Back At It

The influx of warm temps seems to have invigorated our home on Rollins Drive. I can't wait for spring. I know its January, and we have another couple months of cold weather, but I don't care. There's something about opening a window and letting a breeze in that makes everyone sigh and relax.

I almost saw an accident last night. I was woken up at 1:47am by yelling outside (its always great to wake up to profanity), and watched from my window as three guys were settling an argument. By settling, I mean, one guy got in his car, and tried to run over another guy. He didn't hit him (thankfully) but instead backed up into the yard and peeled out. The anger was probably induced from OSU's egg laying in the national championship game, which will never be mentioned again.

A quick holiday recap: we traveled to Dayton, BG, and back. I got hooked up with a wood router, miter saw, floor jack, jack stands, and a creeper. The last few weeks have been spent unwrapping and testing everything out. My first project with the wood working tools was a set of blocks for Lily; she really likes them already. Also during this holiday, Jenna got strep (ick), my brother & family visited, Ashley Bradford stopped by for a 4-hour life recap, and I went running for the first time in 5 months.

Onto 2008!

Running & Christmas

When is it time to dust off the ole' running shoes and hit the trails again? I'd like to start up now, with a nice 3x a week training plan. Logging a few months of 15-mile weeks would be an excellent base; I could then phase into an intense training plan in the spring. Sounds like an excellent "program," (quotes for Justin E.) eh?

Unfortuantely, I'm unable to start training until life settles down a bit and I can afford the time & energy with which to run. Realistically, I'll be able to start around January/February because I'll be able to utilize the locker room at my main office (I'm working offsite now). Training in the winter will allow me to entertain thoughts of running the Flying Pig in May (no Indy Mini for me this year).

My other thought today is on Christmas; my Mom asked me for my list already. I enjoy making Christmas lists because it lets me think of who I want to be and what movies/music/books I want to get into (I'm avoiding the somewhat trite discussion of the commercialization of Christmas here, so blah blah blah). This year, I am putting down a wood router (to continue my transformation into a wood hobbyist), the Godfather part I & II on VHS (because it seems so much better when the picture is a little fuzzy), and the Count of Monte Christo because I hear its a great book.

Belated "Happy Halloween"

Piglet and Pooh Bear:



And yes, we went trick-or-treating as a family knowing full well that those teeth are not suitable for eating candy. But guess what? Mine are!