Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 01, 2010
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
As I sit here in the breakfast nook in Laura's parent's house, with the snow starting to fall down, I think it's time to do a quick look-back at 2009. A year of ups and downs, stupid health problems, and the 'calm before the storm' (Laura and I moving next year), friends getting married, etc.
Really a year like any other, if you think about it. The big news were Chris and Alicia getting married, I think Laura passed her comps earlier this year...maybe, that might have been November of last year. I can't remember that far.
Next year is going to be a big move out of Laramie and into the unknown. It's like starting over again, in a sense. It'll sort of be a mirror of us moving into Laramie, some 4.5 years ago. That's a long time. Laura will be sort of "starting" school at a new place again, I'll have to find a job again, making new friends (maybe I don't need to make any friends since it's potentially just for a year?!), moving our stuff to a new house, settling in, etc.
Of all the things to be thankful for, it always comes back to Laura and how much she helps me through the year and that I don't do enough reciprocity. I love you and thank you for all that you do for me each and every minute, hour, day, and year.
Next year, I'm sure, will be yet another quick one in the end, but slow to start. I think it'll also be a big step toward the future as well as Laura finishes up her Ph.D.!
Anyway, thanks to all the family and friends that made this year what it was.
See you 2009 and welcome the '10s (tens??!!?).
Really a year like any other, if you think about it. The big news were Chris and Alicia getting married, I think Laura passed her comps earlier this year...maybe, that might have been November of last year. I can't remember that far.
Next year is going to be a big move out of Laramie and into the unknown. It's like starting over again, in a sense. It'll sort of be a mirror of us moving into Laramie, some 4.5 years ago. That's a long time. Laura will be sort of "starting" school at a new place again, I'll have to find a job again, making new friends (maybe I don't need to make any friends since it's potentially just for a year?!), moving our stuff to a new house, settling in, etc.
Of all the things to be thankful for, it always comes back to Laura and how much she helps me through the year and that I don't do enough reciprocity. I love you and thank you for all that you do for me each and every minute, hour, day, and year.
Next year, I'm sure, will be yet another quick one in the end, but slow to start. I think it'll also be a big step toward the future as well as Laura finishes up her Ph.D.!
Anyway, thanks to all the family and friends that made this year what it was.
See you 2009 and welcome the '10s (tens??!!?).
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Wow, I didn't realize that I went 3 months without posting. Hard to imagine that I didn't even think of this blog during that time. Quite a bit of stuff has happened during this time. The biggest being that Chris and Alicia are now married...and still married. They had a good time in Hawaii and seem to be back in the same ol' groove, working and such.
This year we decided to have Thanksgiving with my Mom and sister in Niwot. It was a good time. Nephew and nieces are certainly weird! After the Thanksgiving lunch/dinner, I took some family photos of their family. Turned out okay, I think. I still need to practice people photography.
Laura and I are slowly getting into the mode of moving...well, at least I am! She has gotten interviews at 10 different places. It really sucks that we don't know where we'll be going until late February. She has to fly all around in mid-January, which is going to cost a shit-ton of money. I wish they would at least pay for the travel expenses if they get into the respective place they're interviewing at. Anyway, I think our main choices so far are Portland, OR, Oklahoma City, OK and Augusta, MA. I will probably tag along with her on the Maine interview. We're still not quite sure where we'll put our choices in order. It's a tough decision as there are a lot of factors that affect the decision.
Kip and Callie are both doing well. Being dicks as always! In a couple days we're heading down to Fort Collins for Ellen's graduation on Saturday. I'll bring my camcorder to take some videos of it all.
Other than that I'm getting more and more excited to leave our hell hole. I have been spending some time at working researching homes for rent. The best seems to be Oklahoma City in terms of housing prices and what you get for it. It's pretty awesome. Denver, Portland, and Maine are on the more expensive side. We'll see what we end up with. I am never, ever doing neighbors again, at least sharing the same fricken wall. What a stupid concept townhouses, duplexes, etc. are.
