Ummm, so, how's life?

Erk. It's happened. i didn't even notice it until it was too late: I got married, fat, happy, and slightly lazy.

Well, lets take that back. I obviously haven't done much of, well, anything on here for over a month now - and for that i may appear to indeed be lazy. But, i suppose i can only give lame excuses as to the cause of this intermittent update problem. One being, that as a new cliche homeowner, i have spent most evenings and weekends rewiring all the lighting in the kitchen, finishing the painting, hanging things, installing a garage door opener, building shelving in the living room, and even just today finished a complete brake job on the mini. Really! I'm not that lazy!

Also, the computer (at least, the one in the house that isn't chalk white with a piece of translucent produce on the back of it) is currently on it's way to California to be completely rehauled. And THAT, boys and girls, is why i seemingly spend more money on service plans than on the actual product - they usually break.

so, quick updates i spose:

- because it's on my coffee table at the moment, i received a wonderful package of freshly roasted beans from my friend Dustin, whom visited us last month with his wife Kelli on their way to Portland. Check them out, they are much smarter/funnier/curse less than i.


- Did some climbing outside to round out the warm days, and now miss liz and i have rotated back to the indoor gym a couple times a week.

- Finished a couple books of which my favorite was East of Eden, by John Steinbeck. Absolutely amazing, immediately placed in my top five of all time (there's at least ten books in there) and reminded me of why Steinbeck is one of the best. Great story, characters, dialouge, scenery and good old fashioned truthiness in there.

- Climbed another 14er (that's a peak over 14K feet) with Bill and new friend Chris from our previous 14er hike earlier this summer. At the top of this is a view back across the valley from the top of Mt. Bierstadt.

- Ah! I suppose this deserved to be one of the very first bullets, but, my separation request from the air force was approved. i will no longer be on active duty as of 30 Dec, 2006. Yes, this means that with Terminal leave begining on the 11th, i will be getting the better part of December off. Also, this means that combined with liz's school's winter break, we will be able to drive home for almost two weeks. (which should make up for the two days that i spent home last year.)

- i'm also debating entering the reserves, though, and work 24 days a year still back up at Warren. The pay rate is automatically a jump, they'll help for any classes that i want to take next fall, and they can't deploy me. There's still a lot of room for debate on it, though.

- THE DETROIT TIGERS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!

- Michigan State Football proves once again that spartan fans are simply more complete and full people, as they have to routinely deal with the heartbreak of outplaying (convincingly) the nation's favorite football team, and then hand the game back over with five minutes to go. If you don't know what i'm talking about, please just move along. Nothing to see here.

Uh, guess that's about it. I have mutliple ideas for things to put up all day long it seems, but they never seem to make it into a textular (sure, it's a word) format. I promise to soon give long diatribes on how much i hate sports radio in this part of the country and their love affair with the Denver Broncos, why i love comic books again, and the recipe for the most amazing vodka tomato basil sauce that we had for dinner on Monday.

Lastly, for those who read this in the Fort Collins area, liz and i have lived here under the radar for far too long and for that we apologize. I think we are going to have to have a "Hey We Live Here Now!" party, and soon. maybe in honor of columbus day?