I haven't posted in a while but I guess I've just been slack. I'm eager for one of us to find the right job that will take us out of here after Christmas. I'm also remembering to slow down and live in the moment, as there are a few people here that I will miss when we leave. More later... gotta run errands then go to work.

We lost. Horribly. The run rule came into play, something like 28 to 13. They got our first three batters out 2 innings in a row, so we had little chance to score. They were just really good ( Read more... )

My softball team is playing in the Halloween Howwwl tournament. We won our game at 8pm, so that means we get to play at 7am. We need to show up an hour before the game time. Thankfully, I can see the edge of the softball fields from where we live. That's still freakin' early.

Off for the weekend to see Laura, Vinny and Alyssa in Colorado Springs and Breckenridge (if the roads are passable). We may encounter snow before we even get there, but it'll definitely be cold... depends on where we spend most of our time, but the weekend highs will be between 23 and 47, Monday should be closer to 60 and good for hiking in the ( Read more... )

I'm so happy... next weekend Andy and I are going up to Colorado Springs to hang out with Laura and Vinny. They haven't met Andy yet and I'm excited to see them. It'll be great to hang out with people that I don't have to give a back-story to on how I got to Clovis, where I'm from, etc etc. That's fun and all - I'm up for meeting new people, but I ( Read more... )

I have decided that it's time I went through the thousands of digital photos I've taken since December 2004 and try to organize them somewhat. So, the great photo migration has begun.

Tri and I are having a photo contest. He's got the poll on his page. Take a look at the 2 portraits, and vote for which you think is better. On another discussion thread about portraits, I provided a link to a photography site that represented both styles of portrait done incredibly well (that's why they won.)

Look here at examples of portraits: ( Read more... )

Tri and I are having a photo-showdown. Basically, just more motivation for both of us to carry our cameras around and think about photography.

First task - a portrait. Due - Saturday at 12:00am.

I think I've narrowed down my subject, now I just have to figure out all the details.

I'm playing in a softball tournament with one of my coworkers this weekend on her team. We won our first game, at 9am, and will play again at 4:30p. My understanding is that if we win that game, the next game would be at 8:30p, and if we win that, we play in the finals at 12:30AM. I'm digging the intensity of this one-day tournament thing.

I am entitled to being proud of myself for the rest of the evening. I made the best catch of my life tonight. You ever run so fast the rest of your body isn't in sync with it? Either your legs are ahead or you've thrust your body forward ( Read more... )