Rose Parade, Rose Bowl & BCS Championship

January is set to be a very busy month in Pasadena, CA. And that's just taking into account the first 7 days of the month. The annual Tournament of Roses Parade will take place on schedule at 8am on January 1st with the Rose Bowl taking place in the early afternoon. Everyone is super excited to have Captain Sullenberger in town as our Grand Marshal of the parade, and this year's theme, 'A Cut Above'. And then to have Ohio State and Oregon in town, should cap off a wonderful day.

To make sure we stay grounded at the hotel, we're making sure that we keep an emphasis on our hometown of Pasadena and getting things off to a good start in the new year. We will be offering a commemorative football for the Rose Bowl and the two teams playing that is decorated with pictures of Pasadena that will hopefully be a wonderful keepsake of this year's Rose Bowl. To enter, they simply need to donate a dollar to the Pasadena Humane Society, and they'll be all set. They can even enter multiple times to increase their chances.

We'll post a picture of the ball soon to hopefully help get the word out.

As far as the homeowner front, I'm afraid I've been slacking. With posting blogs that is. I finished up the wooden gate, but didn't have the before and after pictures, so as far as everyone knows, I could have been taking a picture of a neighbor's gate; I wouldn't want to risk any scandal with this. Also, I had my first stab at roofing this past weekend and trying to fix a leak that is coming in over my skylight. Its really a never-ending process, but so far as I keep learning, and can keep fixing things, I guess it must be okay. I'm not sure what the next project is going to be, however if we can get some money raised for the Humane Society, then that will be a good enough start to the new year. That and my roof not leaking any more.

Until next time...