterLeif at 9:24 PM
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Kul att att allt är bra med dig och familjen.
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