Debates, workouts, trips... and other stuff

Well, just wanted to write a quick post to let everyone know what we're up to!

The last week has been relatively uneventful. We didn't do any hiking, so that left our weekend pretty free (for once). It was nice. We cleaned up the house and rearranged some furniture.

We've been working out quite a bit, trying to get in shape for the Holidays, so January 2nd doesn't come on like a complete nightmare, as it tends to. I've managed to lose a little more weight, so I'm down to 210 lbs, and once I reach 205, that will officially be my original goal that I set last April. It's taking quite a bit of time... but I'm living a life, and not a program, so any results I get are awesome. The last couple of weeks (since the Mt. St. Helens hike) have really been very productive for me, so I think I may have gotten over the latest "plateau" and my body is ready to drop some more lbs.

We're planning some trips! Well, most are already planned! This coming weekend is Molly's trip to Las Vegas with "the girls". That should be exciting for them. They're staying in NICE hotel which they got "comped". Yeah Andrea!

The week after that is Molly's conference in Seattle. I'm going with since she doesn't have to share a room. I'll work in the Hotel during the day, and go out and play in the evening. Should be pretty fun. Looking forward to Archie McPhee. We'll get back on Saturday from that. Then...

I'll be heading to Kansas City, October 12th. Chad offered the use of his place while I'm in town, so I'm going to take him up on his offer. Thanks Chad! I'm not sure how many people I'll get an opportunity to visit with. I have a Conference in Omaha on Thursday, so we'll leave Wednesday at 5pm. I'll be back on Friday evening (8pm probably) and head back to Portland on Sunday.

After that we're pretty well situated for awhile. We're planning another Halloween "cork-dorks" (obviously not the same without the actual cork-dorks), but with some of Molly's school friends. We'll basically do the format the same, everyone brings a bottle of columbia crest of different flavor, and we'll drink from the black glasses and guess which wine it is. It was fun last time, so we're looking forward to it again.

November will be pretty relaxed. Lindsey and Josh are hosting the dinner at their place. Their friend, Heather, may come down for the weekend to visit the Wineries. Should be pretty fun!

After that? Christmas... we're still making plans for Christmas. I want to come into KC to visit my Grandma, and we have almost firm obligations to KC in South Carolina... but we're looking at costs now that are prohibitavily expensive. We may fly into KC before christmas, rent a car and drive to South Carolina Christmas day... stay for 3-4 days, then drive back, fly out of KC back to PDX hopefully in time for New Years... but who knows. Thats a lot of driving, flying, traveling, and money is getting tighter all the time.

Way out? Vacation to Machu Pichu late March, Canada in July.