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FEB

02.02 Happy Feb, Groundhog Day, and Raymond's Sweet Sixteen...again.

January

01.24 Has it really been the better part of the month between bloggings here? Yup it has. Well as usual we've been busy around the ol' hacienda, and I'll try to give you a little rundown on our goins on. I guess the big one was the power situation that finally got resolved last weekend where it turns out one of those little bastard squirrels in the neighborhood had been sharpening his toothes on Ga Powers ground wire a few houses down and that had been causing our lights and appliances, including fridge, heater blower, computers, etc to fluctuate in a very worrisome manner. And the wierd thing is it wadn't only us but seven or eight houses around us on the same line. Actually we're at the end of the wire. But who had to call GP? That's right. Thank you, heros of the neighborfreakinhood. OK that was one. Then I've been dreading finishing up one last case study essay for my Interactions of Hazardous Materials course, but I finally buckled down and knocked that out, finishing the course and promptly signed up for Earth Science. Two. Got sick. Three. Then last week decided I was smart enough to add memory to our desktop here at the HOW. Simple, right? Wrong. Wound up having to take the thing in and while I was there had it upgraded to a dual core Intel CPU, 500G HD, 4G memory and Windows 7, which I just picked up yesterday and haven't gotten up from here for hours getting it configured just right with all my crap. Four. Oh yeah, and yesterday finished the deck up out back. Five. At least we've got a rainy day today and I can shut this puppy down and go watch the football games now. I just wanted to let you know why you haven't heard from us lately and don't worry we're OK. Now.

01.01.2010 Happy freakin' new yearz!! Had a few drinks and grilled a steak on the barbie last night n wound up asleep about an hour before the big peach drop. Everthing was right where we'd left it this morning when we finally dragged ourselves out of the bed. Imagine that! My hot little wife had to fly up to NY today to cool down for a few days, so I'm left here at the Housaweb to mine own devices be true. Looks like a pizza night, fo sho.  Gonna post a few pictures that I scanned yesterday from long ago, one of 'em in particular I just can't quit looking at. Check 'em out and see if you agree. And have a great and healthy new year y'all!

December

12.13 Happy holidays from the JBzHouseOfWeb, and that might be all you get this year as December has turnt out to be busy, busy, despite what you may have heard to the contrary. Thanksgiving zoomed by and next thing you know it was a December filled with work and school and travel, rain and cool temps, house upkeeping and enough other stuff that January'll be here before there's another chance to blog. Started another new course at CSU, Interactions of Hazardous Materials, which is turning out to be quite a challenge for an already chemistry challenged me, but I'm sure we'll muddle through somehow with the usual enthusiasm. Rah. On the road more lately for work these days, off to FL next week where they've actually picked up some work! Getting ready for the Christmas/New Year time with plans to fly up to DC the 24th for a couple of days, and then the other half going up to NY Jan 1st for a quick visit with the family. So unless I sprout another brain or manage to clone myself by then, see you next year! -JB

November

11.21 What d'ya know! Only six days and here I'm is again, this time blogging from home on a pretty Sat morning. What I'm doing inside is a good question, but think I may be done with my chores for the weekend and just wanted to pop in a few lines here before going out into the world. Evidently we have a snake problem around here so you don't want to hang out in the underbrush too much. One our neighbors dogs was killed by a copperhead a few weeks back and in talking about it to other neighbors it turns out that, oh yeah they've seen 'em in their yards too. Damn. And all these summers I'd been running around barefoot just asking for it. I was wondering where all those cute little chipmunks got off to... Happy B'day to my little bro John up in NJ eating turkey today and everyday he can 'cause he loves it so.

11.15 Well, yes it has been a while since our last jblog and no, I don't think it's OK, but what can one do when there's all this other more exciting crap going on and the ol website has to take a back seat. Actually tonights installment is coming from Cullman AL where we're in town for a fall arrest equipment manufacturer thing tomorrow and Tues. Ought to be interesting. Finished up my latest schooling last week managing to garner a 95 in Hazardous Materials Incidents. Glad that's over and done with and now taking a break for the holidays. Looking forward to Thanksgiving and a little family time. If you really need to know what's up, don't forget to check out Facebook. Got an extra hour here in Aladamnbama. How bout that! 

