Just posting this now (been kinda busy). I surprised Maria at a little club in Walnut Creek and sang this song to her for her birthday. I wasn't feeling to well at the time (another long story), but she enjoyed it and I did the best I could considering I was actually sick at the time. Two martinis sure helped!
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Showing posts with label Maria. Show all posts
Rolling Head-On Into Thanksgiving...
Jeez, just four more days to Thanksgiving...2010 has gone by very FAST! It's a cold, wet Sunday morning — just finished a telephone briefing for the airport and wanted to write a quick blog post.Maria is still homeschooling Brandon and Nicholas. Our family has now homeschooled their children the longest in this city's ENCORE Homeschooling Program (part of the Unified School District)—13 years to be exact! I think Maria wants to slowly but surely transition the boys into Public School like the other two, but they don't really have any interest to go. Why would you when you can wake up at 9 or 10 and do your reading and lessons anytime throughout the day and your Mom was home with you always? It really is great for the children.
As for the two teenagers, Alexandra is a Senior and driving her 1984 Ford Mustang Convertible ALLOVER the place. Talk about growing up fast, she starts college next year and still maintains a GREAT job teaching dance and gymnastics. She's a natural teacher and little kids LOVE her.
Cameron maintains a very high GPA, takes Advance Placement Chemistry as a Sophomore, and is No. 3 on the varsity tennis team (and rising fast). He just started a three-month intense fitness program for athletes. He is going to be in TIP-TOP shape soon and his coach is expecting to see some explosive lateral movement side-to-side on the court. He is very much like his Uncle Alex—a naturally-gifted athlete.
Maria is still working part-time, even though her hours often flex to near full-time!!! We're not complaining given THIS economy. We still have fun and that's important.
As for me, I'm still running all training at SFO International Airport (from pat downs to X-ray). We have the BEST screeners...try some of the other airports and tell me if you don't agree! After all this time, I STILL love the work and the people I get to work with...what's not to like about that!
And if you haven't checked out my website, NerdBoyTV, go visit it NOW ;-) I also have a channel on YouTube. I'm very proud that I've maintained the NerdBoyTV show for almost four years now. It's also a FREE podcast on iTunes.
Hope you all had a terrific 2010! Have fun and be safe this holiday season.
VIDEO: Alex & Heidi's Housewarming
This video contains pictures from Alex and Heidi's housewarming BBQ and includes lots of pictures of Baby Ellie and Maria's belated birthday celebration.
Date Night at Yoshi's with Brian McKnight
Date night! Maria took BART into the city and met me at SFO Airport. We took off to Yoshi's San Francisco on Fillmore and had a TERRIFIC sushi dinner and a 3-dessert sampler (I also had the sake sampler!!!). Then we saw Brian McKnight in the theater from the third row about 5 feet away; he was solo, just him and his piano/guitar for 90 minutes! WOW! What a show—and as you can see, we met him afterward. What a wonderful evening!And below is a clip I found on YouTube of Brian performing Stevie Wonder's "Overjoyed" that he also sang at Yoshi's that night...fantastic!
OHS Class of 1980's 30th Reunion
A once-in-a-lifetime event that occurred Saturday, July 17, 2010, at the Oakland Marriott City Center. Pictures by Sherri Bullard-Wheeler.
AUDIOBLOG: Talking about Disneyland
Recorded from the car, I talk about our family's recent trip to Disneyland and Legoland this past weekend.
Disneyland at last!
Well, as you can see, The Yee Family FINALLY made it to Disneyland ;-)It's amazing how small The Matterhorn really looks 40 years after I first saw it...I remember it being gigantic as our family approached Anaheim in our station wagon on I-5. NOW, you can't even see the park that's now surrounded by parking structures and other buildings.
But, it sure hasn't lost it's magical appeal. The kids LOVED the park. We were there from 9AM when they opened to arround 8PM after getting too wet on Splash Mountain to stay in the cold. Tomorrow, we're braving California Adventure...and since we've got a Hopper Pass, I'll likely sneak back into Disneyland one last time. Brandon and I have already been on The Matterhorn several times.
We're having a blast!
A Historic Week Indeed!
Whatta week, huh? No matter how you voted last Tuesday, you must admit that we've entered a historical moment in time with our first African-American President, Barak Obama. I taped the news coverage from 5 PM to 11 PM that night and captured the moment Katie Curic announced that California, Oregon, and Washington threw Obama over the top to 290 or so delegates. WOW, whatta moment ;-)In other news, I'm still broadcasting my show, NerdBoyTV. I found a really cool pen that records everything it hears and links it to the words you write down in the accompanying notebook. Checkout the show at NerdBoyTV.com. Be sure to subscribe to the broadcast while you're at it...gracias!
Maria's been working pretty hard lately, so we've had to coordinate our schedules a little bit better to make sure one of us is around the house. It's been a challenge, but having that second income after 13 or so years on one is VERY nice! ;-)
Can you believe that Thanksgiving's already here and Christmas is only weeks away at this point? Unbelievable...this year flew by in a flash. Hope you're all doing well and come back to RyanYee.net again soon. Post a comment here too if you'd like to...see ya.
P.S. This picture was taken about 5 minutes ago
Maria reading Sunday paper at Peet's Coffee
Maria reading Sunday paper at Peet's Coffee
Originally uploaded by Ryan Yee.
Took this with the Blackberry Curve...just wanted to demo for Maria how QUICKLY I can post pictures onto this blog...VERY fast!
Happy Birthday, Brandon!
Today is Brandon's birthday...I took the day-off from work and Maria, Nicholas, Brandon, and I went to Lawrence Hall of Science. I haven't been there myself since I was a kid ;-) It was great to have the place all to ourselves, too. We built structures that could withstand heavy shaking, folded paper airplanes, redirected waterflow, learned more about our planet on a video globe (SEE videoclip), and experienced how turning wings in one direction versus another affects flight. We then celebrated at Blue Fin Japanese Restaurant with the whole family. A very fun day!
We took Dad out for his birthday!
My siblings and I (with family members) took my Dad out to dinner at Le Cheval in Oakland yesterday night. The food was fabuloso ;-) I tried to get Maria drunk with a Chocolate Martini, but it didn't really work LOL I'll post pictures soon on Flickr and here soon. Have to wait for Alexandra to download them off her camera. We all had lots of fun...just nice to get together for laughs and food and drinks. Okay, gotta run...I'm teaching Alexandra how to drive in a deserted parking lot. If this is my last posting, you ALL will know WHY! Enjoy the rest of the weekend...by the way, I'm sending this through my new favorite browser, Flock. Try it, it's GREAT!
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