nothing to see here…
I was just browsing through some of our archives, and I realized that we’ve been posting here for over two years. Wow, it doesn’t seem like that long.
I think it will be really interesting to look back in a few years to see what was transpiring in our life at the time. I guess it’s kind of like looking back at a diary…that everyone else reads as well.
And now, it’s Sunday. Today is a day for celebration.
Many people will chose this as the sole day to visit a church, and it will be beautiful, I’m sure. But as you’re eating your ham or turkey or whatever it is today, remember why we are celebrating. It’s not just a day for chocolate and the Easter bunny (though I loved that as a child).
Anyone remember those commercials from the 80s for The Book? I always wondered what the heck it was…like was it just the Bible or was there additional stuff in there?
Today is Good Friday. What makes it so good? Well, it’s really what happens on Sunday that makes it good (or holy, rather) in the long run. For more info, read The Book (as in, The Good Book, not the one from the 80s).
So we went to see Queens of the Stone Age at a local club called the Norva. I didn’t really know many of their songs, but a couple of friends were going so we decided to tag along.
The show was on Sunday which made Monday a great day at work. They put on a decent performance, but I have to say that I’m pretty bitter that they didn’t play the one song of theirs that I know and actually really like called No One Knows. I mean, it’s their biggest hit to date and is the reason why most people are at their concerts…and they don’t play it.
I HATE bands that do that.
I tilled up an area in our backyard this past weekend in anticipation of planting some seeds for our very own vegetable garden. We’re planning on planting tomatoes (yes, I know they are a fruit), cucumbers, green peppers, and maybe some squash. I know Monica wants to experiment with carrots too, but I’m not sure if we have enough room for all of that.
And let me tell you…tilling up the substance that is called dirt but is actually clay here in Virginia is no easy task. I didn’t actually go as deep as the experts recommend for a garden, but I hope it’s good enough. The area gets plenty of sun which is the most important thing.
We should have plenty of produce later in the summer, assuming that our garden actually takes off. That’s a big assumption to make, being that this is our first attempt at farming, but you never know.
I’ve just got to keep Jack from peeing on our food.
Boy, my NCAA tournament bracket is really taking a beating. Tons of big upsets this year, but my final four are still alive (although Wake Forest is about to lose in double overtime). If I ever win a pool, I think it will be a sign of the end times.
And the Hokies got smoked today in the second round of the NIT. Suckage all around.
I’m sitting here listening to the VT-Temple NIT game on the computer since it’s only on ESPNU; we don’t get that channel (yet). It’s the second half and the Hokies are up by seven in Blacksburg.
Man, it sure brings back memories of the last second Tech win over New Mexico State in 1995. Storming the court is fun.
I hope the Hokies can hold on tonight and advance. Finishing fourth in the ACC and making it to the postseason isn’t bad for our first season in the best basketball conference in the land.
Update: and the Hokies take it 60-50; the first win ever over Temple. Woohoo!
Pretty busy weekend for us as we started out having dinner with family to celebrate my uncle’s birthday on Friday night. We went to Frankie’s, a local rib place. I love me some good BBQ.
Then on Saturday, I got up early to meet my Dad at our house to do some yard work. We did some preliminary planning and laid out some string to visualize what I want to do. It was pretty cold though so it wasn’t very pleasant, but it did finally start to warm up right as we were finishing…naturally.
Ran some errands on Saturday afternoon, and then we went to a hockey game with Greg (I posted a photo on the moblog). It was a pretty exciting game as it went to overtime, and the Admirals ended up scoring thirty seconds into the extra period. Woohoo! We finished the night off with a late dinner at Waterside.
Today, we got up to go to church, did our normal grocery shopping, and this afternoon, I watched some great basketball (March Madness about to begin, you know) while doing the fun task of balancing the finances.
Like I said, pretty busy weekend as there always seemed to be something to do. Now back to work. 
I finally added a moblog to the site. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for awhile, but I never got around to it until now.
I decided it was a good time to learn perl so I wrote a script to periodically check an email address for an email from my phone, get that email, parse it for an image, and then post that image to the site. Maybe one of these days I’ll post the script with some documention for others to see.
The latest moblog image will appear on the right side, and there are links to the last twenty images and the image archives. There’s also an RSS feed of the last twenty images. Enjoy!
