Red Eyes & Gin

I have finally finished my last bit of travel for work for the near future. The next time I will be on a plane, I'll be sitting next to my husband on our way to Costa Rica!

But before that I took a trip to the Pacific Northwest for our final board meeting of the year. Again, gotta love a 2-day meeting that has an agenda like 10 am Budget Review, 12 pm lunch catered by local farmer, 2 pm Program Review, 7 pm dinner at the fabulous restaurant care of the local chapter! So I had fresh salmon, delicous potato and egg things, amazing pita breads, rabbit & polenta, outstanding pizza, cheeses, and truffeled breads and satsuma sorbet. Not to mention the best potluck EVER at the Portland Convivia Annual Meeting.

And to top it all off, I got to experience my first red eye flight on Jet Blue - which gives you a lovely sleep kit with lotion, lip balm and an eye mask. Luckily it wasn't a full flight so I got a whole row to myself, where I was able to get a few shut eyes, and woke up to watch an episode of Buffy!

After catching up on some sleep, I joined a few others for a special event: The History and Traditions of Gin. Learned all about how gin is made, had a GREAT gin & tonic, blind tested 5 gins while learning how they fill out the taste on the tounge an thru scent and had some very yummy cheese to boot. Thanks Plymouth Gin!

Now I'm finally able to put all my frantic mumblings onto wedding planning - with only 40 days to go my to do list is growing and growing. I'm going for a fitting on friday, now that I have my bra and shoes all set, and hopefully will get my veil as well. Invitations were mailed (and RSVP's have begun floating in).

And I'm looking forward to getting into some more "real" blogging again soon - I know I've said it before, but it's my New Year's Resolution - to actually make time each week for some writing. So till next time...