BevMo Store

Went to the new BevMo store in Sunnyvale today and picked up a couple of bottles of Cabernet. It's a cool store with wine tasting every Saturday. Humm, guess where I'll be on Saturdays. The cost for wine tasting is .25 cents. Such a deal. Today they had 5 Zins, and 4 Chardonnays. Tried a few of the Zins and they were just ok. Here's what I bought. I'll let you know what I think of the wine. They also had some nice wine glasses.

Cubicle Song

Monterey Beach Resort

View from inside the room, Adirondack chairs, wine and the ocean, room with queen size bed

Purple Power Flower T-shirt

What would life be like??

What would it be like if you could see yourself like others see you? Would you be happy with what you saw, or would it scare you to death? I wonder why is it so hard for us to believe in ourselves. What is keeping us from pursuing our dreams? Is it fear of failure, rejection, that we won't be the best. I think it's all of those things. If you haven't seen the movie, "What about Bob", then you have to see it and remember the words "baby steps". I think sometimes we get discouraged because it's taking too long for our dreams to come true. We live in a society where everything happens now. If you're an artist, let's say a guitar player, and you want to sell CD's,
the only way you'll sell 70,000 CDs is to first sell one. If the people you trust tell you you're good at something and to follow your dream, then do it. But use "baby steps". Whatever your dream is, you can achieve it with the love and support of those you trust.

Donations

Yesterday, Jennifer and her husband Jeff celebrated their 25th wedding anniversay by renewing their wedding vows. It was a wonderful day. They requested no gifts, however if guests wanted to make a donation to bears and blankets, that would be appreciated. We received 53 bears and 36 blankets, as well as cash donations of $225.00. Thank you all for your generosity.

Flowers and wine

Jen gave me these flowers today after the vow renewal party. They had custom wine labels made for the occasion.

Jerry Garcia Wine

Opened this bottle tonight. It's an ok bottle of Cab.. I like the picture on the bottle.

Hummingbird

Took this picture this afternoon. Bought a new feeder with perch, so the hummingbirds can land. It took a few days for them to get the hang of it, but now I think they like it.

You looking at me ???

This is the best hummingbird. He is a real character. He's been visiting the feeder every day.

Dinner

This was dinner tonight. It was very yummy!!

Humm..Who could this be for???

Well here it is. A Zachary's 1/2 baked stuffed pizza with sausage, onions and peppers. I wonder who would like something like this?? Well it's in the freezer and I'll be shipping it to New Jersey this week. I hope it arrives in 1 piece and that it tastes good. It sure smelled good on the ride home. Oh I did buy myself a small 1/2 baked with peppers and onions. You didn't expect me to drive all the way to Oakland and only buy 1 pizza....I'm going to have some for dinner tonight, with a glass of Sardon wine. Yumm................
Hey Victor, is your mouth watering yet????

New Coffee Table

Well, I put this together tonight. It doesn't look hard to put together, put if was a bit of a pain.
It's pretty cool, it has a leather top and 2 shelves that pull out, so I have a place to put my wine
glass. What more could I ask for.

Purple Power Flower Story

A friend a work was telling me a story today. She was playing a video game last night. The game has something to do with the Titanic. She said you have to find things in a room and when you find everything you get to move on to the next room. One of the rooms she saw a purple flower. She said to herself "How did a Purple Power Flower get in this game". Then she realized that she was just having a Purple Power Flower moment, and there really wasn't a Purple Power Flower in the game.

Or was there !!!

Peanut and wine

Peanut gets pampered and I get to drink some good Sardon wine.

iMac and Wine

Here's the first iMac video and some Sardon wine.

Moving towards the light

Well, the Power Flower iMac is up and running. This is going to be so much fun. Here are
a few pictures of the iMac, keyboard, mouse and a wonderful bottle of wine, that I will be
opening tomorrow night I hope.

Hummingbird

Well, I was having a conversation with a brat in New Jersey tonight and he got me. I wanted to know why the hummingbirds at my feeder never landed. He said it was because they don't have feet. And I believed him. Ok, so he got me. So here's a picture of a hummingbird with feet. yada yada yada !!!! Whatever !!!!!!!!!!! I hate it when he's right !!!!!!!!!

New Lens for my digital camera

I bought this new Kodak Retinar Telephoto lens 2.0x 37mm for my digital camera. Can't wait to try it out this weekend. I still need to get an adapter.

Bird on roof

I was sitting on my patio the other evening and there was a bird on the roof top on the building across from my patio.

Here it is

Here's a picture of iMac turned on.

Don't know what's causing this

When I click on the Podcast, and try to listen to a song and then try to scroll down to see what you wrote, the gray bar keeps multiplying. Can't seem to get it to stop.

Moving Towards the Light

Well, the Power Flower iMac is here !!! I can't wait to see how this works.

CD Cover Possibilities

CD Pictures

Zackery and Marianne

Visited with Kristin and her family this afternoon. Here are Zack and Marianne playing on the water slide in the backyard.

Peanut on the patio

Here's Peanut in her tunnel and smelling the purple power flower. The flower closed last night and opened again this morning. Can't wait to see how long this flower lasts.

On the road

I was following this truck today, and it was so shiny clean, I could see my car, so I took this picture. I think I learned how to do stuff like this from someone in New Jersey

The Power of the Flower

This is what the flower looked like this morning, all shriveled up and old. Kinda how I felt this morning. Then I put it in the sun and it opened up and became a beautiful flower again. This flower has power !!

Quilts

I got these 9 quilts on Ebay. It was a great buy. We'll be using them for the Bears and Blankets program. Check out www.bearsandblankets.com for more information

A Real Purple Power Flower

Found this purple power flower at Half Moon Bay today. So I picked it and brought it home.

Purple Power Flower Blanket

I found this blanket on Ebay and had to buy it. If I ever open the Purple Power Flower shop, this item will be on display as the first purple power flower item. It won't be for sale.

Wine tasting

1st East coast, West coast wine tasting event 2001 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild

Open Le Petit Mouton De Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

Victor's commments

Rocky Mountin Guitar

My friend Victor playing in Boulder Colorado, where he proposed to his girlfriend Kathy in June. Check out his website for more information on his guitar playing. www.victortarassov.com

A memory of my dad

Today I was talking with my friend Jennifer about family and I told her that my dad worked for 29 years in a textile mill making blankets. I visited my dad on a few occasions in that mill, and it was not the best working conditions. It was very noisy with all the looms operating and there were very few windows, so it was hot and stuffy. But what brought tears to my eyes today was remembering that my dad worked all those years making blankets. About 1 1/2 ago I started a program with my friend Jennifer called Bears and Blankets. We took our 2 passions, Jen's love of teddy bears, and my love for knitting blankets and we give them to children in need. Last year we donated 65 bears and blankets, and this year we have donated approx 130 so far. Realizing today that my dad spent all those years making blankets, and now I am giving blankets to children in need, was a wonderful feeling.
You can find out more about Bears and Blankets by going to our website: www.bearsandblankets.com

New Work Space

How would you like to work in this type of environment? Well my company has decided to take down the cubicle walls and give us this stupid desk. Basically once you put your computer, phone and maybe a calculator on the desk there's no room for anything else. No storage area to keep files, no place for a purse, if it rains, no place to hang your coat. Just wide open spaces so you can see everyone and everyone can see you. So if you're on the phone all day like I am talking to customers, it should be a joy to hear everyone's conversation around you. No one can believe that management is going to spend money to do this when they can't make any of their goals, not making a profit, and laying off people every 2 months. Corporate America is going downhill fast.