For Fletch and Jena and Mark...

...and everyone else who has been gently reminding us that life, perhaps, has continued on for us since the 4th of July and our exciting 72 hours of scanning. (And, yes, it really was that cool.)

Well, our plans to continue our adventures at an altitude other than 5280 didn't pick up steam as quickly as we were thinking they might, so we decided to stick around for another cycle and see what happens.

These days, life is good--getting chilly, but good. Jennifer is inflicting pain and suffering on a new group of students at Alameda High School, in Lakewood, CO. And, since she apparently has a bizarre strain of Adult Professional ADHD (APADHD), she's also taking three different online classes while working an extra ten hours a week to co-write a different online class that the District hopes to offer for its Heritage Spanish speakers next fall.

See how busy she looks? She doesn't even have time to glare at the camera...


As for James, he contentedly splits his time between working for da Man and creating the King of all OpenSource Oracle tools--DBAdminisaurous, AKA Dashboard Rex. I'll admit, I don't fully (even partially?) understand what all it does, but it you scroll down the page, you'll see the cute dinosaur logo we created for it.

And of course, we continue to lick our wounds after a disappointing end to a phenomenal year in Cubbie Land. This process has been made easier--and much more stylish--by the welcome addition of (a now-collector's item) Kerry Wood jersey from the Valpo front.




We may be a bit dark and blurry, but we're damn good looking in Kerry Wood's finest. We will miss him tons and wish him the very best!!

Other than that, we're having fun winterizing ourselves for the chill that's starting to come in. Doors have been unhinged, weatherstripped, and rehung; long underwear has been purchased (and is being gleefully worn far beyond what our mothers would say was an appropriate amount of time between washings); oil is changed, with tires to be rotated soon, and a new fuzzy blanket has been purchased. One can never have too many fuzzy blankets...

And, to make life even sweeter, Master Rob is coming to visit in a few days!! YAY!