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| Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | | 10:02 am |
| | Friday, June 19th, 2009 | | 3:41 pm |
Party tomorrow, June 20th!
We hope to see All (or many) of you at the tenth and final Alpine Butterfly Lodge Summer Party tomorrow! | | Thursday, May 28th, 2009 | | 2:56 pm |
Diego: 6/2/99 - 5/27/09
Diego, my chinchilla, passed away last night. He would have been ten years old next week.  I adopted him just before my birthday in 2002. He came from Lani at California Chins. He had been given up to them, after being retired as a stud chinchilla, because the coats of his offspring were not quite what was wanted for shows. I have learned since then, that his daughters produced many prize-winning offspring. In 2004, he began having dental problems. He lost more than a third of his weight. I took him to the veterinary dentist, who said she could try surgery, but conceded every chinchilla she has done this surgery on has gone home fine, and died a few days later. I couldn't give up on him. Dr. Wendy Beers did the surgery, and he recovered. He gained most of his weight back, and was able to eat his normal pellet food. In 2006, his veterinarian started to notice some lung anomalies. We tried many things to clear them up. But eventually we just stopped trying to treat it, because he seemed so distressed every time we tried. He became much happier, and seemed to be doing fine health-wise, despite reduced lung capacity. Dr. Jane Johnson calls him the miracle chinchilla. During our house parties, we would move him to a quiet room. But when we had just a few visitors, they could visit with him. He loved raisins, and you would be his best friend if only you'd feed him a raisin treat! He had the most wonderful, soft fur. And if you could catch him, you could pet him! We would let him run around in the dining room, and he was surprisingly quick. He'd run full speed at a wall or door, jump, and bounce off, to go running the other direction! He had a bit of a foot fetish, and could catch you unawares if you were sitting at the table without your shoes on, when he came up to sniff and step on your feet. :) In his cage, he had a flying saucer-like wheel, that he would jump on every evening as soon as you turned out the lights! Earlier in his life at Alpine Butterfly Lodge, he had a clear ball that he'd run around the house in. He really loved dust baths, and would make a huge cloud of dust as he played. He'd sometimes sneak into the dust bath when he was running around outside his cage and we weren't looking, and then track dust to his favorite corner under the game shelves! He was a very much loved little guy. I would hold him and pet him when I was upset. I would laugh when he'd rush up to the top shelf in his cage begging for a raisin. He was wonderful to watch run around and play. I'd enjoy showing people what a chinchilla was, and how soft and adorable they are. I'll miss you, Diego sweetie. Love always, Dawn | | Sunday, May 17th, 2009 | | 7:41 pm |
ABL Party: 20 June 2009
The Alpine Butterfly Lodge invites You and your Friends to our Tenth and Final House Anniversary Party! When the Party to end all Parties will take place: Saturday, June 20th, 3pm until Breakfast What to expect at the last Party: A Solar-heated (!) pool (if you want to swim in the afternoon, be sure to bring a bathing suit), hot tub, dancing, billiards, Food & Refreshments, more dancing, sparkling conversation, parlor games, stupid human tricks... Who will be there for the Last time: The Eclectic mix that is our Friends, Family and Acquaintances: Various coworkers, parents, kidlets, neighbors, school Friends, current crushes, raving Fan girls, gamers, punsters, guitar Heroes, code Monkeys, jugglers, makers, molders and shapers, costumers, bi- and uni-cyclists, Dancers, climbers, dance-Climbers... Why you should come One More Time: Anna: We have harnessed the power of the sun to make this the most awesome party ever! Dawn: We have a solar heated pool, and it's your last chance! Rob: Having been some days in preparation, a splendid time is guaranteed for all. Where it has Always been: Alpine Butterfly Lodge! Accommodations: Please let us know if you would like to stay with us on Friday or Saturday night. We can also recommend local hotels. We look forward to seeing All of You! | | Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | | 7:33 pm |
Save the Date!
Please save the date for the tenth and final Alpine Butterfly Lodge Summer Party! Saturday, June 20th, 2009. | | Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 | | 8:11 pm |
Free art in the mail!
We just got a fabulous painting in the mail! And it was free!  Last June, one of our friends mentioned an artist who will do free paintings if you write and ask. So I sent off an e-mail to Ali Spagnola, told her it would be lovely to have a painting for our house, and didn't think anything else of it. Then it arrived in the mail today! ( bigger version under the cut ) | | Monday, February 23rd, 2009 | | 5:51 pm |
Ash Wednesday is this week!
We will be celebrating in our customary fashion; We will watch Evil Dead II this year and will be serving Red and Green Burritos from Del Taco. Festivities will begin around 7:30. See you there! | | Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 | | 7:48 pm |
Cocktail Party to Celebrate the New Year
The Chinese New Year will soon be here, and the Year of the Ox is upon us.
To celebrate, we will be hosting a Cocktail and Hors d' Oeuvre Party
at Alpine Butterfly Lodge.
Time: 7 pm to midnight on Saturday, January 31.
Dress: We admire, but do not require, elegant attire.