OCTOBER

10.24 Happy freakin' Bday to all you other Octoberites also, Meredith, Karen, Dorrissa, BOB, etc. Last day here at the beach leaving tomorrow to head back into the stream of reality. 

10.16 Happy 50th freakin Bday to me. We're having such a lovely month mostly because we've been spending a goodly portion of it here in beautiful Hilton Head. Must be nice. Umm-huh. Had some rainy days but managed to get sunburnt in between and keep ourselves busy exploring the lowcountry. Next week is the safety conference in Savannah, Tues, Wed, Thurs so I'll get paid for a few days anyway and still get to come home to the beach. Cool. Thanks to you followers that sent birthday remembrances it's not so bad turning 50. I can dig it, and as TBone has got me saying it, I hampster you all! Well, it's back to the beach for us now, cool and sunny for the next few days, just right! -JB 

September

09.27 For what it's worth, we made it through the Flood of '09 with just a little water in the garage which considering all the other folks that got hit alot harder than us, well it wasn't too awful bad. I did head up to NC on Mon AM once it started to get light and pretty much breezed into a sunny & warm Charlotte while Atl was getting clobbered with another 4 or 5 inches. Back in town for the week now, and it's supposed to be a nice one, sunny skies and temps in the bearable range. Got the wifes B'day coming up Wed and she's also starting on a new job assignment that we all hope is the one. Fingers crossed.

 09.20 Freakin' raining again. After all the drought years we've had though there's not been too much complaining. Until today when the tennis players tell me it's going to be a problem. With more rain in the forecast for all of the upcoming week it's going to be a  big problem. And I guess that I've forgotten how it is for the poor bricklayers too. I've got plenty to keep me busy including having to head up to Charlotte tomorrow for an NCDOL crane & derrick standard update class. In the rain, I'm sure. Yesterday, of course it rained, and you'll never believe it but we but we went buck-wild and broke out a jigsaw puzzle and put that puppy together! Since I finished my Math course ( w/ an A no less) and the text for my next class hadn't arrived yet, and I finished all the sudokos I could find, that was the next best option. Hey it was fun! And family togetherness too. We've got another one for today! Thinking about going pro!!...Happy belated B'day to JCK. My how we are growing up so fast! ;^) Try'n stay dry.

09.17 For whatever reason...I've been accused of just looking at the pictures of the various periodicals I "read" lately but actually think that may have degraded down to where I'm, honestly now, thinking about other stuff and just turning the pages these days...Had a cool surprise when the mother of that beautiful child in the picture above ran into me on FB,.. from a long time ago,.. Kai McCambell, those Picatinny days were some of the most bittersweet of my life. Now it's mostly sweetness. Very cool -JB

09.13 Fixin' to watch the Falcons whup the Fish after closing in on the last Unit in Finite Math. Conditional Probability. If you can get through that you can do anything. Also signed up for my next class, back on the safety track with  Hazardous Materials Management. Had intended to go out this morning and grab some of the geocaches that have cropped up around here in the last months during this time of busyness and general malaise. But I didn't. Maybe after the game. We had a long walk yesterday, anyway, once around the park for the arts festival and then around again the long way for the walk of it...and now, back to the game.

09.07 Finally getting around to updating the HouseOfWeb with some pictures from our jaunt up to the Catskills here on this Labor Day 2009. Have had a nice quiet weekend at home, watching the US Open, doing some cooking and some pooling and really not a whole hell of alot else except sleeping. Riding up to NC later today to get the work week kicked off. Seems like I just got my suitcase unpacked and it's time to pack it up again. Oh well, that's the life. Math class is going OK, I guess, although it's still not my thing at all, at least I'm keeping my head above water with tutelage by an aquaintance Richard, who just happens to be a retired math professor at GT. Can't get much better than that, and I'm gonna owe him big-time once I get through this thing. Three more units to go.

