Here is a picture I took yesterday. It still looks great.

A couple of new purchases for the home. I bought a 46″ Sony Bravia LCD HDTV. It pulls that HD right out of the air and I love it. The next item is going to be a Blue-Ray player. The other photo is my chair and ottoman. I still have to purchase a couple of end tables. Those will come soon enough.

You’ve got to love the iPhone. I know there have been a ton of reviews for it already, but I have to put in my 2 cents worth. There is no comparison to any other phone that I’ve ever seen. I don’t even need to carry a laptop with me when I go out of town. It simply has everything. Apple thought of everything when they designed it. The touch interface is amazing. I had Nextel for all those years. Boy am I glad I made the switch.

This year we decided to go to Yellowstone for vacation. It was a really great time. The weather could not have been better. We got to see bears, elk, deer, antelope, eagles and hundreds of bison. We did some hiking and ran into some fresh bear tracks along the way. We hiked down to get a better look at some of the waterfalls and we tackled the Yellowstone River for our first whitewater rafting adventure. I’ve posted video and photos from the trip.

Well it’s that time of year again. Another busy year is in the books and we in America take time to remember the reason for the season. I hope everyone takes time to be with their family and actually enjoys it. Enjoy each and every Christmas you have together! Remember our troops and support them this holiday season while they’re away from home defending freedom. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

I searched around on the internet to find something I thought I would like. I came across this theme. I thought it looked pretty sleek so I modified it to fit what I wanted on my blog. I deleted some things I didn’t need and tried to personalize it a little. Overall, I’m pleased with it. Once Jayme gets me a logo for the header I’ll be done. Let me know what you think of it.

Mom and Dad just broke down and finally bought a digital camera. Yea we’re a little behind the times but so what? We had some fun last week with it and I’ve posted the pictures. You can click here to see them or on the pictures over in the side bar menu. There will be more to follow after the vacation this week to California.

I got an iPod nano for Christmas last year. I don’t run or walk much so most of the time I listen to it on my way to and from work. About 5 or 6 months ago I stopped at Target and bought an FM transmitter so I could play it through my car stereo. I found out from the get go that this was going to suck. It had way too much static and a lot of the music and vocals was distorted.

Thanks to Max I visited www.crutchfield.com where I found my solution. It is the USA SPEC iPod Interface. It connects directly to my Ford factory radio. This device gives the best sound quality available while charging the iPod at the same time. It comes with a nice set of directions for installation and a mastersheet for your entire car in case you ever need to get to the front speakers or rear speakers. If you have the same problem as I did, don’t hesitate to make this purchase. There’s no other way to listen to digital music through your iPod.

Jayme has gotten me to learn some CSS and XHTML. His slicemydesign business is doing pretty good and he needed some help. It’s a pretty good opportunity to learn something new that could help me get a different job someday if that’s what I desire. The extra income is great. Although, the downside is I have to spend most of the night when I get home working on code. The extra money has helped me pay off some older debts. My Martin guitar is paid for and I’ll have my car paid off by the end of the year. That is something to be excited about.

For the third time in four years we won the tournament championship for the church league in Four Oaks. It was a trying season at times. We added four new players and all of us had never played together before. We had to figure out who was going to do what. Several nights there were only five players present. We ended up losing five regular season games including one we had to forfeit. Kenly FWB church had swept us during the regular season and we met them in the championship game. We came out a little sluggish but quickly caught fire thanks to Jayme and John. Lots of three pointers and pretty good defense gave us a huge lead near twenty points. We never gave up the lead although they came back and cut it to a one point lead. John nailed a huge three late in the game and a key deflection by yours truly sealed their fate. It was a sweet victory and a great way to end the season. Congrats to all the team an awesome season.