Miami

Just a quick note. Rachel and I are off this afternoon for a weekend in Miami. I for one can not wait. I will be sure to fill everyone in on the trip next week. Have a good weekend.

Mt. House

Rachel and I came up to the Mt. house this weekend it find everything just wonderful. The weather is ranging from the mid 50's to the low 30's. Looks like we have had a few strong storms up here while we were gone. There is a lot of large tree debris that as much as my mother will hate to hear, is just going to have to wait a while until I get around to clearing it all up. Perhaps closer to the spring I can convince someone to come up with me and just have a nice large outdoor fire one day... Any takers???
A side update on the house up here, for those of you that last saw it and were forced to sleep on areobeds those days are over. We now have nice queen size beds that we have outfitted quite nicely. So for those of you that haven't made it yet or would like to escape for a weekend just let us know. I can get up here almost any weekend as can my parents.
OK, well I'm off to start cleaning up this place so I can ensure my ability to return very soon.

Rachel's Birthday

Yesterday was Rachel's birthday and it all seemed to go over quite well. Her dad took a bunch of us all out to Carolina's, a very old restuarant here in Charleston which has seen a rebirth, and then us young folks walked down to a bar and had a few more drinks to help take in the full aw and wonder of the Lunar Eclipse., ( oh i mean of Rachel's bday...)
I had a very hard time trying to figure out what to buy for her birthday, so instead of worrying about it so much I have decided to borrow a friends pick-up truck and drive down to Beaufort one night soon and go to the only remaing Drive-in Movie Theater that I know of. She was thankfully thrilled with the idea, she has been wanting to do this for quite some time now, but it unfortunatly now looks like it is going to rain this weekend. Oh well.
For Valentines day Rachel gave the two of us a weekend trip down to Miami next weekend to go and see her sister before she graduates from U.M. I can't wait to get down there. I have never been so if anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear. My only complaint about the trip is going to be that we don't have enough time to go see you West Coast Florida residents. Maybe next time when/if I get to go down for the sisters graduation. Ok well I guess I need to get back to work.
Bye for now!

Hello all, I am trying to catch up on the times and start comunicating somewhat with all of you through this media. It will take me a while to get connected with some of you but I hope to quickly get in the habit of not only adding to my blog but staying up on each of yours. I hope you are all doing well.
An interesting tidbit to get started... As last friday was Dad's and Sarah's birthday, for those of you who haven't heard we gave Dad a trip for the two of us to go to Vietnam in Septemeber/October. He was very excited! We have been talking about doing this for quite sometime now so we finally decided no time better than the present. And as Andy said to me the other night, Dad's reaction to being told about this trip was quiet different than the first time he was told he was going over there.
Ok, well i'm off to try and fill in the holes in this blog.
Can't wait to catch up with you all.