What a break that turned out to be! I'm referring of course to the lack of posts on here since October or so. For those who are curious, here's the condensed version.
I was really busy back in October. We took a trip to Atlanta to visit some friends and around that time I got a big portfolio to work on which kept me occupied through the end of November. I was spending a lot of time getting the work stuff done and just didn't have the mental energy for the fun computer stuff at the end of the day.
It occurred to me that there were only maybe three people reading this blog and that they surely wouldn't even notice the lack of updates, so I kinda got out of the habit of posting regularly. I even stopped taking pictures of the kids, our trips, etc. and the pictures I did take didn't get transferred to the computer. You're thinking, "How Bizarre! How unlike you, Scott! Bring back that other dude.. he was cooler." Ok, so maybe all three of you reading this blog aren't thinking that, but my friend Ed actually said those things to me.
We traveled this year from mid-December through the end of February. Two or three weeks were spent with my family in Texas and the rest of the time was divided between friends in New Mexico and exploring New Mexico and Colorado. Yes, it was a blast! By the end of December friends and family were starting to ask if everything was OK since I hadn't posted in while.. which of course was a surprise since I didn't think they looked at my blog.
We had extended stays in Fort Worth, El Paso, Albuquerque, and Boulder. Truthfully, although we have really good friends in El Paso that I was looking forward to seeing, the thought of spending much time in El Paso was not appealing. I was pleasantly surprised, however, to find that El Paso was much nicer than I remembered from my last brief visit in 1990. The weather was pretty great the whole time (for January) and the mexican food was awesome. I have developed a new love for GREEN CHILE's and Chicken Enchilada's with Green Chile sauce... SOOOOO good.
The warm weather and seeing so many people outside walking and biking was appealing. It's not a lifestyle a person living in Michigan can easily embrace in January. It seems that walking and biking are becoming much more common modes of transportation in the cities we visited in New Mexico, but even up into Colorado we saw bike racks full of bikes and people out walking even though it was a tad chilly.
Our favorite spots on the trip were Fort Collins, Colorado and Albuquerque, New Mexico. In fact, I think I could pick up and move to either of these places pretty easily. The landscape in New Mexico is pretty dry. Most people have rock yards and there is little grass or trees, so that doesn't interest me. What I really like is the weather: mid 40's in January, 60's in March, not too hot in July (the dry air helps a bunch). Fort Collins was a very cool college town, but more about that in another post....
at last... yes scott, this has not been like you. All I have to say is you don't do it for the fans who read the notices... you do it for SCOTT. The rest of us will follow. But if you ever expect to build a higher groopy following, then remember one of the key rules of any business... consistency equates to dependability.
Posted by: JE Parris | Friday, March 23, 2007 at 12:28 AM
I had finally given up checking your blog since it was so long between posts. Glad I finally checked back. Update on the ipod situation--I got my ipod video and love it, thought I don't have as much time to use it as I envisioned. I do use it often for walks with the A. in the stroller. Then, M. decided she needed one too and used her whole savings account to buy a green nano. Needless to say, she's addicted to it. Thanks for referring us to ipods. I doubt the other versions are so easy to use. As for the blog, keep a journal for yourself. We only read because we want to keep up on your life. Do tell us what happens at your 40th birthday party. he he. Carrie
Posted by: Carrie | Friday, March 30, 2007 at 07:10 AM