My wife just sent me pictures of newly delivered furniture today to my phone, which I forwarded to my gmail account, which I used to populate this entry.

The chaise lounge for the library (my fav)



Dining room table and chairs (the wifes fav)



Buffet that accompanies the dining room table

Technology.  I just can't remember life without the internet... and web enabled cell phones.

Here is our newly installed (non-functional) fire hydrant

Close up shot

View from the front of the house (no, you cannot see it from the street)

And the wifey, admiring it... ok, she's taking a picture of the porch but still

First Holiday Starbucks of the season.

What my wife and I were for Halloween.

I've updated the image to include my name... Rupert.

Her name is Iki Bana Kamakazi

My wife went out and got another chihuahua, Prada, and she's adorable. 

As luck would have it, a friend of ours, Michael Hogan, owns a couple of race horses.  This past Sunday my wife (her story here) and I went out to Portland Meadows to watch his latest horse, Nova Ice, run.  She's a beauty and won her fourth straight race.  And, to our amazement, we were invited into the winners circle for the post-race picture.

The official picture took in the winners circle.



From left: Jonathon (The Trainer), Mark, Sandy (Ethan's wife), Ethan, Me, Nikki (my lovely wife), Doug (our neighbor and avid gambler), Marie's landlord, some gambler we met, Marie (Michael's better half), Mike (the owner), some strange man making out with the horse, and last but not least, the Jockey Juan.



Congrats Mike and Marie... and thanks for the invite, we had a great time.

My wife is home sick for Paris. We went there for our honey moon in the summer of 2005 but unfortunately lost our camera during our trip back home. Since she's home sick and needed to see Paris again, I thought I'd help. I sent a "friend", we'll call him Google, to Paris to take some pictures of our time there in that great city. Enjoy!

Here's the hotel we stayed at; Les Trois Poussins at 15 Rue Clauzel

The reception desk where we met the lovely unforgetable staff

Our room

The little cafe in the hotel where we ate breakfast every morning

The bistro we ate in our first night; ham and cheese sandwhiches -yum

Gard Du Nord, we walked there the first day to get our metro passes

Sacre Cur, we walked there next

More Sacre Cur

A map of the metro

Another mapWe

found the metro a few blocks away from our hotel

One of the many bistros we ate at, the patio chairs always faced the street

The Louvre

The Louvre again

The upside down triangle in the Louvre, NOW I know what it means

My wifes favorite piece in the lourve, The winged goddess of victory

The crowd in front of the Mona List, about as close as we got

The Arch De Triumph on Champs Elysées

ManRay, the BEST restaurant in Paris; the owner gave us a gift before we left

Notre Dame

The Eiffel Tower

Beneath the Eiffel Tower, we ate lunch there

Another

A view from the Eiffel Tower

And last but not least, Starbucks; we found it on our last day... we both nearly shat!

A view from inside Starbucks

Honey, I love you... I hoped this little montage helped make you feel like Paris isn't that far away.

Our newest addition to the McGuinness household; Ame Aki:



We picked her up from the Oregon Humane Society last night.  For those of you counting, that's number 8.

Happy Valentines Day Honey

Despite their pleas that there is nothing "wrong" with them, 2 of our beloved pets are going to be "fixed" today by the good folks at Rose City Veterinarians.

Tsuki (Tink for short)



and Nikko (Little goat-girl-that'll-eat-anything for short)



Be brave little ones.

That's right.  One year ago, my wife and I were married in the fabulous downtown court house.  The ceremony was short but SWEET.  We had more people there than either of us thought would.  I love her now just as I did then... perhaps even more.

Honey, I love you... Happy Anniversary.

Aint't she a cutey?