Also, I'm typing this blog on my new keyboard as well. I noticed the super slim, wireless keyboard on Amazon that I saw at Best Buy a while back for only $25, so I said why not. I did use Laura's myriad of $25 Amazon gift certificates, so it was actually free. It took a few days to get used to the "laptop feel", but now it's great. I love the laptop keyboard feel.
Anyway, until next time. Maybe I'll try and do one last blog for this year and wrap it up while I'm in OK for Christmas. I'm taking nearly 2 weeks off, so that's cool.
See ya.
This year we decided to have Thanksgiving with my Mom and sister in Niwot. It was a good time. Nephew and nieces are certainly weird! After the Thanksgiving lunch/dinner, I took some family photos of their family. Turned out okay, I think. I still need to practice people photography.
Laura and I are slowly getting into the mode of moving...well, at least I am! She has gotten interviews at 10 different places. It really sucks that we don't know where we'll be going until late February. She has to fly all around in mid-January, which is going to cost a shit-ton of money. I wish they would at least pay for the travel expenses if they get into the respective place they're interviewing at. Anyway, I think our main choices so far are Portland, OR, Oklahoma City, OK and Augusta, MA. I will probably tag along with her on the Maine interview. We're still not quite sure where we'll put our choices in order. It's a tough decision as there are a lot of factors that affect the decision.
Kip and Callie are both doing well. Being dicks as always! In a couple days we're heading down to Fort Collins for Ellen's graduation on Saturday. I'll bring my camcorder to take some videos of it all.
Other than that I'm getting more and more excited to leave our hell hole. I have been spending some time at working researching homes for rent. The best seems to be Oklahoma City in terms of housing prices and what you get for it. It's pretty awesome. Denver, Portland, and Maine are on the more expensive side. We'll see what we end up with. I am never, ever doing neighbors again, at least sharing the same fricken wall. What a stupid concept townhouses, duplexes, etc. are.
Also, I'm typing this blog on my new keyboard as well. I noticed the super slim, wireless keyboard on Amazon that I saw at Best Buy a while back for only $25, so I said why not. I did use Laura's myriad of $25 Amazon gift certificates, so it was actually free. It took a few days to get used to the "laptop feel", but now it's great. I love the laptop keyboard feel.
Anyway, until next time. Maybe I'll try and do one last blog for this year and wrap it up while I'm in OK for Christmas. I'm taking nearly 2 weeks off, so that's cool.
See ya.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
4 days until our mini vacation for the Summer. 4.5 days in St. Louis with Laura's grandparents and then 3.5 days in St. Charles with TJ and Ashley. Should be fun, to take a break from it all. I have some fun projects that I hope to accomplish while I'm there.
And yes, I'm still in climbing mode. I don't think I've put in the blog yet, but I did buy some gear for it...rope, rope bag, a carabiner, harness (for me and Laura), some slings/webbing, chalk bag...only thing I've left to get are shoes (been borrowing Trent's for now), ATC, and quickdraws...the latter being the most expensive at around $15-$16/piece and I suspect I would need around 10 or so to be able to do most sport routes, but not the super long, multi-pitch ones.
Oh well...my next BIG purchase is still a Nikon D90...mmmmm. I got a 50mm 1.8 lens for our 1st anniversary from Laura. I got her some pearl jewelry.
I can't believe it's been 1 year already (in 5 days)...I love you!!!!
And yes, I'm still in climbing mode. I don't think I've put in the blog yet, but I did buy some gear for it...rope, rope bag, a carabiner, harness (for me and Laura), some slings/webbing, chalk bag...only thing I've left to get are shoes (been borrowing Trent's for now), ATC, and quickdraws...the latter being the most expensive at around $15-$16/piece and I suspect I would need around 10 or so to be able to do most sport routes, but not the super long, multi-pitch ones.
Oh well...my next BIG purchase is still a Nikon D90...mmmmm. I got a 50mm 1.8 lens for our 1st anniversary from Laura. I got her some pearl jewelry.
