So, what's new out there? I'm headed to Co Springs tomorrow... expected high of about 34... low's have been in the single digits. My real estate agent said, "Bring a warm coat." Duh!!!
Later,
Steve
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Happy Turkey Day
Hey everyone!
I hope you are all having a good day of rest and eating. There were a
few things to share today... if anyone is planning to purchase anything
from Dell in the next month or so, let me know. I have a collection of
coupons from the Dellf sweepstakes. They range from $100 off certain
items to 20% off an LCD monitor. There are good coupons for computers
and laptops... if you are interested in playing, go to
http://dell.eprize.net/dell/dellf/ and register. Make sure to put in
all four "friends" e-mail addresses for four more chances to win.
It's a little bit difficult to type with a wrist splint. I went in and
had some x-rays done of my hand and wrist today. While I was moving all
of our junk around in the garage Monday I nailed my wrist on
something... don't remember exactly what I did but I remember it felt
like hitting my funny bone, except at my wrist. Last night my wrist was
extremely sensitive to any touch. No pain when moving fingers or wrist,
just any slight pressure on the bone between my hand and wrist (outer
part of the caporal tunnel below the thumb) would cause extreme pain.
Anyway, the x-ray didn't show anything currently broken, but it did show
that I had previously broken another bone in my hand... and did not have
it treated :-) I remember a few months ago having hit my hand on
something and having extreme pain for several weeks... I guess I did
break something at that point. I went and saw an orthopedist and he
told me that it was probably a contusion where a tendon connects to bone
right at the joint. It would be painful for a while and I should wear a
wrist splint as much as possible and definitely when I sleep.
Well, that's all for now! I'll get up early and start our thanksgiving
dinner! We'll have all the goodies... turkey, stuffing, mashed red-skin
potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, and home made
pumpkin pie!
Good night!
Steve
I hope you are all having a good day of rest and eating. There were a
few things to share today... if anyone is planning to purchase anything
from Dell in the next month or so, let me know. I have a collection of
coupons from the Dellf sweepstakes. They range from $100 off certain
items to 20% off an LCD monitor. There are good coupons for computers
and laptops... if you are interested in playing, go to
http://dell.eprize.net/dell/dellf/ and register. Make sure to put in
all four "friends" e-mail addresses for four more chances to win.
It's a little bit difficult to type with a wrist splint. I went in and
had some x-rays done of my hand and wrist today. While I was moving all
of our junk around in the garage Monday I nailed my wrist on
something... don't remember exactly what I did but I remember it felt
like hitting my funny bone, except at my wrist. Last night my wrist was
extremely sensitive to any touch. No pain when moving fingers or wrist,
just any slight pressure on the bone between my hand and wrist (outer
part of the caporal tunnel below the thumb) would cause extreme pain.
Anyway, the x-ray didn't show anything currently broken, but it did show
that I had previously broken another bone in my hand... and did not have
it treated :-) I remember a few months ago having hit my hand on
something and having extreme pain for several weeks... I guess I did
break something at that point. I went and saw an orthopedist and he
told me that it was probably a contusion where a tendon connects to bone
right at the joint. It would be painful for a while and I should wear a
wrist splint as much as possible and definitely when I sleep.
Well, that's all for now! I'll get up early and start our thanksgiving
dinner! We'll have all the goodies... turkey, stuffing, mashed red-skin
potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, and home made
pumpkin pie!
Good night!
Steve
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
New Template in Effect!
So...What do you all think of Sand Dollar? Good, Bad or Ugly. It does allow for Links to be added along the leftside. I could add suggestions for that.
Personally, I think Steve needs to find something else to do at midnight! :)
Personally, I think Steve needs to find something else to do at midnight! :)
Vote to change BLOG format
All,
I vote to change the Bolish weblog format to something else... here are some samples:
What do you think?
Steve
I vote to change the Bolish weblog format to something else... here are some samples:
What do you think?
Steve
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Snow??? at Fort Irwin???
Believe it or not, we got snow here yesterday. Okay, so at our house all we really saw were flurries and some sleet/slush/freezing rain. On the road to Barstow there was about a foot and a half accumulated. The mountains have a bit of snow on them... likely gone today though. It's been in the 30's the past few days and really feels like were back in DC. I guess I should get used to it since Co Springs will be even colder and have more snow.
