cat hair is like a visa...

it's everywhere you want to be. I've been cleaning a bit today and I'm pretty sure I've vacuumed up the equivalent of five of our cat (Apollo.) The battle rages on. Geoff vs. Hair and Dander.

As I see it...

out of my office window. It is most definitely fall. Even though we are having unusually warm weather for this time of year, the colors are still changing. We don't get as much of a color change up here (compared to Spokane lets say) because of all cedars, but the oaks are in the midst of their fall for sure. Some reds, some yellows and some orange the colors of fall are nice and a precursor of what is to come...

a great night

Tonight was awesome. A fire in the wood burning stove. Good wine. Good friends. A couple rounds of cribbage. Fresh pressed apple cider. And a movie that I really enjoy. The only downer was our bank statement; not enough money. I'm sure that the readers of this blog can give an amen to that one!

Sincerely,
Geoff

I thought I was joking when...

I said that USC would beet Washington State by a score of 82-0 last week. It's currently half time of the game and the score (no joke) is 41-0. They are exactly half way to making my stupid prediction stand up. Sad.

My friend James and I started from the beginning, not too long ago, with the TV show Heroes. What a weird idea for TV. It was a little hard to follow at first but we have since warmed up to it, that is to say, wayyy warmed up to it. We are at the finale of the first season and lets say that the tension is a little high.

tonights plan.

Have some friends over, play some settlers of catan and eat some of the homemade chicken mango sausage that Tori and I made today. Thoughts?

so close, yet so far away.

Today was the Second Annual Sherwood Forest Golf Classic. It was an awesome time with good people at Sierra Meadows Country Club just outside of Oakhurst. There was one hole in particular, hole 5, a 170 yard par-3 over water to a green surrounded by bunkers; that was the stage for a $20,000 hole in one prize. That was no misprint, $20,000. So I jovially stepped up to the tee (following Tony Biasell, one of my partners for the day) and took my swing at the prize. My three partners and I (accompanied by 4 other witnesses) watched my ball take flight starting just to the right of the flag, then moving slightly back to the left. Anticipation and emotions rose as the ball started to fall towards the pin. THUD!! it landed 2 feet behind the pin and tried to trickle toward the hole stopping just inside of a putters length from the cup and the 20,000 g's that would have accompanied it. I cant remember the last time I have been so thrilled and angry at the exact same time. As my heart raced we went to the green and I tapped in the easy birdie putt and we moved on. The only thing I could think of as we approached the next tee was how much that would have had an impact on our student loans...bummer.

Fresno is great.

Today we went to a stellar farmers market, the meat market, Bevmo and a few other awesome places. Now, I know Fresno isn't quite as cool as some other cities out there but it really gets the job done. Oh...did I mention Teazer?

my action packed night.

Im going to clean out the cat box and then Im pretty sure Im going to watch Tombstone.

rough weekend

the seahawks and cougars both got pounded and my fantasy football livelihood went down the toilet right along with Tom Brady's left knee. Perseverance develops character right?

catan and a meat grinder.

what are the two things that arrived in the mail today?

it does my heart good when...

Cedar Lodge is completely clean. We had a big group come up for labor day weekend and the entire lodge has been turned over, mopped, dusted, etc... Im just saying, it feels good. Bring on the next group! Im also realizing that I am really in to elipses these days...

fight, fight, fight...

today is the first game of our college football season. We have a new coach, a new quarterback and were running a new offense and defense, this should be interesting...

joint b-day party

Happy birthday to Tori and Lily! Tonight we are going over to the McKenzie's and we are going to celebrate with carne asada (and other food and beverage of course.) It should be an awesome time.

people need hope, people need lovin'

so let it be written, so let it be done.

today was the last full week of summer camp. Tomorrow morning our last campers will head back to their respective homes and we as a staff (at least those of the staff that remain) will clean up/tear down camp. It has been a great season and I am looking forward to the fall. Apples, blackberries and guest groups, oh my.

the status of things (since July 1st...)

I've gained another year in the age column
My wife went to Guatemala for 2 weeks
We celebrated our 1 year anniversary in Cambria
Camp has flown by
My sister came to visit
Tori's family came out to visit
I've been introduced to new board games
My fantasy baseball team has taken a nosedive
I cooked for the accommo team
And there is probably more that I cant think of right now, but there's a snap shot.

Settlers of Catan.

So I'm hooked...big deal.

this is shaping up to be a very merry un-party...

tonight Josh Krane, Heather Karwowski, Andy Meyers and a handful of other people were supposed to come over to our humble abode and get their hang out on. So far, at 10:11 p.m. its still just the three of us (Tori and the cat of course.) I'm still holding out hope that the Crestviewites who get off shortly will be able to come over and resuscitate this. Until then, I'm probably going to check my fantasy baseball teams chances of squeaking out a win this week...I hear a car outside...

whats going on?

I haven't posted in quite a while. I offer you, my 5 readers, my deepest heart felt apology. There is more to come soon.