I can't believe it's been 1 year already (in 5 days)...I love you!!!!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Yo,
So, it's just about 1.5 weeks until our 3 day hiking trip. I think we've got everything we need to get as far as preparation goes. Laura and I have tested our packs with a few pounds of gear and I think we're in good shape. Got some Powerbars for the trip and such too.
Lately I've been in the rock climbing mode. I've been bugging Trent to go to this new area he found that has some climbs that we haven't seen (not like we've seen a lot). I think Chris has the bug too since he's been wanting to get our own set of climbing gear. It looks like it'll be about $200 or so to get a beginner's set completed, including ropes, harnesses, caribiners, etc.
Anyway. We also bought tickets for our St. Louis/Chicago trip for August, as well as the Amtrak train tickets from St. Louis to Chicago since we won't have a car for this trip.
That's about it for news. Same ol' working and stuff. I've been trying to take more intermediate vacations since I never seem to use them, but this year I will try to use them all since it'll be my last year here.
Well, I'll leave it at that for now.
Later.
So, it's just about 1.5 weeks until our 3 day hiking trip. I think we've got everything we need to get as far as preparation goes. Laura and I have tested our packs with a few pounds of gear and I think we're in good shape. Got some Powerbars for the trip and such too.
Lately I've been in the rock climbing mode. I've been bugging Trent to go to this new area he found that has some climbs that we haven't seen (not like we've seen a lot). I think Chris has the bug too since he's been wanting to get our own set of climbing gear. It looks like it'll be about $200 or so to get a beginner's set completed, including ropes, harnesses, caribiners, etc.
Anyway. We also bought tickets for our St. Louis/Chicago trip for August, as well as the Amtrak train tickets from St. Louis to Chicago since we won't have a car for this trip.
That's about it for news. Same ol' working and stuff. I've been trying to take more intermediate vacations since I never seem to use them, but this year I will try to use them all since it'll be my last year here.
Well, I'll leave it at that for now.
Later.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Hello...
So I'm about to do more stuff on our wedding video that I finally started to do. Anyway, I miss Laura! She's been gone for only 2 days. I think she's having fun, but the baby's quite the work.
Nothing new. Callie seems to still be recovering. She's using it more, so that's good. She gets her sutures out on Thursday. Hopefully the wound doesn't open or something.
The other small thing I wanted to say was that I was looking at some photo galleries today, but not just any photo gallery. This was a collection of pictures that were taken by blind folks. Pretty interesting to see and it had a weird atmosphere to to all the pictures, if that makes sense, for obvious reasons. But anyway, to get to the point, one of the quotes from one of the photographers went something along the lines of:
"...I may be blind, but I haven't lost my vision."
I just thought that line was a pretty strong phrase...it invokes a lot of thoughts in my mind.
I was going to write about it a little, but I think I'm going to just work on the wedding video. I've been tired lately!
So I'm about to do more stuff on our wedding video that I finally started to do. Anyway, I miss Laura! She's been gone for only 2 days. I think she's having fun, but the baby's quite the work.
Nothing new. Callie seems to still be recovering. She's using it more, so that's good. She gets her sutures out on Thursday. Hopefully the wound doesn't open or something.
The other small thing I wanted to say was that I was looking at some photo galleries today, but not just any photo gallery. This was a collection of pictures that were taken by blind folks. Pretty interesting to see and it had a weird atmosphere to to all the pictures, if that makes sense, for obvious reasons. But anyway, to get to the point, one of the quotes from one of the photographers went something along the lines of:
"...I may be blind, but I haven't lost my vision."
I just thought that line was a pretty strong phrase...it invokes a lot of thoughts in my mind.
I was going to write about it a little, but I think I'm going to just work on the wedding video. I've been tired lately!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
So, as I sit here, listening to some Sister Hazel via acoustic, I wanted to get down some thoughts I had.
