As I have been getting ready for this move to Idaho I have been thinking about different things that I want to make sure didn’t happen. One of those related to my motorcycles. I have two, a 2002 Kawasaki Drifter and a 1970 Honda 350 Scrambler. For both motorcycles I have only ever had one…
What Friday – Driving and More Driving
I had the joy of driving yesterday – a lot. I got the pick up my oldest daughter and her best friend from Girls Scout Camp in Prescott. I had to leave about 9:50am, and it took me about 2.5 hours from the house to the camp. It was a fine drive. The traffic was…
House Preparation
This week I, and my wonderful wife, have been up in Idaho working on our new house. This entailed doing a lot. So, here is a friendly breakdown of all the fun we got to have this week here in Idaho (“B” had to work everyday so she was wonderful and helped at night). Sunday:…
Influential People in My Life – My Parents
I am coming towards the end of my life of truly influential people in my life. I have been saving the most important ones for the last ones. And so today I present you with my parents. If there are 2 words that I would say sums them up it would be “love and care”….
May Top Listens
Sorry I missed last month somehow. I waited until the 2nd to look and April’s data wasn’t there. So onto May. Here we see some common recurring bands: Switchfoot, The Insyderz, Relient K, Brave Saint Saturn, and Five Iron Frenzy. I do see that Petra made into the top 10 this last month. That was…
Only a Day Late – here at least
So, yesterday was my 21st wedding anniversary. I had a great day. I got to spend it with my family here in Chandler. Yes we were busy. Yes my kids slept in. But I got to see my wife throughout the day. It was full of “I Love You!” and “Happy Anniversary”. There was fun!…
Taking Pictures – Waterfalls
This posting is all about one of the things I have always enjoyed taking pictures of: waterfalls. Specifically I am talking about taking pictures with my large format cameras. Looking back through all my pictures over all the years I have been using a large format camera I have found that I quite often take…
Building a Wombat
Today I had some time to myself and I decided to build a nanoblock my family got for me last year when we were in Asia. Yes, it is a wombat! One of my favorite animals. The nanoblocks can be very hard to work with because they are so small, but I think they do…
What a Week – House Adulting
WOW! This week has been quite a week in the saga of buying a house in Idaho. Let’s break it down day by day: Monday: Got a call from April at the title company in Idaho asking about the Closing Disclosure (CD), and if I had seen it yet or not. I said, I wasn’t…