{"id":649,"date":"2007-05-30T15:59:45","date_gmt":"2007-05-30T15:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=649"},"modified":"2022-08-24T07:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:47:42","slug":"been_busy_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/been_busy_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Boring Stuff, Nothing of note to Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;so not a lot of update-worthy stuff happening.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike my fren <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\">DSD<\/a>, who took the plunge and moved to London on a UK working holiday visa (Why we dun get those here, I&#8217;ll never understand. Must be a union thing), I&#8217;ve been up to ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that&#8217;s worth recording in photo or in words.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few weeks, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s up with me (as of 1 June):<br \/>\n<s>Fix my black car&#8217;s headliner<\/s> <em>Done! <\/em><br \/>\n<s>Fix the washing machine (stupid electrical stuff)<\/s> <em>Done!<\/em><br \/>\n<s>Begin replacing windows in one of the buildings<\/s> <em>Signed Paperwork to authorise work<\/em><br \/>\nBegin backyard renovation (a lot of weeds to pull)<br \/>\nBegin hunting for new used couch &amp; chair<br \/>\nBegin cleaning out the garage<br \/>\nExplore bathroom remodel<br \/>\nExplore repainting the house<\/p>\n<p>You will notice that NONE of these things involve travel, EQM or flirting with SQ girls. How boring!\u00a0 I did take a brief roadtrip to the Napa Valley and paid a return visit to the Silver Oak Winery. You will recall, last time I made the trip up there was for the February <a href=\"\/blog\/2007\/02\/silver_oak_2007_release_party.html\">winter release party<\/a> that was to be the last one there because they&#8217;re tearing down the old, fire damaged building.\u00a0 I found out on my recent visit that Silver Oak will continue to have release parties in Oakville. But the question is, how?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2432\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00152.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2432\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/been_busy_1\/dsc00152\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00152.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;K800i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1179758030&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC00152\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;DSC00152&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;DSC00152&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00152.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2432\" title=\"DSC00152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00152.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DSC00152\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00152.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00152.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00152.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00152.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00152.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The temporary (2 years!) headquarters of Silver Oak. This is it.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2431\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00153.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2431\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/been_busy_1\/dsc00153\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00153.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;K800i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1179760055&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC00153\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;DSC00153&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;DSC00153&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00153.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2431\" title=\"DSC00153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00153.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DSC00153\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00153.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00153.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00153.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00153.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/DSC00153.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DSC00153<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>It has a purty parking lot though. Wonder how they&#8217;re going to pull it off? <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;so not a lot of update-worthy stuff happening. Unlike my fren DSD, who took the plunge and moved to London on a UK working holiday visa (Why we dun get those here, I&#8217;ll never understand. Must be a union thing), I&#8217;ve been up to ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that&#8217;s worth recording in photo or in words. Over &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/been_busy_1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Boring Stuff, Nothing of note to Report&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-topics","tag-napa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mgIi-at","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions\/2433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}