A little bit ago I was out north of Laramie, thinking the sunset conditions were pretty good. It was and I got some pretty good shots - flickr.com/photos/jamyam
Anywho, the part I wanted to write down was when I was out there, there was a couple of moments where it was completely silent. The only thing I "heard" was the wind blowing into my ears. And then I thought...hm...when was the last time it was this quiet? The only recent time I could think of that was when I went snow shoeing with Laura and her family in the Snowy's. I remember standing there and it was totally quiet...or was it? Not completely 100%. Why? I heard cars off the distance...it's amazing how far away you can hear cars from.
[Ugh, let me go let Kip out, he's barking...]
Ok, back. So, back to what I was saying. Even when the cars were like a 1/2+ mile away, I could hear them. It was kinda...annoying. Standing out in the middle of nowhere (basically) and hearing noise is probably one of the worst things. But, when the cars didn't come by for like a few minutes, it was crazy silent. It's cliche, but it really was deafening silence. It was a nice moment of relaxation, I guess.
When you think about it - when does an "average" person ever experience total silence? I say almost never, unless you're the outdoor type, and even then it's hard to get unless you're in places where few ever are. Even when you think things are silent, I'm sure there is a lot of noise that you just don't register...ambient noise of the computer fan, cars in the distance making a slight hum, even a light bulb's noise.
I can't wait to go on our 2-day backpacking trip...yes, I'm dreading the few hour hike in, then out, but this should be a place where I shouldn't hear cars for miles. I won't have anything electronic with me. Things will be TOTALLY silent, aside from the animals, if any, that are scouring around. The wilderness is a cool place...thoughts and moments like this make me like choosing Natural Resources as a major.
I think it should be everyone's goal in life to experience silence some time in their life, whether it be to reflect, get away, whatever. Enjoy the outdoors while we have it.
Well, Laura's back...and we still need to do a lot to get ready for our Baltimore trip!
A little bit ago I was out north of Laramie, thinking the sunset conditions were pretty good. It was and I got some pretty good shots - flickr.com/photos/jamyam
Anywho, the part I wanted to write down was when I was out there, there was a couple of moments where it was completely silent. The only thing I "heard" was the wind blowing into my ears. And then I thought...hm...when was the last time it was this quiet? The only recent time I could think of that was when I went snow shoeing with Laura and her family in the Snowy's. I remember standing there and it was totally quiet...or was it? Not completely 100%. Why? I heard cars off the distance...it's amazing how far away you can hear cars from.
[Ugh, let me go let Kip out, he's barking...]
Ok, back. So, back to what I was saying. Even when the cars were like a 1/2+ mile away, I could hear them. It was kinda...annoying. Standing out in the middle of nowhere (basically) and hearing noise is probably one of the worst things. But, when the cars didn't come by for like a few minutes, it was crazy silent. It's cliche, but it really was deafening silence. It was a nice moment of relaxation, I guess.
When you think about it - when does an "average" person ever experience total silence? I say almost never, unless you're the outdoor type, and even then it's hard to get unless you're in places where few ever are. Even when you think things are silent, I'm sure there is a lot of noise that you just don't register...ambient noise of the computer fan, cars in the distance making a slight hum, even a light bulb's noise.
I can't wait to go on our 2-day backpacking trip...yes, I'm dreading the few hour hike in, then out, but this should be a place where I shouldn't hear cars for miles. I won't have anything electronic with me. Things will be TOTALLY silent, aside from the animals, if any, that are scouring around. The wilderness is a cool place...thoughts and moments like this make me like choosing Natural Resources as a major.
I think it should be everyone's goal in life to experience silence some time in their life, whether it be to reflect, get away, whatever. Enjoy the outdoors while we have it.
Well, Laura's back...and we still need to do a lot to get ready for our Baltimore trip!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
We're off tomorrow to head down to Colorado so we can fly out on Friday morning. A nasty Spring storm is coming and hitting Denver tomorrow afternoon...perfect time to screw with our flight out. Hopefully, it's either not as bad as they say and/or the road crew does a good job.
Anyway, I'm going to be a busy bee on Friday/Saturday. Meeting up with some people from World of Warcraft since they're in the Orange County area (I know, weird huh?) and I'm also meeting up with some [ex]co-workers and Jeanne Chinn as well. Should be fun.