Speaking of which, we had our "stuff" delivered from storage today. We had about 2500 lbs (not the 5000 that we thought). One of the items was a slightly used/abused snow shovel. I'm sure everyone in my house remembers the old orange snow shovel... the one with the broken handle. I ended up with in at my condo in Falls Church. It managed to travel with us to Tacoma, then here to Ft. Irwin where it was sent to storage. It will now make the trip to Co Springs... someday it might go back home to DC :-)
Our move dates are pretty much set. We will get everything packed up on Dec 7th and picked up on Dec 8th. I will leave here on the 9th and drive to Co. Springs.
FYI: Athena and I go there to close on the house next week.... I'll forward pictures to Russ and maybe he can post them for me. Update... we got some more pictures this evening (23 Nov). I will forward them out to people so you can see what our new house will look like. The interior is almost 100% finished so we should be good to go for next week's walk through.
All for now!
Stay warm everyone!!!
Steve
Speaking of which, we had our "stuff" delivered from storage today. We had about 2500 lbs (not the 5000 that we thought). One of the items was a slightly used/abused snow shovel. I'm sure everyone in my house remembers the old orange snow shovel... the one with the broken handle. I ended up with in at my condo in Falls Church. It managed to travel with us to Tacoma, then here to Ft. Irwin where it was sent to storage. It will now make the trip to Co Springs... someday it might go back home to DC :-)
Our move dates are pretty much set. We will get everything packed up on Dec 7th and picked up on Dec 8th. I will leave here on the 9th and drive to Co. Springs.
FYI: Athena and I go there to close on the house next week.... I'll forward pictures to Russ and maybe he can post them for me. Update... we got some more pictures this evening (23 Nov). I will forward them out to people so you can see what our new house will look like. The interior is almost 100% finished so we should be good to go for next week's walk through.
All for now!
Stay warm everyone!!!
Steve
Monday, November 22, 2004
Hello all
Well, I just wanted to say hello. I have nothing exciting to add. I'm still working in an HR office with Northrop Grumman and unlike Meredith I can say they didn't hire me bc I was "hot". Although I do get my fair share of married men hitting on me. It's going well...I'm trying to figure out the future but for now I think it's a great place for me and definitely a great company to be working for. I live in Herndon in an apartment and I'm hoping to get a townhouse in the next year...I've been looking casually in Loudoun. That's about all in my world...KG
Sunday, November 21, 2004
sisters
I have to share a funny story from the other day. I was at an all-county Men's Chorus event where every school sends 5 middle school boys, and 8 high school boys to sing all day with a famous guest conductor. My good friend Margie who used to be my roommate also teaches in the county at Jeb Stuart High SChool but used to teach at Hayfield. While she was at Hayfield I often accompanied for her concerts. One of her old students came up to her and said "Hey Miss Marbella, I saw your friend... didn't she used to live with you?" Margie responded that I had lived with her. He then asked her if we were sisters. At this time, I must relay the information to you that Margie is about 5 foot 2, Filipino, with black hair. Margie responded "Darrell, she's white". He said "What are you? Filipino or something? Well she looks like you". Margie then responded "Darrell, she has blonde hair" Darrell said "well I don't know, she looks like you anyhow" Darrell's friend Jamal then said, "Darrell, you a dumbass!" I guess all non-black people look alike:)
I'm going to be going to Sarasota Florida with Jeff for Thanksgiviing since his family lives there. It doens't hurt that it is in the 70's and 80's there right now:) I hope that you all have a happy thanksgiving!
I'm going to be going to Sarasota Florida with Jeff for Thanksgiviing since his family lives there. It doens't hurt that it is in the 70's and 80's there right now:) I hope that you all have a happy thanksgiving!
Friday, November 19, 2004
Instruction for Posting by Email
I've made some modifications so that we all can post by email. Just follow the instructions below.