August

08.30 Had a lovely time in the Catskills. Good weather, good food, and all those familiar faces and places to catch up with kept us busy and too soon it was over and we were headed home. May make time to post the few pictures that I took but it's going to be a busy week coming up with work & school so stay tuned. Happy Birthday greetings from the HouseOfWeb going out to Aunt Debbie today, Big Bro Bill tomorrow, and Tom Smith on Tues. Happy, happy to you all!

08.20 Hoorayr fer vacation!! 'S coming up and I for one can't wait. I know it'll all come to an end too soon but I'm reday. Going up the country to visit Smiths, Hubbells, the odd VanBenschoten and whoever else may gets in our grill. Got the KJ tuned up and running good for the fall trail runs, but gotta watch those rocks, young'un. Danced on one last time out and messed up a cadillac converter and replacement was not cheap, my friend. Also changed the black tranny fluid for fresh and new plugs. Reday there too. Started a new class, Finite Math. Not too happy with it so far. It's been a long time since 1978 and I always had a loathing for the complications of math. I was decent at geometry and fractions and that's all I needed to lay the brick and set the stone, but now..oh my god. Anyway I started the course yesterday and I'm already working on Unit 2 of 8. So reday there too. Later....-5x + y = -27 (If anyone out there knows what this means, hep me!)

08.11. We bang our heads against the machine all day and sleep restlessly at night thinking about tomorrow, and what really matters only gets a moments notice, we're born and we live and then what?? Wow. Anyway...that was just bouncing around in the ol' noggin today as I'se driving down to the SC coast and fasting. It's amazing what you'll do when you have a hard time buttoning your jeans in the AM and hafta hold your breath to get in and sitdown. Anyway...made it through another day. "Shorter of breath and one day closer...."

July

07.31 Jammin one last jblog in here while we still have a little July left. Changed the pic above and added some others of a complete double rainbow the Magster shot while she was in HHI this last weekend. Done with work for the week and getting ready to go out and kick off the weekend with pizza and some wild ass grocery shopping at the Crisco Kroger for those of you who know what that means. Check out bike snob nyc blogspot for those of you who care what that might be. 

07.27 So anyway...here I am stuck at the ole Housaweb while my little bride is off browning at the beach. That's what I get for not finishing college. At least I've got plenty to keep me busy here until she gets back tomorrow. But then it's up to NC for me until Friday. How 'bout that Tour deFrance deal? Enjoyed watching all the stages, usually on the late show tapes but Sat & yesterday since I was up any way got to watch 'em live. Love the racing but even if you didn't it's still cool to check out the euro scenery, including all eight laps across the front of the Louvre and onto Rue de Rivoli past Joan of Arc and the Hotel Regina where we once stayed...So anyway, just hanging out and trying to stay out of trouble. Finally had some Jeep trouble last Sat night on the way to L&L's, damn thing started chugging and the check engine light came on so I hightailed it back, swapped out for the truck and went on up. Meanwhile it's still sitting there waiting for me to take care of it. I used to think it was cool to have two vehix but now, not so much. Especially since all the local DC dealers have gone belly up. Should've traded the damn thing when I had the chance, so anyway.

07.19 Back at the House enjoying a cool and dry Sunday morning with the windows thrown open and the birds a-chirping. I'd still be sleeping but seem to have lost the ability to stay in bed beyond 5 am anymore, which is a good thing during the work week, bad thing on weekends & holidays when my cute and snuggly little wife is in there snoring away and I'm out here typing on this freakin' computer... Finished up my latest online class last week at CSU, with a hard-fought 99. Now if things would just go that well in my professional life...After spending a few enjoyable sessions at the new Piedmont Park pool we finally sprang for an individual membership so now we can get in earlier and park in the new high-dollar deck too. It's pretty nice over there and what's really comforting to me is the fact that I guess I've finally reached the age where I really just don't care what others think about the shape or color of my half-nekkid body anymore. White legs, love handles, man-boobs, WHATEVER!! That's not to say I've given up, 'cause I haven't. I've taken to riding my bike and doing the eliptical on a regular basis, not that it has improved my dimensional attributes any, but, HEY! I'm old enough that I don't give a flying fig!...Happy B-day to Lee at 53 (pretty sure he never cared), and welcome home to Tim P spending some time back in the USA...& go Lance!   

