It's Been Awhile

It's beeen awhile! A looonnng while.

Things have been crazy with getting ready to move next week, starting a new conference, and the talks of starting another. I had added some photos of the views from the new place. As you can see, we can't wait to move in. We are only a block and a half away form the beach right now, but apparently for my honey, that isn't close enough. I can't complain. :-)

We are getting married in Las Vegas next month. WOO HOO!! We have been together for almost 5 years, so nothing shocking should arise after the "big step." :-)

After that we are having a reception in September for the family to be held in the good old midwest. Looking forward to seeing some leaves changing colors! Not much of that here in the sunshine state. The reception will be immediately following the DIDW conference in San Francisco - so, it's going to be a long 10 days. I am sure we will be ready for some cocktails and gifts after all of that flying and dealing with San Fran. For those of you who have read my previous posts, that should make perfect sense.

Oh - speaking of new conferences and upcoming conferences. We found a great web design company. They are great to work with and they also happen to be friends. Check Digital Alchemy out! Digital Alchemy

Well, off to do some more working and packing.

Good to be back blogging!

K.P.

Go Colts!!!!!

Wow. It has been a busy month, and it's almost gone! Time sure does fly as you get older.

Congrats to the Indianapolis Colts. Woo Hoo! Go Peyton. Hopefully, it is his time. What a game last Sunday. I spent as much time off of the couch as I did on the couch. Wow.

We will be traveling out of town for the Superbowl. My father has a 96 inch Digital Projection HDTV. Can't get much better than that. Poker night, the Superbowl, the gambling boats, our favorite places to eat . . . . . Sounds like a pretty good time to me. Wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I am more worried about the Superbowl trip weight gain than the holiday weight gain.

Busy busy around here since the technology world has restarted it's engines after the holidays. Restarted and revving. It's craziness. Good though. I think my honey is going to go crazy when there aren't enough phone calls to take up the entire day. :-)

Weather has bee great where we are with the exception of today ......Cold and rainy. Perfect movie and chili day. Perfect!

Go Peyton!!!!!

K.P.

Happy New Year 2007!

Happy New Year to all. Wow, once again we have to start remembering to put 2007 instead of 2006. I have already written 2 checks with 2006 on them. Oops.

As you all know we had a house full of guests in December. This may explain the post delays.

Updates:

Christmas: Christmas Eve was pretty uneventful. It is hard to get into the Christmas spirit when it is sunny and 80 degrees outside. Christmas day was great. We decided to have friends over to the house that didn't have any family down here. It was a lot of fun. Good times. I am glad to be able to host something like that. No fun staying at home by yourself on Christmas day.

House: It is now time for the spring cleaning to start. Powerwashing, reshelling of driveway, etc. Tons of fun.

Business: In the middle of developing a new idea. Exciting stuff. Working through all of the details over the next couple of weeks.

That is it. Nothing too exciting going on around here. We all know that the technology world pretty much shuts down for the 2nd half of December so we are ready to get going again.

K.P.

"24" Season 5

Well, 24 keeps getting better and better! We finished watching season 5 last night, after turing the ringers off I might add. This is my, our favorite season yet. Seeing the Season 6 prequel has forced us to make the decision to actually TRY and watch it on t.v. They also have an extended season 6 preview now. WATCH IT. You will see why I don't think we can wait until next December for Season 6 to arrive via DVD. Although we will still order it and rewatch of course.

K.P.

The First Night ... Snoring and Sleeping

So my honey's dad and stepmom arrived yesterday late afternoon. We immediately went to our local hang out and had some appetizers, cocktails and great fun and conversation. We arrived back home to the house where we decided to do Christmas early since they are here. Everyone liked their gifts. They were great. At some point in the night, his stepmom asks US BOTH if necessary, can she come upstairs and sleep on the couch due to the level of volume in which his dad snores. We BOTH said of course. She was the first to go downstairs and I told her, in earshot of everyone, that I would leave the door unlocked for her and leave a blanket out for her. She could come up anytime. Long story short, it is time for us to go to bed. My honey lets our dog out to go to the bathroom and then comes in to bed.

We wake up this morning to his dad sitting outside on the steps reading. He has gotten up and hour earlier. All I hear is my honey say "Shit, I must have locked it!" Yes, he locked it - KNOWING that we were leaving it open for not 1, but 2 reasons. For his stepmom if she needed to sleep up here, and forhis dad to get coffee and wifi use in the morning. All was ok on the dad part, he was reading. Here is the thing. . . .at some point in the night his dad wakes up to no wife. He sees that the car keys are gone. He walks outside and SHE IS SLEEPING IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR. Yes, you read that right. The back seat of the car. I am still stunned. She hasn't come upstairs yet, as I am sure she needs some actual sleep, but this is going to be a story to tell for awhile.

Great first night of vacation for them!

K.P.

Getting Ready for Family

December is the constant month that all family wants to come down from up north. This makes total sense, although every year it seems as if we say to each other "why did we book them so close together?" We have family here from the 7th-12th and then the 15th-21st. Then we have Christmas Eve, Christmas, etc. Yikes! It's going to be busy.

This time of year, like every other year, the technology world pretty much shuts down for the last half of December. This makes it much easier for the above company, but my honey goes crazy wanting to get things done. Maybe his time will be occupied this year with the family. Or the Xbox 360, which ever is better. ;-)

K.P.

Remembering Ron

A very dear friend of ours Ron passed away on Wednesday. Please excuse the post delays.

A friend that we hadn't seen since July, due to location, passed away. It is so weird to even think about going/visiting there without seeing him. Everyone wants us to come out, but it is hard not knowing details, etc. We also have family coming to visit on Thursday, so that makes it difficult as well. Understanding that it is for reasons of comfort for all others that have lost him to travel there, it is still hard not to be there. There probably won't be a service in that city since his wife lives in L.A. and had no ties there. That even makes it more difficult.

K.P.