I can see from looking over the ol' blog here, that I haven't written or reminisced in nearly a month. I'm sure that my massive readership of 8 people have been heartbroken. It seems that both nothing, and a lot, have been going on.
I had a wonderful 10 day vacation on the California coast, as well as a bit of time in the Sierra Nevadas.
I went to San Ramon, CA and did a bit of training to become an internal Ergonomic Consultant for the company I work for. I think I already mentioned this once. Mostly, they taught me how to look for bad posture and poor work positioning. I kept wanting to ask our trainer about work situations that Electrical Linemen are put in every day. For the most part, I was told that a Lineman's job is so ergonomically screwed-up, that no one really wants to take a detailed assessment of the physics that affect a worker once he starts climbing up a pole.
My daughter has two new teeth on the bottom. They finally cut through last week. I don't think it will be long before the top set break through. Baby teeth are sharp.
I'm glad to see that my constant presence at the local gym is starting to pay off. I'm guessing that I will reach my goal in about 4 more months. Just in time for my new tooth to chew on things. I suppose that my inability to chew on things is also contributing to my changing waistline - mostly my diet consists of cottage cheese, cut-up fruit, soft veggies, and whatever proteins I can dice up small enough to get down my gullet. I didn't realize just how many things in the world require the use of your incisors to eat. Most notably, corn. I really miss corn. Let's not forget bagels, toast, steak, salad, any kind of sandwich, and on and on. In the mean time I am learning to like lifting weights and running.
At work, I'm still waiting to hear about a combo Lineman bid. No news yet.
Somehow, I managed to get myself signed on to a number of committees and special groups at work. I've got more to do, and less time to do it. It is both exciting and tiring.
That's all I'm really up to. Bookwise I've been plugging through some new paperbacks. Right now I'm reading, The Black Order, by James Rollins. I'm not sold out on it yet. This is the first of Rollins' books I've tried.
p.s. I can't even eat crackerbread...
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As one of your 8 loyal fans, I always enjoy hearing what you're up to these days. I certainly thought of you yesterday as I watched a logger climb to the top of a very tall broadleaf maple in the center of campus, probably 50 feet up. They tragically had to remove this tree due to disease and I must say, the process resembled the drawings in "The Giving Tree" as the tree gave up it's broad limbs one by one and eventually there was nothing left but the trunk. The logger had spikes in his shoes and shimmied up with his harness after he delimbed upbove him. He then hacked away about 6 feet at a time as he worked his way back down the trunk. You probably would have enjoyed this dangerous work (except for the tree killing part...).
Cute picture of the 3 of you but I'd like to see one of Lauren's face... G'ma Nadine sure enjoyed your visit. Congrats on becoming an uncle. Now you know how proud Richard was when you were born all those decades ago! Kristi & Holly arrived home yesterday from a great time of ministry in Costa Rica. Thanks so much for your support. They'll get another letter out one of these days. They had to see the new Harry Potter movie first and then the final book will need to be devoured over the weekend.... Hugs to you all. -d2
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