And you thought I’d given up on blogging!!
Ok, let’s head back to Christmas.
For Christmas we headed down to visit my sister in NC. After already starting to suffer through another IA winter it was very welcome to feel a rush of non frigid air hit us as we left the airport. Before you get any ideas here I do want to note that we did have a white Christmas. NC got a ‘major’ snow storm…first white Christmas since 1947. Anyhow, like 6 inches of snow that was mostly melted by the afternoon. NC knows how to do snow!
One high point this winter…I hired our snow done. It was a beautiful thing!
In January the Bears blew their chance at getting to the Super Bowl. Maybe next year (automated Chicago sports fan response).
The highlight of February may have been getting 3G service at home and work. I know that sounds sad but seriously, I was pumped. Actually it may have been a warm snap that allowed me to get a quick (albeit snowy) bike ride in. At the end of the month Jodi and I headed over to Galena to a quick get away. Good times!
March saw lots of things picking up at work. There was a weekend where I did some serious work at home too…got my home inbox down to like 5 emails…again, mega lame but there were things in there for years that I got taken care of…i.e. 2 year old home theater seating is now repaired! By the end of the month the weather was looking up. I even got the patio furniture out. Jodi spent a week in Brazil so I got another week + as a bachelor. Park Lane wrapped up our recording and got our tracks off for mixing. I finally finished internally mounting the mics for my kick drums as well.
April saw Park Lane undergoing a re-name. We are now Driven Existence. Check out our Facebook, YouTube, and new website coming soon! In April I got out for a few bike rides and decided the bike I got last year is too big. I ordered up a new model in the right size. The day after it was delivered we got snow…and more snow…and hail…and several weeks of ‘seasonally cold’ weather. Right about the end of the month things warmed up. We headed to Chicago. We saw Peter Pan, did lost of shopping, and met up with Jodi’s parents.
April could be characterized as a “winning” month too…
- I won a dozen cupcakes (however someone ate one before they got to me)
- Jodi won tickets to a Lakers game from Magic Johnson!
- After only 5 months of waiting I was able to secure a brass snare drum for myself…Yamaha kit complete
So far May has brought better weather…in fact today it was darn right hot (94 with lot of humidity). Again after only about 5 months of waiting I received my custom ‘Brian Miller’ drum sticks.
So, reading back though and old post I was hoping that I’d update this blog prior to the grass greening up…just missed that goal.
