shes back.

although there was a mix up in the flight arrangements on the return, Tori will be back tonight. Or at least very early tomorrow morning. Im looking forward to the stories.

it all comes down to this...

vs.

an awesome opportunity

Tori left for LAX this morning with the group from Sierra Vista (our church) that is going to Jackson, MS for a week to go through a seminar led by John Perkins on cultural reconciliation . The door opened for her to go this past Tuesday and now she is in route. Prayers for safe travel and a spirit filled time would be much appreciated. In other news I guess that means I'm bachin it up this week.

Hello World Part Deux!

Maybe it will work this time?

Hello World!

my hat is off...

to the Rockies. There is no way in the world that I thought this would be even remotely possible about a month ago. Then, Yorvit Torrealba and co. decided not to lose again, and became one of the most incredible stories in post season history. Not since The Big Red Machine ('79 Cincinnati Reds) has a team won 7 straight games in the postseason to advance to the world series. It gives me hope for the Mariners next year. Go Rocks!

what a night!

So, tonight we pulled out all of the stops. We made sushi with our killer sushi set that we got for our wedding. Tori also made some basil pesto, just to have on hand whenever we should want some. The wine was great and so was the mess that we made making it all. We also cleaned up the house a bit. Now, maybe watch a couple episodes of The Office Season 3 and then go to bed?

mind blowing!

tonight I chatted with a friend on the internet via his blog. way cool.

Nothing says day off like Sarah McLachlan

After I got off work this evening I realized that tomorrow and the next day are my days off. It's kind of strange to have Wednesday and Thursday as your weekend, but I am getting used to it. I was sitting on my couch (which is green andleatherish)surfing the world wide web, when a Sarah McLachlan song started playing on itunes. I chuckled to myself and thought that I would share with you. Consider yourself in the loop.23

P.S. the 23 that appeared at the end of this post was lovingly put there by Apollo. I guess he wanted to put in his two cents.

I cant hold it in any longer...

we got a kitten!!! His name is Apollo and we got him about three and a half weeks ago. He is an extremely cute (yes, I really did say cute) orange tabby. And if Tori and I weren't such dorks we would have had pictures out by now, but we lost the charger to our digital camera. He is actually chasing his tail as I am typing this out. I am ready to give up on the old charger and just buy a new one, but until that happens you will just have to trust that this is the cutest cat you have ever seen (yes, I did say cute again.)

we pressed more cider today...

Tori's mom and brother are at camp (they came up yesterday) and they are leaving tonight. But before they do, we made some cider. It was a good time. Today is our friend Tyson's birthday, and so we are going to celebrate it tonight, should be great.

not much to report.

Tori is (hopefully) on the road to recovery from the sickness that I so lovingly shared with her. It rained today. WSU got pounded by number 1 USC in football tonight 47-14. All of our pictures are hung on the walls (making it look alot like home) except my graduation photo which fell off. My student loan company finally stopped calling me after I convinced them that "I really am making my payments." I am. There will be some pretty exciting news soon, once we get the camera charged up again, until the it will have to wait.

In utterly random news, this is my 100th post.

a day in the life...

I just got done pressing some apple cider. A few of us are going to go down the mountain to watch the Yankees play the Red Sox in Fenway. Church at 6.

it would be fun to return to this level...

but we need someone with that Clint Mathis mohawk, Im pretty sure that is crucial. Claudio Rena and the gang were awesome. Heres to the World Cup in 2010!

celebrating one year.

Today is the one year anniversary of my blog! It kind of snuck up on me. This evening a group of us from camp went down to the pre-grand opening of the new REI in Fresno. It was a fun time, we had name tags affiliated with the outdoor programs we were with. There was food and beverages provided and a good time was had by all I am pretty sure. Tomorrow there will be more road bowling as well as a day off. And lastly, to pay homage to that very first blog I am going to re-post it on to the end of this one (its pretty exciting ;-}Cheers to many more posts.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

number 1

Tony I can post on your blog now! Yippee! more later????

how bout this guy

this past friday the accommo team gave this great sport a whirl, and had a great time. I cant say that $10,000 bucks was on the line, but pride was. We are going to do it again and if I can get anywhere close to that guys form I will be a very stylish bowler.

camp fire and creme brulee...

tonight we are getting together as a common fire staff for bible study. This has been happening since Monday night, but tonight we are going to sweeten the pot a bit. Tori made some creme brulee in the kitch today and we are going to feast on it outside of the ranch house (a place at camp if there is still anyone outside the Calvin Crest sphere that reads this thing.) It should be a good time of fellowship, study, and dessert. Maybe Iwill be able to snag a picture. Then again maybe not, being that we haven't found our digital camera yet. At any rate, this should be good.

so...

my wife went through this kind of terrain on her bike back (in Spain) in January, that's pretty impressive.

RAIN.

It rained through the night last night, and the overcast drizzle is still on. And, as is always the case, camp could really use this. I love it so much, the greens are greener, the browns are browner (I know that last one soundsweird) but those of you who have experienced mountain rain understand. We are currently having french toast made from the banana bread that I baked last night. It's blissful.

they're in!

So last night we got an e-mail saying that all of our pictures were in. There were over 1200! We got started pretty late and thus became tired, not getting through them all, but what we saw was fantastic, it brought back some great memories that were tough to recall without some kind of photographic evidence. Its time to pres some more coffee and continue the moving in, but the wedding album is in sight, and that's pretty hot!