Confessions Part I

I just commented on a friends blog while seated on the porcelain throne. Is that so wrong? How about that for a genius blog?

When I was your age...

the other day I was taking down a huge amount of photos from a picture catalog that used to be displayed in Mountain View Lounge here at camp. I was looking in to some of the faces that were displayed, and saw some of the same expressions that I have made. I saw myself. Moreover I saw my mom when she was on staff in 1974. She was my age. She was probably thinking about similar things then (as I am now.) It just got me thinking...

if you say so.

I went to this site and this is what it told me. I must have a superlative grasp of grammar...or something like that.

Round 3...ding!

were coming out of our corners for the third round of this Thanksgiving bout. Today we are going over to Tori's Mom's side of the family, after having gone to her dad's side on the actual day. Of course we also had a small celebration at the Hopes as well. Thus, round three.

reign over me.

watch it. It will make you laugh. It will bring a tear. It will make you feel. Plus, Don Cheadle is awesome.

I just found these

these are a few photos from the pebble beach portion of our honeymoon. I don't think Tori enjoyed this part very much, but golf history is incredibly rich there. So it was a sort of a mecca for me. I have seen this place so much on TV it was unreal to be there in person. I got to see the U.S. Open trophy with my own eyes. Wow!

say what?

The temperature is consistently in the upper 60's/low 70's during the days up here. Apparently someone forgot to tell the weather that it is November up here at 5,000ish feet in the Sierra Nevada's.

we are insured!

and this time it is on our own. Today Tori and I got our car insurance taken care of and the day before we signed up for our medical plan as well. We have been checking a lot of these "grown up" things off the list lately, and I think that we are almost caught up. Up next are our cell phones and getting our cars registered in CA. And if our student loans don't sink us we should be able to break even. Doesn't that sound like the life?!

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.