today is wonderful wife Dianne’s birthday… Neither of us like making a big deal about birthdays… But it is nice spending the day together.

10… I am so happy to be spending these years circling the sun with you. You are my best friend and the love of my life. Happy birthday my love

Our friends Deb and Jenn invited Diane up for breakfast and ‘Diane invited me… It was so wonderful. Deb had made whipped butter, homemade clotted cream and lemon curd and waffles so delicious and such a nice way to celebrate Diane birthday…

It was kind of a drizzly and cold day but we were able to get out for a quick hike up to Huntington gorge… It’s not good to get outside despite the weather

Once we gotten our exercising it was time for cake… I got ‘Diane her favorite chocolate mousse cake from chefs corners… In such a yummy treat in the middle of the afternoon

There was a spring party for Beto at higher ground last night and Dianne decided that was a good thing to do on her birthday so she Kyle Hunter Deb and I went to the party… It was really fun. So many people excited about the same thing… And so many great Vermont connections

our friend Ryan’s band played an opening act and then there was another surf band. Great food, great company. We left good in early because Diane had a very early flight the next morning.



We ran into several old friends including a very good friend Jessie



And tomorrow Dianne leaves for Portland… We need to get out of the house by 4 AM… yawn

nite all, nite sam

me

Thursday was a super busy day… We’ve got a bunch of deadlines coming up at Peter… Really fun stuff but lots to do in a short amount of time. One of the things I really love about that job is ability to work with super smart people… Like My friend Ben… He’s a wizard with anything related to 3-D printing.… I was talking to him today and just casually said That I had another friend with the same last name… Turns out my friend cookie is Ben’s brother!… It is truly a small world !

Or at least a very small state

nite all, nite sam

-me

the new snow is melting and it’s going to be above freezing again. so we get to re-start mid season for the 2nd rime

. I had to go I to the town center today and got a chuckle out of the sign on the door

we took our muddy selves to hinesburg to take our friend finn to papa nicks for an early dinner

a nice way to fight of the gloom

nite all, nite sam

-me

Really fun day at work… I just love what I’m working on and love the people… I feel very grateful for that

Tonight after work our good friend brad and his girlfriend Charlotte came over… Brad was one of sam’s best friends…Brad’s mom AnnMarie also came and sat with us for dinner.… It was really nice catching up with him. We also got a little work done. Dianne and I are going to help Gay paint his house and Brad is a professional painter… He gave us some really important pro tips.… We’re very grateful for his help.

It was so nice hanging out with them. It’s so nice seeing nice people

nite all, nite sam

-me