-Rob, Anna, Dawn | | Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | | 3:52 pm |
| | Saturday, November 1st, 2008 | | 12:25 pm |
Halloween data
Time for the annual Halloween statistics... We were all home by 6pm and turned on the porch light, although it wasn't quite dark. It was pretty windy, but no rain. We sent Rob out to get food while Anna and I lit the torches. Our plan was to finish voting while we waited for kids. We would tally trick-or-treaters by gender in fifteen minute increments. Here is what we found: 6:00-- 0 F, 0 M 6:15-- 0 F, 0 M 6:30-- 2 F, 0 M 6:45-- 10 F, 14 M 7:00-- 3 F, 1 M 7:15-- 13 F, 11 M 7:30-- 0 F, 2 M 7:45-- 1 F, 2 M 8:00-- 0 F, 0 M 8:15-- 2 F, 2 M 8:30-- 1 F, 0 M 8:45-- 2 F, 1 M 9:00-- 0 F, 0 M 9:15-- 2 F, 0 M It seems that trick-or-treating is not gender biased, however, they are still at the age where they travel in single gender groups, and we would get a pack of all boys or all girls. After turning out the light around 9:30, Anna and I got dressed up to go to the Steampunk Ball... 1st annual steampunk convention, right here in Sunnyvale! There were some fabulous costumes, including a 19th century ghostbuster, and several boy corsets. I am lucky that I live with Anna, and she has several Victorian bustle dresses we were able to wear. I wore a different brightly colored wig and a different set of wings to work each day this week. I was feeling a bit costumed out, so just used things I had... but I suppose not everyone has a costume room to pick and choose from, and a trunk full of accessories. :) After Halloween sales didn't yield too much... some brain and heart shaped gelatin molds, some cute gangster shoes, a glow-in-the-dark Pez witch... I think we have a lot of stuff already... ~Dawn | | Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 | | 11:12 pm |
| | Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 | | 3:37 pm |
Maquerade Ball... this weekend!
Come see the castle and drawbridge in our backyard!
You are cordially invited to the Alpine Butterfly Lodge
Masquerade Ball
On Saturday, the eighteenth of October, year two thousand eight,
At six o'clock in the evening.
Masks and fancy dress are welcomed and encouraged.
Hors d'oeuvres will be served.
| | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 | | 7:42 am |
Masquerade Ball
You are cordially invited to the Alpine Butterfly Lodge
Masquerade Ball
On Saturday, the eighteenth of October, year two thousand eight,
At six o'clock in the evening.
Masks and fancy dress are welcomed and encouraged.
Hors d'oeuvres will be served.
| | Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 | | 7:24 am |
ABL Party Pictures
Click through to picture galleryI had such a good time at the party that I entirely forgot about getting out my camera. Luckily I was able to use some cutting edge stick-figure technology to reproduce the events of the evening. I must say I think my photoshop skills are getting better all the time. You can hardly even tell these are fake! ;) -A | | Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 | | 10:14 am |
Solar Power!
With our solar panels, there is a running tally of on peak and off peak generation and usage through the year, and at the end of the annual period we get a true-up bill. In sorting through the house paperwork last night, we were really excited to discover that we did not have a true-up bill... because we had a negative credit! PG&E never pays us for extra electricity we produce, but it sure made us feel good that we generated as much electricity as we used last year. | | Saturday, May 24th, 2008 | | 3:38 pm |
magazines
We realized today that Alpine Butterfly Lodge subscribes to two magazines. We read Playboy for the articles. We get National Geographic for the pictures. | | Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | | 8:33 pm |
ABL Party: 21 June 2008
The "Alpine" "Butterfly" "Lodge" invites you and your friends to our "Ninth" Annual House Party! When it will take place: Saturday, June 21st, 3pm until "breakfast" What to expect: A pool (if you want to "swim" in the "afternoon", be sure to bring a "bathing" suit), hot tub, dancing, "billiard" table, food & refreshments (feel free to contribute), "other" dancing, interesting conversation, "parlor" games, "stupid" human tricks Who will be there: The "eclectic" mix that is our friends, family and "acquaintances": school friends, punsters, "various" coworkers, siblings, parents, kidlets, neighbors, "current" crushes, Buffy "addicts", jugglers, teachers, students, makers, peaceniks, yogis, bi- and uni-cyclists, costumers, gamers, your "future" soulmate, dancers, climbers, dance-climbers, aerialists, acrobats, contacters, LJers, raving fan "girls", musicians, "punk" rockers, code monkeys Why you should come: Rob*: If you've "missed" the first eight, you have a lot of "catching up" to do. Anna: I need to choose which of you will get to be my "minions" and extras. Dawn: So you can meet all of our other "normal" friends. Where it will be: Alpine Butterfly Lodge Accommodations: Please let us know if you would like to stay with us on Friday or Saturday "night." We can also recommend local hotels. We look forward to seeing "all" of you! * the "misuse" of quotes was done without "Rob's" consent. | | Monday, April 21st, 2008 | | 12:28 pm |
Arroyo Seco Gorge June 7th weekend
This post is largely copied from last year's post, with some new bits scattered throughout. It's time once again to hop, stumble, and swim down 11 miles of river gorge. Most of ABL friends have probably heard me describe this trip before, probably on multiple occasions. For the lucky few who have missed out, here's the deal. ( Read the trip details ... )Let me know if you'd like to join us as an Eagle or a Turkey. Also, if there's someone who's done the trip before and would like to lead a "back in time for work on Monday" party, there'll probably be some interest in that; I think we'll call you the Dodos. | | Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 | | 8:40 pm |
Harvey Mudd Alumni Weekend
Rob, Anna, and Dawn will be going down to HMC alumni weekend, May 2-4, 2008. You all should come too! P.S. They will be staying at the Hotel Claremont (840 S Indian Hill Blvd). | | Friday, March 28th, 2008 | | 11:02 am |
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