Today we are all sick except for Vince of course. The little guy is just running around like crazy and Jeremy, Edda and I are all congested. We went to Bard to pick up Katherine and Bob's passport information from Eileen. They are both in Sri Lanka where the people are dealing with the aftermath of the tsunami.

Well, we are starting on our epic trip. Packing all day today. Eileen and Brittany saw us off! Hooray!

Spent this weekend in DC with the folks. Donald came by too. Went swimming, to the Children's Museum in Baltimore and then to Brookside Gardens.

Well, what a busy August. We saw Susan in NYC while she was here for her Morgan Stanley training. We ate dim sum and went to the Transit Museum and had dinner in creation. It was a lovely dinner with potato pancakes and a milky, soupy rice/beef/noodle dish. Vince spent the time throwing pennies into the water. It was impressive how fast we spent money on parking. Each time we parked, it was 20 bucks and we did it 4 times. Ha! Oh, we also saw the new Columbus Circle mall and ate at the Whole Foods. This past weekend we went to Maine to see Julia at Cape Porpoise. July's niece Danielle is getting married this Labor Day weekend and the family is gathering to celebrate. We went to Goose Rocks beach in Maine. On our way back and forth from Maine, we stopped at a bakery in Exeter, NH which had a dough table. We stopped at the Trolley Museum in Maine and a playground in Athens, MA. We also had dinner Friday night with Vince Rotello in Amherst, MA.

Had therapy at the Target store. Last night went to the opera.

Jeremy is in Taiwan now. :)

Went out to dinner at the Enchained Duck in Kingston to celebrate our 9th anniversary and Jeremy got the offer today! Hooray!

Went to NY on the train, met up with Rhee at Bryant Park. Ate lunch and went to Central Park.

Katherine's off to China.

Grumpy morning, Vince didn't get enough sleep. And for his nap, the gardeners woke Vince up with their equipment. Emy took Vince to see Eileen, so he'll be well entertained.

So we have moved into Casa Martin. On Friday, we went out on a date to Portofino's. Saturday, we got our bed from storage and put a bunch of stuff in storage. Then Saturday afternoon, we went to Lauren's graduation party. Today we had the Smiths over. Tired and full and happy.

Ate our organic, local, grass-fed steak last night in the gazebo. It was pretty yummy. Haven't had beef in a long, long time.

So I got all us Martin's a gmail account : edda.martin, vince.martin, jeremy.martin, doris.martin. Does this mean I'll have to change my name to match my gmail account? Sigh.

What a nice weekend. The weather improved from totally humid and yucky on Friday, to much better now. On Friday, we went to the park. On Saturday, Vince and Jeremy went to the Poughkeepsie Farm Project to pick strawberries and to run errands. I packed and hung out with Edda. That evening, we went to the park and had a wonderful salad and turnip dinner. The turnips were delicious, so tender and yummy. I was very happy. Then today we had a bagel brunch with the Martins who are on their way to Putney. And Jeremy cleaned up my hair and now I have a cute bob!

Packing, packing, packing.

Sunday, we had brunch with the Hungs. Went to their house in Los Altos Hills and went to lunch at Ming's. They had recently come back from Taiwan to move the bone's of their parents. At Ming's we had the most delicious fried fish and spicy XO sauce. Very nice afterburn. Donald was there and I negotiated at stay at their house in the shed in their backyard. Donald and Mr. Hung played chess and we all talked about real estate. Then we headed to the airport and got on our red-eye flight and came home.

Yesterday, we saw Susan Kim who was in town on a house hunting trip for her new job at Morgan Stanley. We had lunch together in Palo Alto and then we played in a park for a while. She says she'll be working 80-100 hours a week and she'll be starting in mid July. We are relieved that she didn't buy a house, but is renting. Last night, we didn't have any plans and thus, we got a little antsy with each other. Today we got up and drove over to Litian's house in Fremont and went to a park. The park was full of Chinese people. I told Jeremy that he could learn Chinese just by moving to Fremont. Vince got to ride in a Barbie battery-powered car. Then we went over to Jenny and Vince's in Morgan Hill. Beautiful view and high up in the hills. We saw Helen and played in their playground in their backyard. Mom and Dad bought a house outside Portland.

