So we're on Day 2¼ of a 2½ day weekend without Mommy. We're fairing ok, but I can't get as much done as I had intended. I managed to get the front lawn mowed, edged and weeded, but I still have the entire backyard to do - perhaps today during nap time. I had also contemplating starting my radiator replacement job, but I think that's going to be about a 6 hour activity, so I will have to wait until Steph gets home. We haven't been to the Comet in a few days... I may try to do that this afternoon after nap time, but that depends on how tired I am after the back yard activities. :)

Well, I've been here. Lots of stuff going on in the household the past few weeks. Karyn had surgery and convalesced here. Then, Steph's Mom and Grandmother came for a week. While they were here, the kids decided to get ear infections. And, on top of that, Steph had to prepare for her mid-term exam (which was today).

Me, meanwhile... well, I haven't been doing a whole heckuvalot. I've started brewing my next batch of beer, since the RooBroo Honey Pale Ale is almost gone. Next up is a Belgian-style White beer, but I haven't come up with the name yet. I've also started a couple of other homebrew projects: I'm doing some liqueurs, wines, and breads. I've perfected a Cinnamon-Raisin bread, which I've named "CinnAhhh Man! Raisin Bread". I haven't quite figured out what liqueur flavor(s) I'm going to do just yet. I'm thinking maybe a pear or peach.

In other news, I've also started doing my geneaology research again, after a disappointing discovery that all the work I've done since last February is somehow "gone". I think I accidentally wiped it when I uninstalled Vista and went back to XP (did I mentioned that I did that? If I didn't: I went Vista, but the video drivers for my particular graphics card weren't up to speed on Vista for gaming, so I went back to XP. Otherwise, I kinda like Vista). Anyway, I think what happened was I installed Vista, and then decided to uninstall, which basically was a wipe and install. But I actually had a separate hard drive that I used for that process, so I'm hoping that it's sitting on that drive - I just have to reinstall Vista and "restore" the image from the drive. Here's hoping that's where my scanned images are!

I just realized I haven't posted anything in about two weeks. Sorry about that - things have been quite busy. Steph has been busy at school (she's doing quite well by the way, and working very hard at it).

The kids are doing swimmingly well. Devin has started walking on a more regular basis. It's still not his primary mode of transportation - yet. Maya is just a walking, running ball of energy who doesn't hardly stop to eat. The dogs are hanging in there too. :) I'll post some pictures soon.

As for myself... I'm doing well. Work has been pretty fun, and I haven't had to travel very much at all. And, we've started gigging again! The return of Hard Livin' was back in full effect this past Saturday, and it was a lot of fun. We have another gig on October 6th, and it will be awesome-r.

My cousins Alan and Valerie completed their move down to Atlanta, and we've been hanging out quite a bit. They are a lot of fun and we are happy to have them around. Speaking of, they are currently on vacation in Asia - probably in Tokyo now, and will be running around around in China soon. They'll be staying around with us while they close on their loft when they return. It'll be a busy week.