Just came across that and thought I’d post it up before I forget. The house is still carrying on. So far we haven’t really had any big surprises so hopefully it’ll stay that way.
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Cayse and I have been keeping our eye on the real estate market in Pullman for a while now. Our rental situation is pretty good so we have been resisting jumping in for anything less than exactly what we are looking for. Recently a house came on the market that we decided to look into and the more we looked, the more we liked it. We ended up putting an offer on it on Friday and are waiting to hear back. The owners are in Ireland (kind of a long story) so we are hoping to hear back today or tomorrow. It does need some TLC but it has a good amount of space and is in a good neighborhood. We aren’t afraid of putting in some sweat equity, provided the price reflects it. Anyhow, Cayse took a ton of pictures which are now up on the gallery.
This was on SNL back in October. Cayse just came across a clip of it on the Internet so I thought I’d share. Sorry for the lack of activity. Winter has been interesting to say the least and we’ve been really busy. I’ll try to get an update out sometime soon.
Edit: We found some more clips of Oscar Rogers.
This one is from this last weekend 2/14/2009 (Valentine’s Day).
Well we’ve certainly caught up with the snow. Cayse got the Jeep stuck on the way to work. She got it unstuck just about the time I got to her with the Bronco. We decided to leave the Jeep at the house and just carpool since the Bronco has more clearance. We had a bit of an adventure getting in to work and when we got to the highway we snapped this picture (click the image to see it full size). We called in to our respective jobs and turned around to come home. We are glad we did too cause it would have been interesting to try to come home after it snowed all day considering it was bad enough this morning.
Anyhow, we are fine and keeping warm. Aside from absurdly deep snow both the Jeep and the Bronco are working great. I’m very thankful that both are in good working order. We took advantage of the day to take care of some chores, finish getting presents ready for the mail, and I wired up a ghetto headlight warning buzzer for the Bronco since I can’t find a stock unit. Hopefully we’ll get to mail the gifts tomorrow so they at least have a chance of making it for Christmas.
Dilbert.com is one of the few things that brings smiles around the office these days.
Justin Timberlake does SNL in 2 minutes.
Cayse and I spent Halloween at home carving pumpkins. We both decided we like carving small pumpkins a lot more than large ones. She did a cat and 2 silly faces. One she cut completely in half to laid on it side to make the stem a neck (or a goatee if you ask me). I did a “See no, Hear no, Speak no evil” theme. You can click the pictures to see the full image or click here to see more pictures from Halloween. By the way, Cayse made a vampire costume inspired by Underworld.
Give me a leader with: the confidence to say what they know is right even if it is unpopular; the self-awareness to know and address their own strengths, weaknesses and bias; the logic to know where their responsibility begins and ends; and the reflection to learn from their mistakes.
Not that the previous comment is solely about the current presedential election but I believe it holds true there too. That’s why I was very happy to catch an inteview on The Daily Show where John Stewart and Peggy Noonan had what I saw as an intelligent and candid discussion of the shortcomings of this election, committed by both parties. I’ve since started reading more of Peggy Noonan’s Wall Street Journal articles and have been happily surprised to finally find somebody who maintains a level of professional journalism and objectivity.
In the interview (left), her final comment after asked whether things were going to get better was:
“It has got to. I’m hoping this economic thing is going to break this thing out of the stupid, small, narrow rut that it is in. And maybe that each of these men, who are good men, will come forward and be their best selves and make this campaign serious. And remind us who we are as a nation, a very great people. In a fix at the moment, but never bet against us.
Her articles are available on WSJ.com if you are interested. Shortly after this interview she published an article called “Playing Frisbee on a Precipice” which is much in line with the conversation from this interview and has an amusing nod to one of John Stewart’s comments with the “playing frisbee” part of the title.
Sorry for the lack of a post but as I’m sure everybody else (in the U.S.A.) is experiencing right now things are a little hectic. I’ve continued trying to get things ready for winter and we are pretty close. I want to do the front brakes on the Bronco and it needs some new tires but then I think we’ll be ready for winter. I fixed the brakes on the Jeep a couple weeks ago and it’s like a new vehicle so that’s nice.
Cayse got some bad news last week. PAC (Pullman Athletic Club) where she works now is closing. Evidently the owner is unhappy that they aren’t making a profit yet even though it’s been open less than a year… Anyhow, she has applied to several other jobs one of which she is particularly excited about even though it isn’t training. We’re trying to figure out a way for her to at least continue teaching her classes.
Now for good news and something that makes everybody happy…
Puppies! Jo is doing good. She’s actually significantly larger than in this picture. Her and spot don’t fit in the kennel at the same time very well anymore but Jo still makes it happen. I have a few faildog pictures I want to submit. I’ll get more recent pictures up once I get them off the camera. Needless to say she is doing very well and has been a great addition. Since I put up the invisible fence Spot hasn’t left the property and knows exactly where he can and cannot go. Jo follows him but has just started straying slightly so we’ll see if she starts needing to learn to respect the boundaries (ie get her own collar) sometime soon.
Well, I just wanted to give a quick update and say we are still here and doing well. Hope all is well with everybody else out there. Take care.
