I am sooo behind the times!!!

I haven't posted in nearly a year...........guess I'm just too darn busy!

I finished Halo3 on legendary the other day.  It was a lot of fun, but left me still wanting more.  I just hope I don't  have to wait another few years for the next Halo fix!  Come on Bungie.......get with it!

I started working out at Gold's Gym......bought the wifey and me a membership, so I've been exercising with the ladies doing "Body Pump"......hopefully they don't think I'm weird, but I wanted to start out slow before I get into the hard core stuff.  Oh......yes.......my body hurts..............it really sucks when the lady leading the class has bigger biceps than I do and lifts more weight during the workout.   Oh, well..............hopefully I can get this soft body into a little firmer shape.  Not much to say, except I've been riding my Hayabusa to work nearly every day..................and hoping the Colorado winter snow will wait just a few more weeks before it shows up!  Had a guy in a hot foreign car take off from a stop sign next to me the other morning at about 5:30am on the way to work.  He was going one way, and I was headed the other.  After thinking about it for a moment, I pulled a u-turn and caught up to him in short order.......then I removed some of his testosterone by leaving him waaaay in the dust!  Yes.......kids will be kids......and men will be kids.  I'm not ready to grow up all the way yet!

I'll leave you with a pic from my backyard.......a brown Colorado view of the foothills in the fall.

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Posted by ScottyATC @ 1:02 pm EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

Yippeeee!!!!

Yep..................got my 360 just the other day. I'm probably going to wait until Christmas to unwrap it for real....................of course I'll probably have to check out GOW before that......just to be sure it works!!!!

With that said..............my mom and dad came up to Loveland for the week of Thanksgiving...............they were here for 5 days, and in that time I introduced my dad to the original Halo game. Now he's a big science fiction fan..............has thousands of pulp science fiction in his personal library...........so this really intrigued him. He arrived back home after playing just a couple levels in the game on co-op with me. Now guess who's getting a new xbox?

I just sent him the prequel novel by Eric Nylund on e-reader, so that he can really get into the game.

I'm psyched!!!!

..............and I assured him that age 65 is definitely 2 old 2 play!!!!!!

Posted by ScottyATC @ 7:50 pm EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments

What month is it?

OK..............they say that a kitchen remodel takes about 7 months..................am I there yet?

 

The remodel project has gotten more intense.  When my wife was painting the kitchen, she moved the refrigerator a couple of times and then we headed out of  town for a week to visit family.  Needless to say, I now know that homeowners insurance DOES cover water damage to hardwood floors due to a leaking connection to the icemaker!  After a few weeks, we now have 200 square feet of new oak flooring and all 1000 square feet of floor refinished.

 

Oh well..................since we had to wait for the flooring project to be completed, the project moved beyond the first two rooms and now has headed into the dining, entry, and living rooms.  I removed the flooring in the living room and raised it approximately 2 inches with the install of radiant floor heating......continued the removal of electric baseboard heaters throughout the other rooms and am replacing trim........and repainted.........and replaced the carpet in the living room.........................whew!!!! 

 

I haven't gotten to play much HALO2 online with clanmates or friends lately, but hopefully I'll be on more consistently soon.  This whole thing started out as just a room being painted.  I should have kept my big mouth shut and just let her paint it..................instead, I've spent my entire summer working on the house.

 

On the bright side, she thinks I'm fabulous. 

Posted by ScottyATC @ 8:25 am EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments

Whoops!

Wife says...........Im ready to paint..........can you remove those obsolete electric baseboard heaters?

I say.............sure!

Thus begins much drywall patching and hole patching that used to house wall controls.

I say..............boy, kitchen cabinets sure look crappy.

She says.................so!  We cant afford to buy new ones.

I say...........no problem...........Ill just refinish them myself!

Thus begins approximately 6 weeks of labor for me.

Whoops!   

Posted by ScottyATC @ 11:48 pm EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments

My daughter graduates!!

Well, its almost time for my daughter to graduate from High School. ;; This past month has blazed by and we are busy getting the house ready for the usual "graduation open house". ;; Here is a picture of my daughter and her boyfriend that we took right before prom three weeks ago. ;; ;; Of course this was just one picture out of the 50 that I snapped off.........what can I say.........its my job!!! ;; They sure grow up fast!!! ;;


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