Here's a screenshot that was sent to me from a source which shall remain nameless. It shows a certain someone doing their acting thing on Baywatch. Note that I did not upload the image, nor am I mentioning this person's name.
But if you read this, you know who it is. So, so, so great.
I remember when I had hair like that. It's been a looong time.
Me and my new best friend sit and look out at the Statue of Liberty from the park near our house.
Kate and I adopted a new member of the family on Sunday afternoon. Lucca (formerly "Kingsley" - try saying that as a dog name - it's harder than you think) is a very sweet and well mannered dog. We're very happy to have him.
We adopted him from the North Shore Animal League out on Long Island. They are the country's largest no-kill animal shelter, and we really wanted to adopt from them, so they could replace Lucca with another rescued animal.
Lucca had been suffering from heartworm and had a couple lesions on his leg, which were surgically removed (hence his funny hairdo) and found to be benign. He's so low key and easy to be with. I'm very glad that we decided to adopt an adult dog instead of a puppy. Trust me, it's worth it.
When Kate and I walk from room to room in the house, Lucca dutifully follows. We thought he might have some separation anxiety at first, but as he's become more accustomed to his surroundings, he's becoming brave enough to venture out on his own. Of course, he's mostly off searching for Samantha the cat, which he has an understandable fascination with, but she is having none of it for now. Samantha has adjusted very well to the new family member, and even hangs out with all of us in the living room while watching TV.
Lucca has a few more weeks of leash-only walking, due to the heartworm recovery, but we go on long walks in the park, which is only a few blocks away. He's super friendly with other dogs and I can't wait to take him down to the dog park as soon as he can take the vigorous playing.
So, we're engaged. I asked her to marry me on our first night in our new house. Buying a house and an engagement ring at the same time is not an inexpensive proposition. I'm feeling poor but happy.
I'm surrounded by boxes and packing material. I'm hoping we make enough headway over the weekend to really make this place feel more like a home and less like a storage unit. We're getting there, though. We have a goal to unpack at least three boxes per day. Kate's doing great - me, not so much. In my defense, I am putting together all the new furniture and making recycling runs, trips to Lowe's, etc.
So many boxes strewn around the house. All of them were labeled by the movers, who apparently aren't that creative when it comes to describing the contents of a box. They ALL claim to be filled with "stuff."
The house is a wreck, the movers wouldn't move the big stuff through the second floor window (the stairway from the ground floor is too narrow) so we are having to hire MORE movers to do the difficult work.
I have more news, too. Exciting stuff. I'll write about that soon.
We're finally moving into our new house today. That's the new house that was built in 1885, if you're keeping track. Lots of stress and stuff to organize, but we're very excited. I'll update soon with some good moving/house buying stories.
Now I'm only a 10 minute train to Manhattan. Good times.
This picture is hung up in the QA area of my company. I've walked by it many times over the last month and a half, and it makes me laugh every damn time. Sometimes, I start to feel a little bad for all the ridicule this woman must receive, but then I laugh again.
And again.
Yeah, it's the professional quality stove. I'm really excited about the griddle between the burners. I'm going to be making lots of pancakes now!
Kate & I will close in about 3 weeks on a brick row home in Jersey City, NJ, right across the river from Manhattan. We're very excited about the new place. I'm really looking forward to having a permanent home and getting my stuff out of storage.
I moved in with Kate in her small condo at the beginning of June. At the time, I didn't have a job and she had just found out that she was going to be working from home. I'm now employed and also work at home, so we REALLY need the extra space. We'll both have our own offices on different floors in the new house, so we won't be working in the same room anymore. It's pretty hard when we both have conference calls each day to try and get any actual work done.
We'll also have a guest room, so any friends who want to visit NYC are welcome!
Kate & I took a week long trip to Honduras a few weeks ago. I'll post some pictures here on the blog. Isn't she hot?
This is the view from the beach bar at the Mayan Princess resort on Roatan. It really doesn't get any better than this.
This place was so nice that we decided to leave Las Rocas and move over to the Mayan Princess. Wonderful pool and great beach bar. Las Rocas was a nice place, but it was so hot, a freshwater pool was a MUST.
This is pretty much what I saw every day: My feet in the foreground and the beach in the background.
The drink is out of frame, in the sand next to me...
Kate was NOT a fan of scooter riding. She got more comfortable as the day went on, though.
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