--Make sure you are on the Bolish Family WebPort main page--
1. Click "Blogger" logo at upper left corner
-this should take you to the Blogger Dashboard
-you may have to sign in
-here you can find plenty of helpful info under Blogger Help and Blogger Knowledge
2.Click on "Bolish Family WebPort" under your blog list OR click "change settings" next to the Bolish Family WebPort listing
-you will be taken to several tabs of settings
3.Click "Settings" tab
4.Click "Email" tab
-you will see an option called "Mail-to-Blogger Address"
-it should look like (username).(blank)@blogger.com
5.Enter your "secret word" into the blank
-make note of your new blog email address
6.Check off the Publish box
-this will ensure that the email auto-publishes instead of creating a draft
Done
These instruction may look worse than they are. If you run into trouble, the help file is located at:
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=135&topic=38
One final note: If your email program adds extra verbiage to the end your message, just put (pound sign)end at the end of your post and the Blog will ingnore any signatures, etc. (I couldn't actually put the # sign back there, 'cause my post would get cut off) The help file, under Notes, has this same info if this is unclear.
Go ahead and try it out with some short posts. Don't worry about clutter either.
Russ
Thursday, November 18, 2004
San Diego
Well, I spent a couple of days hanging out in Palm Springs. While I was there I got to test drive a Silver 2005 Toyota Tacoma 4 door, V6, 6-speed manual, w/ TRD package, sport seats, and all the other nice goodies. I think I'll buy one... in Indigo Blue Pearl though.
Steve
Steve
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
A Post By Email
i'm testing this feature out. You can actually post to the blog by simply sending an email. There are settings within your account that allow this for each
blog that you are a member of. I will test the steps out with Steve first and then post those here for you.
Be back...
blog that you are a member of. I will test the steps out with Steve first and then post those here for you.
Be back...
Monday, November 15, 2004
World News... This past week
Okay, so I've gotten rid of my frustration from the other night. I have written a giant e-mail to one of my friends with the summary of "what's new"... I will now attempt to post that information here for everyones consumption.... well, it seems to have worked... some minor formatting, but otherwise, the text is here.......
Athena and I went to Hawaii the first week of Nov. We flew out on the 1st and back on the 7th. We had a pretty good time relaxing more than any other time we'd been to Hawaii. We went on a snorkle/scuba trip on Friday. Athena unfortunately got sea-sick and decided to feed the fish over the side of the boat. The fish were happy... but she wasn't. My scuba went pretty well. The areas we were seeing were full of fish and had some good scenery. The view from snorkling was probably just as good. There were some caves that our group explored... nothing too dangerous though, just 10ft or so of enlosed area before coming to a large "skylight". One afternoon we went hiking up to a view of Waipaio valley... it's one of the valleys that they use in a lot of movies. While up there, I located a geocache and finally dropped off the travelbug that I've been carrying for a while. We flew back Sunday evening into LAX and then drove home. We got back at about 2:00a.
The next day (Monday last week), we started full speed ahead on the move and getting the mortgage for the house... Athena also started her out-processing from Ft Irwin on Monday (8th). She went and got a bunch of immunization shots and started working on all the paperwork. She went by to double check her report date because some people were getting orders to report earlier than was originally discussed. The tasking office told her that she was no longer in the system... computer glitch? he didn't seem to know. We went to the store later that evening and ran into someone that Athena works with. He said, "I hear you got some good news today." We thought he was refering to the "glitch" or whatever. A little later that evening, she checked her e-mail and found that she had several messages telling her that her tasking for Iraq had been revoked. Given the way the Army has been working, it's not something one would believe immediately though. She checked into it over the next couple of days and it seems to be for real that she will not be deployed. So, as of last word, she is going to stay here at Irwin. Obviously, we are pretty far along with the process of buying our house. After some discussion, we've decided that we will continue with the original plan. We will buy the house and I will relocate to Co Springs. Athena will work as hard as possible to get a spot at Ft Carson there in the coming months. If possible, she will move there in June of next year. If she can't get a spot at Carson, we'll have to decide where she will go. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for her to come up to Colorado Springs.