Laura is going to be heading to Little Tokyo on Friday while I do all that and on Saturday I might take her to my elementary and childhood neighborhoods...and see how much worse it became. Ha!
Be back Sunday.
Anyway, I'm going to be a busy bee on Friday/Saturday. Meeting up with some people from World of Warcraft since they're in the Orange County area (I know, weird huh?) and I'm also meeting up with some [ex]co-workers and Jeanne Chinn as well. Should be fun.
Laura is going to be heading to Little Tokyo on Friday while I do all that and on Saturday I might take her to my elementary and childhood neighborhoods...and see how much worse it became. Ha!
Be back Sunday.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Almost 4 months...that means we've been married almost 5! :)
So, what's been new. Some notable things. Its pretty much Winter now. Cold. Snowing. Windy. All that you'd expect from Laramie. Last I left off, I had recharged my A/C in the car.
I can't really remember what happened in September, but we had made some important decisions about Laura's schooling and whether or not to stay in Laramie for another year. We did decide on staying another year which would help out Laura more than if she went on internship this coming year. However, due to that, she defended her comps just a couple of weeks ago and she passed! So now the big part is done.
In mid-October, I finally went to see a doctor about my bug bites...yes, after 2 months they were still there. He gave a stronger medication ointment and most of them went away in a week or two, however, there are STILL a couple that are hanging around, mainly because it's SO hard to not to scrape or scratch the bump involuntarily. Once scratched, they fricken come back for another few days...it sucks. But it's almost gone now.
Similarly, the last month and half or so, I've been getting really dull pressure headaches every/every other day and I went to the doctor for that too. After a couple of appointments and, not from his help (mostly me), I think we've decided that they're tension headaches...and those are caused by stress, posture, etc., among different things. For a while there I thought I had a tumor...in the back of my head, I still think I do, but I'm not exhibiting symptoms, but...we'll see. They do get better when I'm not worried about work or something, when I'm hanging out with friends, so that's a good sign. We'll see how this Christmas break treats it.
So today I'm flying out at 12:45pm from DIA to Oklahoma City and Kelly and Ryan are supposed to pick me up. Laura was safely at Ellen's this morning and they have their long drive ahead, which I'll be making in a week.
Other than that, I think that's really all. I can't believe years pass by this quick. Already doing my end of the year report and such.
Next year will be another big year as well. I need to find a project to work on. I just bought a camcorder last night at Walmart...don't ask me why, but so far I like it. It's the Canon FS100, the one I've been eyeing since BEFORE it came out...call it fate? I don't like the low light performance as I was testing it last night, but testing in daylight today seemed good. The BEST part is that I don't have to record in real-time since there are no tapes involved...hallelujah. In retrospect, TJ had bought an HD camcorder too, although HDV (tapes). Quality is better, but I don't think I can ever go back to tapes, even though I haven't even used mine yet...the drag and drop is awesome. The only thing is that I have to find a good workflow for the files since it records into a weird format. Shouldn't be a problem though.
In the same subject, we did get our raw photos and footage from our wedding. The photos were good. The tapes I don't know yet since our MiniDV camcorder is being a d-bag in trying to capture it from tape. So either I have to try getting a new firewire card for my desktop or capturing the tapes at work. Not sure which I'll do, but I want to my make my video soon - probably be done early next year.
Well it's quarter 'til 9. We're leaving at 10am, getting to DIA around 10:45 probably and I'll have 2 hours to kill. I hate to get there THAT early, but oh well.
So, that's really it. Again this year has been great, marrying Laura and her passing comps. I love you a lot! Work has been the same old, although the sales reps are pissing the bejesus out of me with their stupidity and idiotic requests...perhaps the cause of my 'headaches'.
But it's time for another year and another set of memories, hopefully some of which I can capture easily with video...perhaps "A Video a Day" project is in order?
Stay tuned and merry Christmas everyone.
So, what's been new. Some notable things. Its pretty much Winter now. Cold. Snowing. Windy. All that you'd expect from Laramie. Last I left off, I had recharged my A/C in the car.
