Oh veronica, when will you stop posting fuzzy drunken pictures... oh we love you. =)

I've been told that Clayton Brown bought the house north of me. When Kara bought her house a few years ago, mom, dad, grandma and grandpa did lots of work fixing it up so I'm expecting lots of activity next door soon.
Someone has also started working on Montgomery's house again. Looks like they are gutting the inside this time. This neighborhood will be really looking good soon.

I remember paying for it in bruises. But it was worth it!

Karina has a baby. Now Johanna is pregnant...she is the one that lives in Colombia.

I like the idea of 2 hours because I'm not paying for it... yet.

esSO - Doesn't Johanna have a little baby?

Broomball - I'm up for any of the three suggested timeframes. I like the 2 hour idea. We can take breaks when needed and not feel like we are going to miss out on the play time we want.

ugh... looks like email filter may need some work... anyhow, this isn't actually our meeting room, I think it's the lunch room for our meeting room. Old EDS headquarters, but it's just another HP building now.

hardcore 'cold water' style: 5:30am - 7:30am. Breakfast after.

I second Tracy's or late in the evening like 8-10 to let that hardy dinner settle.

4-6pm with a hardy dinner afterwards at Adrienne's.

Can I get some suggestions to a preferred time for broomball?

I was debating trying 2 hours this year. I know 1 hour wipes most everyone, but I figured 2 might still be worth it. Of course, it's twice the price then.

If possible I'd appreciate some feedback ASAP. I got a response from the Bloomington ice arena and they'd like to know when, but it does sound like they're potentially open on the 26th.

Yeah VMO, let us know when to send Edgardo up for painting fun. hehe.
Also, the kids are going to be cousins again....Johanna is pregnant.

yay! 2005 is back! loans for everyone!

so I am now officially in debt for 2 houses. Very busy day so pictures to come.

seen better days... I sat outside for a bit and thought about stopping by, but you probably don't want to catch this, so I'll take it to Texas and see you guys this weekend.

Hey nto, how are you fairing?

home.

Back in MP to do laundry and repack before the trip to California.
Had a great volunteer dinner last night. I had a caricature of myself drawn, won a Sierra Club calendar and got a flower, that's besides all the great food.
Now I have to catch up on all the messages from the last week.

I'm just finishing "Speech-less" by Matt Latimer. Quick read, lots of good stuff. anyone want it next?

it didn't go. Hoping for Monday now.

After a good Thai meal, everything's beautiful.

how does "great shopping and even better dining" make a place beautiful?

anyway, just finished our IAS audit, whew! what a week!

Has anyone read "America For Sale" by Bouchard and Koch? Seems like a book fld may have read, or maybe someone whose company buys a lot of steel from Esmark read it. I'd like to borrow it.

homecoming

home repair

Yea that's near the end of my commute. The funny bit was I was chuckling to myself about this commute because at the start I passed a man on a horse leading a packhorse.

V, how did the house closing go?

nto, I bought a harness. If you guys have time over Christmas, maybe we can hit Upper Limits. You still climb, right?

Haha.. Tracy you should forward that to Alex D, though I bet he's already seen it. He mentioned that many fMRI studies were questionable. Their lab is all about watching individual neurons, so he kind of mocked the notion of tracking brain activity through blood flow across large swaths.

you have and use a cell phone and you're trying to stay out of the matrix? good luck with that.

Yes, and I believe I opted out.

Thanks, it's hard work preventing all these forest fires.

On a side note: I was paying bills and in the pile of junk that normally gets discarded I noticed Verizon Wireless had slipped in a public notice. It claims if I don't notify them in 45 days to opt-out of "Customer Proprietary Network Information" sharing then they I assume I am giving consent as required by the FCC. Anyone else know of this?

I just wanted to say: good luck, we are all counting on you.