Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Columbus Day Weekend.
Great weekend ! Blake and Sarah came down Saturday - we drove into Monterey, grabbed lunch at Peter B's with a pitcher of the homeade brew and relaxed in good company. Joshua of course stole the show by throwing his food on the floor and making noises. Around 10:30pm that night, Willi and Debbie crashed the party - and stopped over to hang out for a while...
Sunday morning was awesome. Willi invited all 4 of us over for brunch, darts, and DA BEARS football game. Brunch was more like a feast, and the bears lost the game. Golf soon followed at the Par 3 course in Salinas. Not one of our best games, but I won the award of "best putt of the year." Willi is also becoming fond of using the almighty driver - last week he beat me, this week it was a tie.
Tiff and I walked to Michaels, Target and Kohls on Monday. It's about 4 miles round trip. We all got some sun, Joshua was relaxin' in the stroller and we bought bread. Yes. Bread. We were going to head down to the beach later that evening, but we think Tiffany caught some sort of 24 hr. virus/cold something that causes a fever and makes you sleep. Fortunately, the fever broke last night and she's feeling better.
As for the economy. So much for the bailout bill.. I lost all faith in our governments ability to be fiscally responsible. I guess they think this is a joke, and would rather borrow/inflate our currency than hold people responsible for their actions. Unfortunately, inflation punishes those who save and encourages those in debt to spend more.
We received an email last week telling us how much more experience Sarah Palin had than Barack Obama.... Could you vote for this: Click here for the Sarah Palin Interview ? It would be nice if the party system were abolished, but it would be even nicer if our voters went to the polls educated. So much for this beauty pageant. Tiffany and I watched the interview with Katie Couric and shook our heads in disbelief - keep in mind, we've always been die hard republicans, but not this year.
Sunday morning was awesome. Willi invited all 4 of us over for brunch, darts, and DA BEARS football game. Brunch was more like a feast, and the bears lost the game. Golf soon followed at the Par 3 course in Salinas. Not one of our best games, but I won the award of "best putt of the year." Willi is also becoming fond of using the almighty driver - last week he beat me, this week it was a tie.
Tiff and I walked to Michaels, Target and Kohls on Monday. It's about 4 miles round trip. We all got some sun, Joshua was relaxin' in the stroller and we bought bread. Yes. Bread. We were going to head down to the beach later that evening, but we think Tiffany caught some sort of 24 hr. virus/cold something that causes a fever and makes you sleep. Fortunately, the fever broke last night and she's feeling better.
As for the economy. So much for the bailout bill.. I lost all faith in our governments ability to be fiscally responsible. I guess they think this is a joke, and would rather borrow/inflate our currency than hold people responsible for their actions. Unfortunately, inflation punishes those who save and encourages those in debt to spend more.
We received an email last week telling us how much more experience Sarah Palin had than Barack Obama.... Could you vote for this: Click here for the Sarah Palin Interview ? It would be nice if the party system were abolished, but it would be even nicer if our voters went to the polls educated. So much for this beauty pageant. Tiffany and I watched the interview with Katie Couric and shook our heads in disbelief - keep in mind, we've always been die hard republicans, but not this year.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Josh, Josh, and more Josh !!!
Josh is one spoiled little kid ! Grandma and Grandpa got Josh a new crib !!
Josh - the next Fireman?
Josh - the next Fireman?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
An Update From the Wife
Josh got his first hair cut this week and Daddy did the honors. His hair was growing long in the back and Mike had heard "Aw, how cute! How old is she" one too many times. I had wanted to wait until his first birthday, but I gave in and the curls were trimmed.
I also found these on Grandpa's camera... so this is what happens when Mom and Dad are away... ;)
I also found these on Grandpa's camera... so this is what happens when Mom and Dad are away... ;)
Thursday, October 2, 2008
It's Fall
I'm sitting here in class with about 25 minutes until it starts - thought it might be a good time to update our blog.
So it's officially fall - as of a few days ago. I would've never known it, except that Google's homepage had "Google" written with leaves and fall colors. Interesting how technology keeps the user up to date - instead of the user keeping technology up to date.
Life is good. Tiffany, Joshua and I have gotten pretty involved in our church, which we've been going to for about 2 months now. It's a small congregation (about 25 people); the church is in the process of being built right up the street, so as of now, we meet in someones home. The past few weeks for Tiffany have consisted of scrapbook parties, Mary Kay with the neighbor, ice cream socials; we've even gone to a wedding reception for a couple who just got married.
The weather here is the same as it was when we first moved here. Cool, foggy in the morning and in the day/afternoon it's always warm, but not hot, and clear. You can always wear short sleeves, and it's your choice between pants or shorts (shorts rule).
Work is going great. L-3's contract with the Defense Language Institute was renewed the other day, so I get to stay put and keep enjoying what I'm doing. Between work and school I'm learning quite a bit - school consists of Unix/Linux and Cisco networking... while at work we're doing a lot of server configuration/architecture as we start fiscal year.
Josh turns ONE in just a few weeks. Unbelievable ! We're going to throw a small party - and hopefully Nana will be coming into town.
Other good news !! We moved into our apartment a few weeks ago. It's a 2 bed 1 bath about 875 sq. ft. and just around the corner from Pops and Grandma. We're still only 2 miles from the ocean. We already have furniture for the entire place - from the neighbors, from Willi and Debbie and a table from Wallyworld. We retained all of our kitchenware but everything big was replaced.
Anyhow, we hope you're all good. Send us an email when you get a chance !!!
So it's officially fall - as of a few days ago. I would've never known it, except that Google's homepage had "Google" written with leaves and fall colors. Interesting how technology keeps the user up to date - instead of the user keeping technology up to date.
Life is good. Tiffany, Joshua and I have gotten pretty involved in our church, which we've been going to for about 2 months now. It's a small congregation (about 25 people); the church is in the process of being built right up the street, so as of now, we meet in someones home. The past few weeks for Tiffany have consisted of scrapbook parties, Mary Kay with the neighbor, ice cream socials; we've even gone to a wedding reception for a couple who just got married.
The weather here is the same as it was when we first moved here. Cool, foggy in the morning and in the day/afternoon it's always warm, but not hot, and clear. You can always wear short sleeves, and it's your choice between pants or shorts (shorts rule).
Work is going great. L-3's contract with the Defense Language Institute was renewed the other day, so I get to stay put and keep enjoying what I'm doing. Between work and school I'm learning quite a bit - school consists of Unix/Linux and Cisco networking... while at work we're doing a lot of server configuration/architecture as we start fiscal year.
Josh turns ONE in just a few weeks. Unbelievable ! We're going to throw a small party - and hopefully Nana will be coming into town.
Other good news !! We moved into our apartment a few weeks ago. It's a 2 bed 1 bath about 875 sq. ft. and just around the corner from Pops and Grandma. We're still only 2 miles from the ocean. We already have furniture for the entire place - from the neighbors, from Willi and Debbie and a table from Wallyworld. We retained all of our kitchenware but everything big was replaced.
Anyhow, we hope you're all good. Send us an email when you get a chance !!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)