I can't really remember what happened in September, but we had made some important decisions about Laura's schooling and whether or not to stay in Laramie for another year. We did decide on staying another year which would help out Laura more than if she went on internship this coming year. However, due to that, she defended her comps just a couple of weeks ago and she passed! So now the big part is done.
In mid-October, I finally went to see a doctor about my bug bites...yes, after 2 months they were still there. He gave a stronger medication ointment and most of them went away in a week or two, however, there are STILL a couple that are hanging around, mainly because it's SO hard to not to scrape or scratch the bump involuntarily. Once scratched, they fricken come back for another few days...it sucks. But it's almost gone now.
Similarly, the last month and half or so, I've been getting really dull pressure headaches every/every other day and I went to the doctor for that too. After a couple of appointments and, not from his help (mostly me), I think we've decided that they're tension headaches...and those are caused by stress, posture, etc., among different things. For a while there I thought I had a tumor...in the back of my head, I still think I do, but I'm not exhibiting symptoms, but...we'll see. They do get better when I'm not worried about work or something, when I'm hanging out with friends, so that's a good sign. We'll see how this Christmas break treats it.
So today I'm flying out at 12:45pm from DIA to Oklahoma City and Kelly and Ryan are supposed to pick me up. Laura was safely at Ellen's this morning and they have their long drive ahead, which I'll be making in a week.
Other than that, I think that's really all. I can't believe years pass by this quick. Already doing my end of the year report and such.
Next year will be another big year as well. I need to find a project to work on. I just bought a camcorder last night at Walmart...don't ask me why, but so far I like it. It's the Canon FS100, the one I've been eyeing since BEFORE it came out...call it fate? I don't like the low light performance as I was testing it last night, but testing in daylight today seemed good. The BEST part is that I don't have to record in real-time since there are no tapes involved...hallelujah. In retrospect, TJ had bought an HD camcorder too, although HDV (tapes). Quality is better, but I don't think I can ever go back to tapes, even though I haven't even used mine yet...the drag and drop is awesome. The only thing is that I have to find a good workflow for the files since it records into a weird format. Shouldn't be a problem though.
In the same subject, we did get our raw photos and footage from our wedding. The photos were good. The tapes I don't know yet since our MiniDV camcorder is being a d-bag in trying to capture it from tape. So either I have to try getting a new firewire card for my desktop or capturing the tapes at work. Not sure which I'll do, but I want to my make my video soon - probably be done early next year.
Well it's quarter 'til 9. We're leaving at 10am, getting to DIA around 10:45 probably and I'll have 2 hours to kill. I hate to get there THAT early, but oh well.
So, that's really it. Again this year has been great, marrying Laura and her passing comps. I love you a lot! Work has been the same old, although the sales reps are pissing the bejesus out of me with their stupidity and idiotic requests...perhaps the cause of my 'headaches'.
But it's time for another year and another set of memories, hopefully some of which I can capture easily with video...perhaps "A Video a Day" project is in order?
Stay tuned and merry Christmas everyone.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
So, I finally got my A/C recharged in my car...cold air never felt so good! They did a leak test too and there were no leaks all this time.
This goes to show that those DIY A/C rechargers at auto stores DO NOT WORK. I probably spent close to $50 trying to fill it myself...do yourself a favor if your A/C runs out - go get it done by the shop. It cost me $80 and a couple of hours.
...just in time for Laramie's cold weather, eh?
This goes to show that those DIY A/C rechargers at auto stores DO NOT WORK. I probably spent close to $50 trying to fill it myself...do yourself a favor if your A/C runs out - go get it done by the shop. It cost me $80 and a couple of hours.
...just in time for Laramie's cold weather, eh?
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wow, we're finally back. I've got a lot to document now.
Let's start with the wedding.
It was great. Really, it went smooth (I thought) and even if there were little things that didn't go as planned, I didn't even notice it. Thanks to everyone who made it happen, especially Laura and her Mom. I know they worked on it pretty much everyday for the last few months.
