May 6, 2012 – Megan at 37 weeks
18 May 2012 | 1 comment »
I worked on the Corolla for a couple of hours to try and get it in shape in time for the move. I replaced the front motor mount and it has made a huge difference. I can finally drive it the speed limit on the freeway without it feeling like it is going to shake apart. Unfortunately, the axle is still making a “whirring” sound at speed. Will have to get that figured out in the coming weeks… Not sure if it is the driveaxle, or just that the wheels need truing. I see more car repairs in my future.
May 6, 2012 – Megan at 37 weeks
17 May 2012 | 3 comments »
There’s been lots going on here the last couple of months. Summer has come. It should be 86 degrees today. The men-folk (Dad, Butch and Michael) came to town before and after conquering the Grand Canyon Rim to River to Rim hike as well as exploring southern Utah.
We have found a place to live in Bend. We call it “The Double-Wide”. Because that’s what it is. Pictures will come when we finally move… in 7 weeks. Hopefully, we can find a house to buy before winter comes. I have my work schedule, too, if people are interested.
I took some pics of Megan and her big belly last week as well. Some will be posted in the coming days/weeks. She is still due on the 31st. We’ll soon see if the baby can stick to a schedule.
January 22, 2012 – SLC backyard after snow
11 Feb 2012 | 1 comment »
We’ve had an incredibly warm and dry winter so far this year. I think the snowpack is a little less than half of where it should be. It’s drastically different from last year, when we set records for snow. The cross country skiing track at Mountain Dell hasn’t even opened this year. Mill Creek, where we usually go has pretty awful track for the first mile due to rain and melting/freezing snow. We’ll see what the rest of winter has to offer. I might have to suck it up and go fishing more.
November 7, 2011 – Gecko outside Painted Church, Hawaii
09 Feb 2012 | no comments »
The dreaded night float is almost upon me. I’ll be doing two weeks starting on Monday night. Following this, I’ll be fairly busy for the rest of the academic year. We will also have visitors soon, Joe and Kirsten coming in from Ohio. We’ll make sure Joe gets his Red Iguana (Mexican Restaurant) fix. Should be a good time. I don’t know if I’ll be up for skiing, but we’ll see. Megan and I both have this weekend off, so we may get away for some adventure. I’ll keep all of you posted.
January 30, 2012 – Spinach, feta and sundried tomato Crème brûlée
02 Feb 2012 | 2 comments »
I made my first “dinner” Crème brûlée a couple of days ago. It was awesome. It had spinach, sundried tomato, and feta cheese in it. It was topped with sourdough cubes and parmesan cheese. I’m sure it was healthy, especially with heavy whipping cream, half and half and eggs as the other ingredients. It had the consistency of a thick, cream soup. I’m waiting for a mango to ripen up, then I’ll try a mango Crème and see if that is any good.
November 9, 2011 – Onomea Falls, Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
31 Jan 2012 | 1 comment »
I had planned on being very productive today. What actually happened was that I thought about being productive and then turned on Netflix. I happened across Ice Road Truckers when they drove around the Himalayas. I have never watched the show before. It was pretty boring with them doing the same thing over and over, but nevertheless, I watched the whole season. Arrgh. Perhaps I will be productive tomorrow. In other news, I’m going to make something awesome for dinner tonight.
January 28, 2012 – X-country skiing North Fork, Uinta Mtns, UT
30 Jan 2012 | 2 comments »
Steph and Neil left today, but before doing so we played 4 games of Settlers. Megan actually won a game! In fact, each of us won, which was pretty crazy. We made a couple varieties of home-made mac and cheese and lounged around the house all day. Not sure I can keep this blogging business up much longer. There isn’t much to write about…
November 8, 2011 – Sunset near Pe’epe’e Falls, Hawaii
29 Jan 2012 | 2 comments »
We took Neil and Steph to the Uintas today for snowshoeing and cross country skiing. On the way back we stopped at the Sundance Film Festival and didn’t see anyone famous. I’ll post a winter photo from today later.
November 7, 2011 – Gecko in Hawaii
28 Jan 2012 | 1 comment »
Steph and Neil have been in town for the last couple of days. We had a great bluebird day at Snowbird yesterday with 9 inches of powder. We’ll see about doing some snowshoeing in the Uintas today. It’s another sunny day here. Hopefully there wont be too many people with the same idea.
The gecko at left was outside The Painted Church on the Big Island of Hawaii. Hopefully, I’ll get some winter pics today.
January 25, 2012 – Salt Lake Valley from Snowbird
25 Jan 2012 | 2 comments »
Vacation week is here for me. The 4 feet of powder we got in the mountains has been mostly tracked out now. It was a great day to ski the groomers and find some small patches of 12 inch deep powder. It was blue skies all morning, until around 1:00 PM when the clouds started to roll in. The valley looked great though from Snowbird as the clouds were coming in. Stephanie and Neil will be visiting later in the week and hopefully we get some more snow by this weekend.
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