Have you missed me? or My excuses for never writing.

Oh, how quickly the time flies. The Mrs. was asking me some questions about the blog and I realized that neither of us had posted anything since November. Shame on us. Unfortunately, we are mostly boring people who don't lead very exciting lives. Highlights of the past few months include:

• Moving into the new homestead -- We really do love our house. As with anything, it is a constant work in progress. We have a complete upstairs, a mostly incomplete downstairs, and a backyard that until a couple of weeks ago, was mostly weeds. The biggest issue we have faced is a broken sewer pipe on the outside of the house. Cost estimates to repair it have ranged from $2,000 to $12,000. Obviously the quality of work is much different between those extremes. We are working to save money towards this as well as researching other possible options. The other issue we have faced is no air conditioning. As the summer heat has invaded we have certainly enjoyed the cool air on our front porch. (we are even contemplating finding a projector so that we can watch movies on the porch.

• We are both working at our jobs and in the church. I was just added as a member of the Boy Scout Committee in our ward. in a lot of ways, working with the scouts has reminded me of some wonderful childhood memories. The Mrs. spent a week at Girls Camp this summer, and really enjoys working with the Young Women.

• The Mrs. keeps me well fed, and is even contemplating using the blog to write about her cookie experiment, cooking through one of her cookie cookbooks a la the movie Julie & Julia. 

• I have started some new medicine that has me feeling better than I have in eons. Even my coworkers who haven't known me very long have commented on how much better I seem to be!

All in all, I think both of us are healthy, happy, and excited for some adventures that we have planned over the next several months. Hopefully, we won't wait that long to keep the three of you reading this updated.

SL