07.07 Yeah, it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt...Just thought I'd take advantage of the blazing connection here at the Debary Hampton to drop a blog in. Yesterday & this am Charleston, tomorrow, Daytona & Seminole then staying in Orlando, and Thurs, it's Tampa, St Pete and back to Orlando for an evening meeting. Boy, am I looking forward to Fri when I can make that 450mi ride home! Hope you're enjoying watching the Tour and that crazy Lance Armstrong...Of course I had to stop in a little backwater town to buy some winning lottery #'s for tonight's drawing. Probably be able to have a personal blogger to do this for me after I win...Right.

07.05 In case you were wondering and hadn't checked back here in a while, like me, we got the A/C replaced at no small cost, but at least now we can resume our summer lives in relative comfort. Welcome to July in Atlanta. The damn thing runs almost constantly though when it's hot and I can't wait to see our power bill. Anyway, that's over, thank God. In the meantime work has been kinda crazy, with a pay cut and a promotion, this whole recession thing has got our panties in a major bunch and I'm just waiting to see if we can make it out the other end intact. Right now it's a more work for less money kind of deal. Headed off to Charleston & Orlando this week...We have discovered the new Piedmont Park pool as a way to stay cool these days. Actually, you can read about all the more mundane moments of our lives on my Facebook page. It's just so damned convenient only I can't leave rambling long blogs like I can here. All I want, all day long. Especially when I'm avoiding school work like I am now...Oh well, I have 5 essays to write for my S&H Management course final assessment by the end of the month and I really don't want those bastards hanging over my head anymore, so today is the day. Maybe we'll see ya at the pool! -JB

JUNE

06.22 Remember what it was like before air conditioning was invented? Me neither, but we're learning that important history lesson around the ol' HOW. When we moved in here in '91 the A/C and furnace both were far from new, but worked wonderfully for the most part. We always knew in the back of our minds that one day we'd probably have to replace them, and every spring once the temps started to climb into the 80's we'd cross our fingers and crank up the system much like we did this year. And this year, on it came like a champ, blowing cold up our skirts and we skipped along with our lives oblivious to the possibilities that finally came true Sat night with a vengeance. We cooked some stuff in the toaster oven and I was complaining that, man , it seems hot as hell in here. Watching a DVD we noticed that it didn't seem to be cooling down like normal, so I hopped outside to check the compressor and damn, it ain't workin'. Maybe if I pull all the ignored vegetation from around it and flip the breaker a few times, nope. Damn. Maybe if I take the cover off and kick it , nope. Shoot. Ok, call the A/C man and he'll come out Sun morn, Father's Day an fix it. Well, he came but wasn't able to fix it. And the temps hit nearly 100. And they can't replace it 'till Tues morn. Crap. When it hit 85 inside I took a slow ride in the coooolllldddd Jeep up to BrandSmart and bought a window unit for the bedroom. We made it through the night that way, with the poor little window unit cranking on 11 ever since, 2 window fans blowing hard and a cold shower every 2 hours. When I was much younger I lived in Atlanta for a summer in an apartment without A/C, but those are vague memories now and I don't remember being nearly as whigged out as I am now. So please, go to your condenser and clean the vines off of it and thank it for doing its thankless job hot day in and out. Me, I'm just looking forward to tomorrow pm when I can come in from the heat without coming in to the hotter. And then there's still the whole work sucks thing, but we still need to keep things in perspective. Hard to believe, but it could be worse. How did they do it in the old days?!?!  

