Recently I signed up Bridget and me for golf lessons at Wildcreek. I was tired of always beating Bridget in miniature golf, so I figured this might level the playing field. City of Sparks offers a pretty sweet deal for six lessons for…
Bridget signed us up for the Rock ‘n River at the beginning in the year. Bridget’s knee still hasn’t been cooperating lately: she still hasn’t been able to run over three miles without pain since the Chico Half. Even if her knee was…
The Last Days of the Incas details the story of the rise of the Incan empire to Francisco Pizzaro’s takeover in his pursuit for power and wealth. Kim MacQuarrie, the author, does a good job of telling the Incan story as if he…
Bridget signed us up for Chico’s Bidwell half marathon in December, still a bit excited finishing the marathon. Our intentions for going to Chico were different: Bridget wanted to see how her IT band was going to react to the race, and I…
So the past month I’ve been chipping away at an email strategy book. With the merger into One to One, I’ve been placed into our email and widget division. So, I figured I could use a little more info around email strategy. Email…
The good: We have been going to St. Mary’s Gym for the past year. They had a deal where if you went to the gym 120 times in the year, they’d kick you back $150. We had joined the gym October 2nd. But,…
It’s that time of year again, where everyone seems to have a birthday or is trying to find a Valentine. The month kicks off with Bridget’s Bday. Bridget’s Birthday This is the age that Bridget will be for probably the next six years.…
We got into Chico a little before 9pm on New Years Eve.There were six of us (Anya, Erin, Nagisa, Dustin, Bridget, and me). We headed out to downtown Chico, and it was relatively low key. Everyone from the college must have been home,…
Here it is at the end of 2009. And while remembering all the cool stuff I want to do next year, I have to take a step back and look at the top five things that happened this year. Here’s my list: 1.…
One day I was sitting over at the Weaver household, and Ron comes in and throws this book at me. “You want to read this? I don’t want to. My friends in New Zealand say it’s good.” I looked at it and wasn’t…