Ice Climbing, Christmas, New Years, etc.

Look at all the topics I saved to write about, yet never did!

• ice climbing (photos)
• christmas eve
• christmas day
• san antonio and christmas
• new year's eve
• jetblue shuttle
• From an email I wrote after the event -
  
  When we got back to the airport last night (1/1/2008), the line for the taxis was really long so we decided to take the JetBlue shuttle bus instead. It drops us off just a mile from home and we can either get a cab or take the subway from there. We made it on the 10:30 pm shuttle and as we were leaving the airport on this major 3 lane highway (the Van Wyck) I saw 5 lug nuts glittering across the road. Moments later, the bus began to vibrate and both of our rear left wheels came off! One of them flew parallel to us, bouncing on the ground and proceeding high into the air, smashing down on the bumper then the roof of a little red car in the adjacent lane. It was so surreal. Everyone was fine, but it reminded me of something from those Final Destination movies.
  
  We were stuck on the bus for about an hour in the middle lane of traffic waiting for some alternate form of transportation. Luckily, a flight attendant that was onboard the bus with us had a number for an emergency contact at JetBlue and they sent another bus to rescue us. It was an eventful night. ;)
  

My mom sent this to me, it seems pretty cool: 21 ways to use old coffee grounds

I have a new Goal!!!! - Visit all of the top 10 wine regions in the world. And possibly discover one in Asia since they don't seem well represented.
Check out this map and click "top 10 wine regions" if it's not already selected.

Cool Things I've Done in the Last 3 Months

November 2007 - Traveled to South Africa - Hiked, biked, kayaked, and went on safari.
December 2007 - Ice climbed for the first time in the Catskills upstate.
January 2008 - Took the puppies to Puerto Rico so they could swim for the first time - boogie boarded, partied.

Wow - lots of cool, new things! :D

PS: *sings* I got a corporate Amex card aaand I paid for my taxi with it. :)

Puppies Swimming

As you can see, the puppies are already fabulous swimmers and undeniably adorable in their little life jackets. They were immediately at home in the water and played in it constantly... I wish! - actually, they were swimming desperately for the shore!!!:) They enjoy the sand but the water, eh, not so much!

More photos!
Even More photos!

Living Tropically

Updates are scarce lately, it's true. I haven't had a lot to write about. I have been so busy with work and random other things that there has been little to no time to update the blog. Val! was in Paris last weekend. I still haven't seen all the pix. Seems like she had a good time though. She went over and came back on flights Dao was working. How cool!

Justin and I are off to Puerto Rico for a long weekend. I still have to work tomorrow, but at least I'll be doing it from an island apartment overlooking the ocean. It beats the heck out of chilly New York! And the puppies are coming with us. :) Yay!!!