06.16 Pinned down in the old N Charleston LaQuinta with thunder and lightning coming down just when I needed to go out for a long leg-stretching walk after a long butt-numbing 300mi ride in from Atlanta this afternoon. In town for a couple of days again this week plying my trade and trying stay out of trouble. Wish me luck.

06.14 Nothing much new to report here other than the same old bad news about the economy and that it's getting hot in the south, but that really ain"t news, now is it? Except for the fact that the economic downturn is starting to effect work now to the extent that we don't have much and the immediate future don't look good. At least I can duck into the A/C when it gets hot outside...Went to a place called Tap yesterday on P'tree, and I'll try'n save you from wasting your time and money there by telling you that it wasn't all that. Sat right out on P'tree on a nice breezy afternoon and that was cool, but that's where the superlative ends. Food was a limited selection of over-priced barfood, and even though you'd think a place called Tap would be all about the beer, I ordered a Chimay White at $8 a pop and they didn't even have the decency to fill the glass. Maggie had a Sweetwater 420 which got her tipsy enough to snap at the valet when he tried to charge us $10 after he couldn't find the keys to the Jeep mainly because it was parked right there with the windows down and the keys in the ignition. We did have a good time reminiscing about the old Peachtree St days and how far around the circle we'd come. Kinda made us realize that everything's gonna be OK in the long run.

06.07 There went May, just that quick. Having a nice weekend here at the Houseofweb, hanging out and getting some stuff done. Worked on the wall and went over to the VaHi Summerfest yesterday, then decided to come home and watch another movie last night. Two movies this weekend, Fri night, Body of Lies with Leo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, pretty good flick, then last night The Wrestler, also good especially Marissa Tomei, you gotta see it. Today Maggie's off playing tennis, trying to get her match in before the hot of the day, and me, I'm just here banging on this old pleasure machine after reading the NYTimes for breakfast and readying to watch the race whilst doing my schoolwork. I did post up a new page full of recent garden pics for you, so left click here and it should open up in a new page. Can't think of anything else at the moment, so arriverderci!

May

05.31 Damn, a record setting month for JBlogs here at the house of web! All this and Facebook too, not to mention all the other crap that's going on around here and elsewhere. How do I do it?! Kinda scary that this year we've actually had a spring in the ATL, with rain and everything. Usually it goes right from winter into a few weeks of pollen season and then straight into hot as hell, but here we are at the end o' May and it really hadn't gotten all that unbearably warm yet. Why, just yesterday we worked in the yard all day, and yes, we sweated but heat stroke wasn't an issue if you know what I mean. Got a bunch of work done too. Pretty much finished the retaining wall between the houses, a project that I promised to have completed by the spring, and lemme check my watch, oh yeah it's still spring! Oh well, the wife is up and I guess that's my cue to go make some Sunday french toast. Later!

05.23 Having a nice Memorial Day weekend so far, after spending the week & 1000mi on the road from Charleston to Durham to Charlotte and back again. The only bummer being that some asshole tried to break into the truck by destroying the door lock the other night in Charlotte at the Quality Inn off Tyvola Rd. I don't think they actually got in but it's hard to tell with the usual disarray of clothes, cords & equipment I keep. That's probably what they were after, but thankfully nothing was missing. Maybe I should start keeping a rattlesnake in there. Anyway it's good to be back home with the wife of 25 years. That's right, you heard me. Hard to believe it's been that long that she's put up with me. Actual anniversary was last Tues, but I had installed Skype on our computers so that was a novel way to commune with each other on our special day.. Also got started on my next school course, Industrial Safety and Health Management. Now, if that don't set yer hair on fire...Have a great weekend! -JB

05.11 Holey moley! Back to back jblogs! SheZAM! I'm just putting off cleaning up the dinner dishes and enjoying my little Asus at the kitchen table. Made tacos for dinner, trying to lure my little honey home from her days grindings. It worked. Isn't it funny how changing into shorts and having a couple of tacos can alleviate stress? More later. -JB