Well, we are finally in the Larkspur Landing Hotel, which feels remarkably like home since we've stayed here many, many times. Our flight from NY was epic. We left the house at 1 pm for a 7 pm flight. Vince was a bit of a screamer and was tiring for Jeremy. We checked into the Burlingame Hyatt because Vince was a little bit sick and we were worried about contaminating the Machols. The next day we went to Tilden park to meet up with Steve, Tienne, Max, Ben, Marianne, Julia, Sam, Ananda, Tenere and Joiquin. It was a lot of fun and later we went to Steve and Tienne's house in Berkeley and had a great pizza party. That night, it was hard for Vince to fall asleep. On Sunday, we hung out with Donald and went to the Palo Alto Zoo. The next day I purchased the double stroller and Vince slept in the car for 3 hours. On Tuesday, Vince, Edda and I hung out with Donald all day. We went to the Burlingame park and then to the Stanford Shopping Center. We ended the day by watching the Lakers/Pistons game on TV. By this this time, Jeremy had spoken to Dad's friend's brother who gave the keynote address at the conference. On Wed, we went to the park in the morning and then moved all our stuff to the Landing. Today we drove back up to Burlingame and hung out at the park again. This afternoon, we went to Donald's bike shop Chain Reaction and tried out the little Trek bikes for Vince.

Beautiful weekend continues. Yesterday, Margurite and Andy came in from Boston and we went to Innisfree. Beautiful gardens, water sculpture.

It's a beautiful, beautiful Memorial Day weekend. Hmmm.. Yesterday we went to the PFP for our veggies and then to Adams for food. Then we went to Eva's 90th birthday party and listened to a concert. Vince fell asleep in Jeremy's arms, we actually were all asleep at some point. Had pizza for dinner.

We spent last night at the playground. This morning, Jeremy called Taiwan and we got sobering news from Ron Rozman.

Last night we went to Eileen's house for dinner. She had pulled out all these toys from Shannon and Lauren's childhood. The record player with the 5 color disks. It was really nice to see her. Edda had gotten her 2-month shots earlier that afternoon and was fussy on the ride home from dinner and also during the night last night. Today I got her passport pictures taken.

Yesterday had a wonderful graduation party at the Martins. Ate migas for dinner.

Went to the Poughkeepsie Farm Project today and got spinach, lettuce, broccoli, bok choy and dandylion greens. Got mad at Vince yesterday for breaking my piano. Just lost it. I apologized to him. Ruby, the dog, is slowly being untrained. She's eating eggs off the dining room table when we aren't looking.

Crazy! Volvo is in the shop today. Homebound. Going to stay in my PJs all day today.

Last night, we went to Li-Hua's house for the end-of-year Chinese drama plays. Then we had dumplings for dinner. Vince ran around like a mad man, Edda slept. Today we went to Red Hook for Edda's 2 month shots/checkup but due to a paperwork snafu, she wasn't insured. So we are going next week...

Well. well. well. A late night call from Taiwan through my dad's contacts. Talk about plans turning topsy turvy. Thank goodness it's Friday!

Went to see two houses in New Paltz. The first was a cottage for $1200 and was rented by the time we showed up. The second was a raised ranch on a quiet street about 3 miles from the center of town for $1500. We had dinner with Carla which was hectic because Vince was flying around as usual.

So last night's piano lesson left Jeremy all frazzled. Edda won't take a bottle, so she spend the whole time fussing. Arg.

Wow, what a hectic weekend... Saturday, we were at the park for most of the morning, it was a gorgeous day. Then a nap at home and then we headed to Asuka and Carrie's suprise "Congrats, you got a job" party where we met my dad. Then on Sunday, a walk in the rain in Amenia and a look at the horse farm. Then afternoon, we saw a cute craftsman house in Poughkeepsie, slightly sketchy neighborhood, and too small. Then to Bard for an early dinner with Ben and Emily and the whole gang. Ben has his social life in disorder and Emily is pining away about an apartment. Also, their new phone works! Yah!

Dragged Vince around Bard crying. Edda was in her Bjorn. Talk abuut tough. Bought the Martins a new phone they have been needing for over a year.