Auctions rule. We buy things at auctions we would never think to spend money on normally. Like the huge basket of O Boy! Oberto snacks I bought a couple of years ago. This year among the receipts we found a week stay for eight at a villa called Villa Pantai in Bali, Indonesia. The villa sleeps eight and has a staff of six including two cooks, a masseuse, and a driver. After a quick sync up with our friends for logistics, we were on our way.

Getting There

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We loaded up the car and drove to Wild Ole Elko, Nevada for Thanksgiving with the folks.

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This was the first time I've been back to my alma mater since I graduated, and without going into details that was a hell of a long time ago. I met up with my good friends Erin and Steve, and we had a great time reliving the "good old days" of drinking beer all day, and basically being care-free. Danna gets the blue ribbon award for letting me booze it up the entire weekend while she took care of Cole.

Cole thoroughly enjoyed Erin and Steve's kids, and he almost got the hang of sleeping in a strange environment toward the end of the weekend.

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I haven't seen my godparents since I was ten. Time for a trip to Maine!

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