Happy Holidays

I know it's cheesey but i just want to wish those of you (i.e. both of you) who read this a Merry Christmas and New Year. In hindsight i thought i mught recap the years events fro this time last year until now.

January: Work was still rolling along on the house. The laundry room was nearly finished. The Dodge Intrepid had just blown up the for the first time and i was beginning to regret the purchase. I was also enjoying my job as the Special Projects Manager for Barnes Bullets, despite my overbearing boss. Realeased from being a sunbeam teacher.

February: called as Elders Quorum secretary. Realizing that Building a Gaming Machine was more achievable than originally thought, i began to purchase parts for said project. (had Mind set on Radeon 9800 Pro for a GC) Also i believe this is the month i set the laundry room on fire. (oops!) Had Dodge running again after a 3 week battle with the ignition system (i won....kind of).

March: The backyard was growing grass like crazy and i started to wonder how many times a week i'd have to mow it (this turned out to be about 2). Nearing completion of Gaming Machine (Changed mind to BFG Tech NVIDIA 6800 Ultra) and eagerly awaiting arival of processor. Starting to realize that my boss is a big jerk and i might have to do something about it. This is also the month i started my Blog. :-)

April: Won an e-bay auction for my dream graphics card and could not wait for it to arive for the beast. Also began to work on my Rock Crawler (still planned as a "Super Subaru"). Pushing the house sale pretty hard through variouse means of advertisement.

May: Gaming machine internals complete and (though i did not know it yet) a Laser mouse would be added to the arsenal by the end of the month. Realized that Barnes is not the place for me and (foolishly) relocated to Bear Creek Soups in Heber (about 70 miles away). Happy Birthday me! Dodge Intrepid blows motor for the second time (begin to rethink the purchase again). Had an incredible experience with friends in Vegas for the Blue Man Group concert (thanks again Dave). Also my Moms dad dies after a 4 month battle with several types of cancer.

June: I realize that i hate my new job after the 1st day (this is not an exageration, just ask anyone who knew me at the time) and begin applying to US Synthetic. The birth of Hump-day Reprisal (still going strong mind you) The Dodge is back together and running, again, and is up for sale. Nikki passes her Hunters Safety coarse and is legally able to hunt (watch out). Coined the phrase "But Sex Cake". I am still not sure if i'll have to answer for that one after i die.

July:Finally get a Job at US Synthetic and start having a normal schedule again. Rick and Erin are Married. Dave is decidely "cool". People seem interested in our house (liars :-P) Obtained Land Rover body for Rock Crawler.The house looks great, particularly the backyard.

August: My sister gets married. Archery hunt opens and i think, why did i do this again? Pepper (one of our horses) gets hurt pretty bad. I spend much time in the mountains hiking my butt off (don't worry, it grew back. In fact i think it came back bigger) We Finally sale the Dodge.

September: Still crawling around the mountains trying to find a Buck (this never actually comes to fruition). Coined the word "Hermitified". Fuel prices jump after a hurricane wipes out several refineries and thousands of homes in the south. I get a new Car ( also i finally figured out how to put pictures up, see top of page) (and i still haven't even been pulled over, thanks mom :-P)

October: Archery season is over and i have nothing to show for it, and i mean nothing (not even the arrows i started out with). Starting to feel a little lonely. My dad kills an Elk on opening morning. This same morning Nikki gets kicked in the face by a horse and suffers a broken jaw. pretty much spent the rest of the month taking care of my wife and working. I foolishly comment on things calming down and settling for the Holidays (i think this is a particularly interesting piece of irony. the best part is that i did it to myself).

November: Although not much was posted for this month we finally sale our house. Nikki recovers form her injury and is able to chew soft foods for Thanksgiving.

December: Nikki gets all the metal removed form her mouth. I begin to think of School and enroll at UVSC in Pre-Engineering. The Holidays creep into our lives all at once. My grandfather (dads dad) goes into the hospital for "indigestion" (actually a heart attack) and dies 1 week later of Congestive Heart Failure. The Funeral is tomorrow.


Upon reading through the past years events i have realized 2 things. 1, life has a funny way of kicking you when everi it wants. 2, i really need to watch my typing errors having found multiple mistakes i hadn't yet noticed. May your holidays posess the spirit of the season and may your travels proceed safely.

Merry Christmas

Oh Yea!.....I Have A Blog!!!

Alright i know it's been a while but before the heckling starts let me explain a little bit. In the past month or so, many things have taken place. The largest reason for my lack of postage is that we have sold our house. All I can say is "Finally!", followed by a "whats next?". I have been interviewing for positions at work in hopes of transfering to a more challenging position as well as land myself in a comfortable, more convenient day time position. However for now, my chair at HDR remains empty......or possibly filled by some styrofoam packaging material and one of those drinking birds that bends over and hits the keyboard pointlessly. Either way the end result is the same. Anywho, now that i am officially located over at my parents house (Finally with internet access might i add :-D) I am looking ahead to the upcoming months with a sence of optimism and happiness. Also i am becming more focused on some of my long tern projects (i.e. the Rock Crawler) which i will now have the luxury of devoting time towards. Meanwhile, Nikki has been released from her Oral prison and has no more metal in her mouth. As the year closes and Christmas draws nearer, i am actually finding myself in a good mood (Definatly not the historical normality for the given season). I believe this is for a number of reasons. We are finally able to move forward with our lives having sold our house. We are nearly done with our Christmas shopping and have remained within relative proximity to our budgeted limits. I am nerly done with my Christmas shopping (having done most of it online). And i generally have a good feeling about stuff in general. I have recently been digging into the world of pocket PC's and have a Treo 600 as my Guiney Pig. The one thing i haven't yet found a concrete answer on is whether i can unlock it and change the service provider from Verizon to Sprint. The only major hang up i have found in my research is that Sprint seems to employ a "Whitelist" of acceptable ESR's and doesn't seem to be open to accepting new ones, even for current customers. This, i feel, is something that can be overcome. Other than that, i am fully confident that i can ulock the phone. At the very least it gives me something to entertain myself while i am still stuck in the Inspection Department at US Synthetic and thus recieving no neural stimulation. Anyway, I wish you all a great day!