Monthly Archives: October 2008
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Good news
Posted on October 30, 2008 by Dan in work.Well, I went through the three day RAD Instructor Certification training and I did the simulation, which bascially entails me getting attacked by large men in padded suits in three different situations (walking by, from behind, multiple attackers) and whooped some ass. And I passed all my tests SO now I can teach other college […]
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Congratulations v.8
Posted on October 29, 2008 by Dan in friends, growing up.Well, you all know that Kelley had her baby boys almost 2 weeks ago now (10/17) but just wanted to say an official huge congratulations to Kelley and Mike on the arrival of their beautiful, healthy twin boys Ryan and Jackson. We love you all!!
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Congratulations v.7
Posted on October 27, 2008 by Dan in friends, growing up.Lots and lots and heaps of congratulations to Holly and Chris! They are expecting their first child the first week of June. 4W4L generation 2 continues to grow. Love you both!
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It’s a very sophisticated rating system.
Posted on October 27, 2008 by Dan in random.How things are going… ~Weather. Huge thumbs up. It’s been really really really warm out here all week, to the point of people laying out. Shorts, t shirts, sandals. In almost November? Yes please. ~Cats. Thumbs up. They are still adorable. And they smell much better since their bath on Saturday night. ~Trying to brush […]
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Vitally important information
Posted on October 23, 2008 by Dan in family, kitties, travel.Executive decision: I’ll post a proper congratulatory photo of Kel, Mike and the boys when we get a really good shot of all 4 of them. They are a family after all. (Crazy!) So, life has resumed to normal after the recent travels. I do love to travel, but going away 3 of the past […]
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I learned how to link!
Posted on October 21, 2008 by Dan in family, friends, growing up.10 years ago, I was in high school. 13 years ago, I was in middle school. With some of the people who read this blog. Who have been my family since then. We are close. We rely on each other. We have been through a lot. High school, college, grad school. Graduations, moves, apartments, new […]
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Keep Tahoe blue!
Posted on October 18, 2008 by Dan in travel.Lake Tahoe! So our 5 year anniversary was back in August, and we finally got around to celebrating it the last weekend of September. After tossing around some ideas we weren’t very excited about, we decided to go up to Lake Tahoe, because pretty much everyone around here won’t stop talking about how wonderful and […]
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Really, we can quit anytime we want to.
Posted on October 16, 2008 by Dan in kitties, wine.Lily is adorable. What is she sitting in you ask? Our anniversary present to ourselves. That’s actually 2 wine racks, every slot in which were accounted for when they arrived. See below. So, with our ridiculous wine habit, we had long ago outgrown our IKEA wine rack* that we bought when we first moved. All […]
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FRUSTRATION. And Portland.
Posted on October 14, 2008 by Dan in friends, travel, wine.I’m supposed to be online grading journals, but the website is really slow. I feel like I’m waiting for each page to load like I have dial-up internet (remember when you used to sign on with AOL and you had the dial-up and connect sounds memorized? Ah, the olden days) So, perhaps I will fill […]
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Balance
Posted on October 9, 2008 by Dan in random.I know I’ve been talking a lot about reading, and how I want to read 50 books this year (I’m 42 books in!) but I want to reassure you that Dan and I are also rotting our brains with plenty of TV. Sweet Jebus, I was realizing today how many shows we’ve been taping lately. […]
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