well i've been sucking it on the blogging lately. alot has happened and now that things are getting back to "normal" i should be in front of my computer on a regular basis. so since my last post about thanksgiving in seattle....
1. duck hunting trip to tyler: i spent two days in east texas with my frined alex and his brother rich, duck hunting on their land. it was awesome! i used my grandfathers duck gun (12ga. shotgun) and bascially camped out for two days. we got to tyler late in the night and got up early the next morning, like 5 am which i wouldn't normaly do unless snowboarding and now hunting. got out to the property, 230 acres with 2 large ponds- just awesome. got set up and as the sun was rising we got hunkered down in our blinds. we waited about an hour and then a flock of 5 or so came screeching in. and they make a real loud whirling sound as they pass over head. waited about 10 min. and then rich who was on the other side of the pond, shot at another group and our group took off. i got off two shots with the last a bullseye. i mean dropped this duck out of the sky like a hot rock. long story short- i didn't end up finding him, and got no other good shots the rest of the trip. it was a lot of fun and i wished that i had been doing this all my life. espically with my grandfather, but at least i have his gun so thats a good connection to him.
2. christmas: my folks, who live in kerrville, tx came over for a couple of days. good food and wine and a nice christmas. it was nice to relax and have nothing to do.
3. post christmas: i got really busy with work. which is great, however suprising. but i'll take it as it comes. work has been really good lately and i am excited about 2009. i was able to take off a couple of days when opel and christina came to town. always a good time when opel is around. we fixed curry beef at our house and played some scrabble. then the next morning we got up to go to the gun club for some shootin'. come on it's texas.
4. new years eve: annie came down from denver and at the last minute our new year's eve party plans got cancelled. a-okay by us. we went to dick and lorelei's for an early evening party. wonderful house and just as great hosts. we found out later that 17 bottles of champage were kicked. i think the count was up to around 11 when we left. yikes! we came home cooked some steaks and at 11:40am i was complaining about wanting to go to bed. i made it 'til 12:05am and announced i was going to bed. big time!
5. new bikes: we went to TSA with annie and loaded up on stuff. mindy and i got new bikes and have been on them everyday. its nice to spin around the hood. its quiet and low traffic around here. looking forward to biking the trails downtown at town lake and other areas.
6. coming up next: get the backyard project under control. need a couple more bids and then alot of sweat equity in my future to get the yard ready for spring. its a huge mud pit right now but i can see the future in it. adam and lynette are coming to town next week, so we are psyched for that. more shootin' to come. looks like i'll be taking a 5 day certification class for a new energy inspection designation in two weeks, should put me ahead of the crowd for work. so it doesn't sound like much fun, but i am excited about the opportunity it will bring. i'll be going to ft. worth with my friend and future co-worker justin. and then the week after that its off to amarillo for a visit with JB.
sooooooo, busy, busy, busy... i've got alot to do and work is busy. its hard to complain about being busy with work, but all this other stuff keeps getting pushed off. so time management and nightly wine/maker's mark will help keep the balance. happy new year to everyone and to everyone a good night!
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Happy NY, Scott! Glad things are going well.
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