Anyway, as you can imagine, things have been VERY hectic the past week. We locked in on a loan last Wednesday just in time to have a bunch of lenders call us from the Booz Allen "prefered" lenders. They managed to help us go from 4 7/8 w/ 1 pt on a 7/1 ARM to 4.5 w/ 1 pt on the same loan. The point will be paid by the seller and my real estate agent. I'm hoping I can convince Booz to pay 1 pt on the purchase and that will cover the remainder of our costs... I'll show up with $100 and be ready to go ;-)
Athena and I (mostly Athena) are starting to pack up stuff around the house. We need to figure out what items she will need to keep so that she can live comfortably here for the next 6 months or longer. She is working on packing up lots of clothes and has bubble-wrapped most of the fragile items around the house. We'll have all of our stuff that's in storage delivered next monday (22nd) and hopefully we can sort through it over the Thanksgiving weekend. I've been working with Booz Allen trying to get things planned, but so far have been unable to pin down many dates. I'd like to have our move scheduled for the very end of November so that we can get everything headed to Colorado while we close on the house... it probably won't happen that way. I'll likely have to come back after we close and oversee the move, then drive to CO in my car. Since I won't have both cars, I will probably have to buy a truck once I'm there... my S2000 won't do so well on those snow days that happen from time to time :-)
The original plan was to take all our stuff to CO and have both cars... the Accord would probably do fine with snow once I put some new tires on.... which, BTW I will be getting at the end of the week. I decided on the Bridgestone Turanza LS-V. It has good overall ratings for snow and normal driving alike. It is rated as a "Grand Touring - All Season" tire but ranks very highly in snow performance... much higher than what we currently have Michelin Energy MXV4+... and after 60,000 miles I'm sure they would be mostly useless in snow.
Athena and I went to Hawaii the first week of Nov. We flew out on the 1st and back on the 7th. We had a pretty good time relaxing more than any other time we'd been to Hawaii. We went on a snorkle/scuba trip on Friday. Athena unfortunately got sea-sick and decided to feed the fish over the side of the boat. The fish were happy... but she wasn't. My scuba went pretty well. The areas we were seeing were full of fish and had some good scenery. The view from snorkling was probably just as good. There were some caves that our group explored... nothing too dangerous though, just 10ft or so of enlosed area before coming to a large "skylight". One afternoon we went hiking up to a view of Waipaio valley... it's one of the valleys that they use in a lot of movies. While up there, I located a geocache and finally dropped off the travelbug that I've been carrying for a while. We flew back Sunday evening into LAX and then drove home. We got back at about 2:00a.
The next day (Monday last week), we started full speed ahead on the move and getting the mortgage for the house... Athena also started her out-processing from Ft Irwin on Monday (8th). She went and got a bunch of immunization shots and started working on all the paperwork. She went by to double check her report date because some people were getting orders to report earlier than was originally discussed. The tasking office told her that she was no longer in the system... computer glitch? he didn't seem to know. We went to the store later that evening and ran into someone that Athena works with. He said, "I hear you got some good news today." We thought he was refering to the "glitch" or whatever. A little later that evening, she checked her e-mail and found that she had several messages telling her that her tasking for Iraq had been revoked. Given the way the Army has been working, it's not something one would believe immediately though. She checked into it over the next couple of days and it seems to be for real that she will not be deployed. So, as of last word, she is going to stay here at Irwin. Obviously, we are pretty far along with the process of buying our house. After some discussion, we've decided that we will continue with the original plan. We will buy the house and I will relocate to Co Springs. Athena will work as hard as possible to get a spot at Ft Carson there in the coming months. If possible, she will move there in June of next year. If she can't get a spot at Carson, we'll have to decide where she will go. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for her to come up to Colorado Springs.