05.10 Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there!...Got back last evening from a few days trip up to DC, had a very nice time and smooth sailing. Visited the Pentagon 911 memorial, Lincoln cottage, National Arboretum, and Great Falls NP. The Potomac was swollen from 10 straight days of rain and  at Great Falls the river fairly roared and rushed through the narrows. Had some fabulous meals including a lovely evening at L'Auberge Chez Francois with Mom & Dad. Finally got to do a little geocaching yesterday when Dad & I made a run down to Stafford, picked up the boys and cached our way back up to Crystal City. Since Mom enjoyed the bonsai exhibit at the Arboretum so much we decided that would be an appropriate Mother's Day/ B'Day gift for her so we drove over to Wolf Trap Nursery and picked her out a cool little boxwood that now has been named Bruce and lives on her windowsill looking out at the world. See some of the pics from our visit on the PhotoHut page. Now, it's back to the old grindstone, dammit. Oh well, gotta make the donuts! -JB

05.04 Few storms running through today & not real busy, so I'm dumping some pics from earlier in the year in the Photo Hut. NJOY!

april

04.28 Finally got it together on my new mini notebook here with Frontpage where I can sit in the comfort of my big green recliner and jblog to my hearts content. Not that I'll really blog that much more than I already don't, but I could if I wanted to. From wherever I want to. Within range of a wireless connection. If I get time. And can think of something worthwhile to blog about. Y'know it's funny that with all the crap that happpens around here there still seems to be an amazing lack of quality bloggings. Lemme see if I can at least catch you up on the latest mundane details...Got another A in my online college pursuits...actually took the Jeep wheeling last weekend, which BTW is for sale or trade...bought this little notebook, an Acer Aspire One...our 25th anniversary is just around the corner...still working, if you wanna call it that, on the side yard project...cut my own hair the other day...blah,blah,blah. Hey, if you want to video call me on Skype I'm down with that too now. Check it out. Tim P, maybe you and I will be in the same time zone one day & we'll talk! All right, I don't want to blog myself out of a job here, so I'll close for now. Save a little for later, as it were. After all, I can do it whenever, wherever, whyever, whatever, for ever and ever, almost, amen. 

04.04 Yellow. That'd be the color of everything that sits outdoors for more than 15 minutes around the Atl these days. And I'd heard it was bad in other parts, well, I've been to the other parts and lemme tell ya, compared to here, it's nothing. I started with the Claritin two weeks ago and I'll be on it until Memorial Day at least. Speaking of being on things, I signed up on Facebook last week. Why? Because it was there. And it's free. Why don't you take a look at it and maybe we can be friends. Lord knows I need some...We've got a beautiful sunny day here, so I'd better get out and about. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so maybe we can hook up then. Bye.

March

03.26 Ye old saefety travelling prehensile show on the road, tonight coming to you live from a warm and breezy Tampa Bay. Slapped a few pics from the BB into the photohut. Luv ya! Mean it.

03.08 Yeah, yeah...I know how long it's been since I checked in here, but damn, things have been crazy busy for me lately. Y'know, I never thought that I'd become this type-A type, but here I am, sitting in my LaQuinta room outside of Charleston on a warm Sunday evening blogging because I've finally got a minute to. Between work, school, the house, having a colonoscopy, geocaching, trying to maintain some semblance of a social life, blackberries, snowstorms, vehicle maintenence, oh, I could go on and on, there just don't seem to be enough hours in the day to get all this done well and still catch up here. Then there's the whole spring forward thing to mess us up even further. Now, if that's not a good enough excuse...Anyway, I can't stick around too long this time either cause I'm hungry and I don't think the food is coming to me...Hope you're all well, and thanks for stopping by! JB out.