Pictures are up at the photographer's website. We went down to pick photos for our album, and he did a great job with the pictures as well. Lots of great ones, candid, people having fun, etc. Now I just need those photos on disc. :)
I want to see the videographer's stuff too. As much as I like photos, it can't quite tell the story like video can.
I know that was a short explanation for everything and I know I left out everything, pretty much, but overall it was a great time and I will remember it until I die. I'm happy to be married to Laura and I know she feels the same.
The honeymoon, leaving 2 days after the wedding, was also fun. We had the best room, great service, and apart from a couple of dozen sandfly bites (more later) that I took home and a little fight we had on our kayaking adventure, it was great. I've posted pictures on my Flickr. Wasn't crowded at all, either. Maybe 50-60 people max at the entire resort and at any given time, we didn't see more than 20 people probably walking around, eating, etc.
Sandflies...man...my arms are tore up still from these silent strikers. It's sooo itchy and it's nothing compared to a mosquito bites that itches a little, then goes away in a day or two. It's been a week, and it's finally starting to show some kind of healing effect, but man, I'm glad we don't have those here in Wyoming. I did read there are some around the states, though.
What else...school is starting, which means it's about time for me to start bitching at the neighbors when they start to get loud...hopefully it's our last year here...I have faith in Laura's passing of the comps. Work is good. We're all supposed to get raises going effective the first paycheck of September, but we'll see about that.
Hm...I have more to say, but I'll end it here. My blog isn't dead yet!!!!
-James
Let's start with the wedding.
It was great. Really, it went smooth (I thought) and even if there were little things that didn't go as planned, I didn't even notice it. Thanks to everyone who made it happen, especially Laura and her Mom. I know they worked on it pretty much everyday for the last few months.
Pictures are up at the photographer's website. We went down to pick photos for our album, and he did a great job with the pictures as well. Lots of great ones, candid, people having fun, etc. Now I just need those photos on disc. :)
I want to see the videographer's stuff too. As much as I like photos, it can't quite tell the story like video can.
I know that was a short explanation for everything and I know I left out everything, pretty much, but overall it was a great time and I will remember it until I die. I'm happy to be married to Laura and I know she feels the same.
The honeymoon, leaving 2 days after the wedding, was also fun. We had the best room, great service, and apart from a couple of dozen sandfly bites (more later) that I took home and a little fight we had on our kayaking adventure, it was great. I've posted pictures on my Flickr. Wasn't crowded at all, either. Maybe 50-60 people max at the entire resort and at any given time, we didn't see more than 20 people probably walking around, eating, etc.
Sandflies...man...my arms are tore up still from these silent strikers. It's sooo itchy and it's nothing compared to a mosquito bites that itches a little, then goes away in a day or two. It's been a week, and it's finally starting to show some kind of healing effect, but man, I'm glad we don't have those here in Wyoming. I did read there are some around the states, though.
What else...school is starting, which means it's about time for me to start bitching at the neighbors when they start to get loud...hopefully it's our last year here...I have faith in Laura's passing of the comps. Work is good. We're all supposed to get raises going effective the first paycheck of September, but we'll see about that.
Hm...I have more to say, but I'll end it here. My blog isn't dead yet!!!!
-James
Thursday, August 07, 2008
I'm off to Longmont/Denver, but not before dropping the dogs off at the kennel. I hope I've got all the stuff that I need packed.
Most importantly:
Dog food, toys, essentials...check!
Passport...check!
Rings...check!
Clothes...check!
Projector/laptop for rehearsal dinner...check!
Wallet with ID, money...check!
I think that's the bare minimum that I need to get by, and I have much more than that in my car, so that's a good start.
See y'all.
Most importantly:
Dog food, toys, essentials...check!
Passport...check!
Rings...check!
Clothes...check!
Projector/laptop for rehearsal dinner...check!
Wallet with ID, money...check!
I think that's the bare minimum that I need to get by, and I have much more than that in my car, so that's a good start.
See y'all.