Anyway, as you can imagine, things have been VERY hectic the past week. We locked in on a loan last Wednesday just in time to have a bunch of lenders call us from the Booz Allen "prefered" lenders. They managed to help us go from 4 7/8 w/ 1 pt on a 7/1 ARM to 4.5 w/ 1 pt on the same loan. The point will be paid by the seller and my real estate agent. I'm hoping I can convince Booz to pay 1 pt on the purchase and that will cover the remainder of our costs... I'll show up with $100 and be ready to go ;-)
Athena and I (mostly Athena) are starting to pack up stuff around the house. We need to figure out what items she will need to keep so that she can live comfortably here for the next 6 months or longer. She is working on packing up lots of clothes and has bubble-wrapped most of the fragile items around the house. We'll have all of our stuff that's in storage delivered next monday (22nd) and hopefully we can sort through it over the Thanksgiving weekend. I've been working with Booz Allen trying to get things planned, but so far have been unable to pin down many dates. I'd like to have our move scheduled for the very end of November so that we can get everything headed to Colorado while we close on the house... it probably won't happen that way. I'll likely have to come back after we close and oversee the move, then drive to CO in my car. Since I won't have both cars, I will probably have to buy a truck once I'm there... my S2000 won't do so well on those snow days that happen from time to time :-)
The original plan was to take all our stuff to CO and have both cars... the Accord would probably do fine with snow once I put some new tires on.... which, BTW I will be getting at the end of the week. I decided on the Bridgestone Turanza LS-V. It has good overall ratings for snow and normal driving alike. It is rated as a "Grand Touring - All Season" tire but ranks very highly in snow performance... much higher than what we currently have Michelin Energy MXV4+... and after 60,000 miles I'm sure they would be mostly useless in snow.
Friday, November 12, 2004
Update on World News
forget this stupid blog.... I have typed a message twice now and lost it twice. The first time it failed to post... the second I tried to copy the text before posting... and POOF it disappeared.. so forget it. I'll just send e-mails from now on.
Enjoy blogging if it works for you!!!!!!
l8r
Enjoy blogging if it works for you!!!!!!
l8r
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
New Job Tomorrow
I officially come off my 2 month hiatus from the working world tomorrow. It's only a 2 month contract position to keep my mind working and get through to the new year. at that point I will be joining Steve in Colorado.
I'll be working for XO Communications, helping with their employee website, weekly electronic newsletter and other MARKETING initiatives. Just glad not to be in the IT department or in a warehouse for a while.
I'll be working for XO Communications, helping with their employee website, weekly electronic newsletter and other MARKETING initiatives. Just glad not to be in the IT department or in a warehouse for a while.
Monday, November 08, 2004
I'm here now
Well I am now on this blogging thing. What does blog mean? It's a fun word. I can say it over and over again. Blog blog blog. Hmmm. what is new? I teach in the semi -ghetto world of the route 1 corridor. I love it though. I auditioned and made it into the Master Chorale of Washington, one of the major DC choirs that sings at the Kennedy Center. We have our first performance of the year on Sunday at the Kennedy Center at 3pm, singing the Mozart Requiem, Te Deum and Ave Verum Corpus. Jeff and I just went up to Boston this past weekend to visit Laura and Basil. We had a good time- took a tour of fenway park- it was much fun! And we walked the Freedom trail. My mom took a spill down the stairs last week... broke her arm and banged up her face pretty badly. She might sue the company that was putting the hard wood floors and railing on the stairs, because they messed it up. That's about it. Oh, my favorite name of one of my students is "Laquesha". Thought you'd enjoy that.
I hope y'all are doing well. I'll try to remember how to blog again soon:)
I hope y'all are doing well. I'll try to remember how to blog again soon:)
Well --- Dad killed Bambi...
Well not really, but his car did. Photos to follow...of the car not the deer. Dad is okay, a little shaken, a little stirred. The Mercury took the brunt of it, mostly in the grill area. I think G. Merritt is going to pick it up...mmm tasty.
Vacation/House/Move
Athena and I just got back from Hawaii. We spent most of our time relaxing by the pool.
We are currently buying a new house in Colorado Springs. Athena is being deployed to Iraq in December. At which time I will be moving to the new house. Our address will be:
397 High Mesa Court
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
I should be settled in there around December 3rd.
All for now!
Steve
We are currently buying a new house in Colorado Springs. Athena is being deployed to Iraq in December. At which time I will be moving to the new house. Our address will be:
397 High Mesa Court
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
I should be settled in there around December 3rd.
All for now!
Steve
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
How To "Quick Post"
You can either click on BlogThis! up at the top or comment on a previous post. Give it a try!
Welcome -- Come One, Come All
If you're here then you've found the new Bolish Family WebPort. Now start posting. Just to get the feel of things. Then start exploring the various ways you can post to this site. I'll try to help out with giving you ideas. Let me know how you like it.
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