February

02.14 Happy Valentine's Day from JBzHouseOfWeb! Will you be our valentine? I know it's kind of a schmaltzy holiday, but by golly, don't forget! We got ourselves some flowers and cards and went over to Floataway last night. Today we're going to get together and do the taxes. That may be taxing on our Valentine vows, but I'm sure it'll be fine? Once we get through that we're planning on finding the new Six Feet Under in W Midtown and sampling some Gulf oysters. Sounds good, huh?...In other news, I finally got myself a Blackberry. Oh, yeah. An 8350i w/ direct connect and bluetooth. I like it, even though I may look like a nerd with my headset clinging to my ear. Absolutely safer setup for talking while driving. OK, time to log off here and log into TurboTax. Wish us luck!

January

01.27 Coming to you tonight from Orlando, on a week-long visit to the sunshine state where they're earning their namesake, this week anyway. Drizzly & foggy & chilly when i left home early yesterday, but as soon as I crossed the border, skies cleared and the temps shot up to the upper, upper 70's. Of course, all I packed for the trip was long sleeved and three different knit caps. I may have to go see what Marshalls has in the way of tropical-wear. Clothing notwithstanding, I guess I am learning how to cope with this road life. A minor victory of sorts today when I located the Whole Foods down here. Oh, man! I stopped in after work today and stocked up on all of lifes little edible goodies, (mainly beer) slurped down a cheese slice and a Unibroue in the eatery area and came on back to the room with a danged ol' smorgasbord of stuff that's sure to ease the pain of being away from home. And I thought I might just fast in protest. Baahahahahaaa!

01.18 Howdy. We're having a cold and gloomy day here, but one perfect for sitting on my oddly-misshapen butt blogging, surfing, and schooling some. Even though all those activities sound like something that might actually render some amount of physical benefit, they don't, but here I sit nonetheless. I know I really could use some aerobic stimulation, and I keep forgetting that we do have that elliptical downstairs. Forgetting even though I walk right past it every time I go to the fridge for another beer, because it always seems to be draped with coats and sweaters from the last time I actually had to go outdoors. Hey, I did go to the dentist the other day for my regular cleaning. That's one for me. And I do have my annual physical check-up coming at the end of the month. That may not be quite so pretty. I'm sure I'll have to hear a lecture or two, and promise to lose weight, eat right, quit all those nasty habits that I picked up along the way, and get a colonoscopy. All of which I'll have every good intention of doing. I just keep reminding myself that it could be worse, and one day it will be if I don't straighten up now...There's just something about being able to get both the student discount and the senior discount that'll make you feel so special.

01.10 Guess who?! Yup, it's me again. Made it through the holidays in fine shape even. Jew?... Looks like today is going to be a chance to do some sprucing up around here. Archiving some of the older blogs, updating some pictures, and adding some links. Man, this is one hell of a website, ain't it?! Some news to pass along just so's youse can keep up. Of course I was sickly for Christmas, but I finally went to the Dr and she put me on antibiotics that slowly knocked it out even though I was boogery all through New Year. Which incidentally, we spent at the beach in Hilton Head. So nice. The other big-ass news is that I finally enrolled in college, again. Yup, my goal is to earn an Associates of Applied Science in Occupational Health and Safety from Columbia Southern University. Don't worry, I'll not be growing my bangs down over my eyes, wearing hip-huggers and tight t-shirts and hanging out on the quad. No, this is what you call distance learning. Online. Totally. Dude. It going well so far, even though I've only completed my orientation course (with flying colors) and now am 2 units into Computer Essentials 1010. Why, you ask? Well, it's kinda complicated and I know you really didn't ask why, but, once I earn my AASOSH then I am eligible to sit for the Certified Safety Professional exam, that being my ultimate goal. I sometimes wish I had thought of all this back in the day, but then I wouldn't have had all the  wonderful years of enjoyment laying brick and going about my buisness without ever giving a second thought to safety. Man, those were the days...Anyway, I'd better get to sprucing, 'cause it seems that every day gets shorter and there's increasingly more to get done every one...Trying to fix up the run-off swale on the side of the House, off to the Carolinas next week for work and finally taking the Jeep up to the mtns next weekend. Damn, that's a bunch and doesn't really jibe with my New Years resolution; LESS WORK, MORE SLEEP...Later, dudes.

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