A New Feel

Oooooookaaaaayyyyyy........ So We've established that my blogging skills are hardly up to par as my contemporaries who have won NABLOPLOMO awards. *A nod to Syhalla, Ricky, Ki, and everyone else I'm too tired to remember. Buuuuuut! I do have a unique solution! Instead of going on about my life I will give it to you in clips and phrases; most of all though photographs! To nutshell my life since August: I've Started educating myself in Real Estate investing (a perfect time to do it too! :D) quit Discover Card, (I had enough) Did Real estate photography, Then had my first baby, a boy named Hunter Jan 1st, (Anyone who didn't get notified from me personally don't feel too bad I didn't get to all my own family members or my wife's- we relied on the trickle effect) Hunter came 5 weeks early hence sudden filling of my life with busy scheduling, increased by being hired by Morgan Stanley (much nicer) and going to college at the same time.

Most weekdays I get up at 5 or 7am depending... and Don't get back until 7:30 or 9pm only to go to bed at 10 or 11ish. Remember I need to fit Philosophy and Photography in there and much more. BUT It was actually my photography class that inspired a resurrection of this blog! I decided I was taking too freekin' cool of photos so I had post them. It make sit easier to show people. (and get their comments *wink wink*) SO! I have a goal of continually sharpening my photo skills by posting 2 QUALITY photos a week. (my current photo quotient for class) I will get to intersperse my life in between the awesome photo's. With the sudden plastering of pictures on this blog you will undoubtedly caught on to this fact. So Huzzah for a new thrust into sharing life and creativity! *&!$#__ahhh friggin A! Then the photo up loading thing doesn't work!

Tagity Tagity

My sister tagged me! Did I tag you?

4 Jobs I Have Had:

1. Discover Card
2. Flowerama delivery
3. Merit badge teacher at Steiner
4. In house lawn mower

4 Movies I Can Watch Over & Over Again:

1. Howel's Moving Castle
2. Princess Mononoke
3. Porco Rosso
4. Spirited Away

4 Places I Have Lived:

1. Salt Lake City
2. San Diego
3. Cedar City
4. Murry

4 Favorite TV Shows:

1. Avatr
2. Simpsons
3. Nova
4. Are You Being Served

4 Of My Favorite Places That I Have Been:

1. Yosemite
2. Yellowstone
3. Heck, all the Natl Parks
4. Disneyland/world

4 Favorite Foods:

1. Wife's Home Made
2. Pizza
3. Fast
4. Mexican

4 Favorite Websites I Check Daily
1. NRUniversity.com
2. My Biz Tools
3. Google Search
4. You Tube / How It Should Have Ended.com

4 Favorite Hobbies:

1. Camping
2. Scuba Diving
3. Games
4. Having Fun

4 Places I Would Rather Be (or that I want to go to):

1. New Zealand
2. Austrelia
3. Disney World
4. Scotland/Ireland

4 Friends I Would Like To Tag.....Tag You're It!

1. Ricky
2. Heather
3. Syhalla
4. Chase

Heh heh heh....

Yeah.. I think I hit a new all time low in not keeping with bloggieness. But I must say the comments have been encouraging! So I have finally quit my soul sucking job at the credit card company. I am now a business owner(small for now... but soon! soon I tell you! I will rule the world! *mad cackling*) and doing Real Estate Investing! you can check out my starter web site

http://www.reinvestorsolutions.com/investyourdreams/

I've got business cards and fliers and I'll probably get a totally cool decal on the rear window of my car soon! I've finished a lot of the small things for the start up, now I'm finally ripping my music to my mp3/video player.

Ricky's wedding is this next week and I'm totally pumped for that! ( I'm Hans! and I Franz! and we're here to PUMP *clap* YOU UP!)

Weathers cool down for a day too! THANK HEAVENS! (whether the weather be hot! whether the weather be not! Weather the weather whatever the weather whether you like it or not!)

and let there be joy in the world all around!

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Crap! stupid yahoo! I leave on vacation- forget to login while I'm out there and it deletes my yahoo account so I can't get to my flickr site! rrg.

Ta da! I Write Again!

Well, It's about time no? Everyone has caught up to me in person by actual visit or via phone. I am overjoyed with my friend Maddie's marriage and the visit of everyone that day, also Ricky's wedding celebration upcoming a few months latter. I've been called to teach the 14-15 year old young men and women in my church which is way fun, got to meet again Scott - Chani's hubby- and get to know him better(a good man indeed) and more. My finals are done; a 4.0 semester. Updated my mother board and a few other things and now have all my vacation photos on my computer! Carl's Bad Caverns is just one of many great ones. I'll hopefully get them all on Flickr today as well. Sadly, I'm feeling inept at this moment to put more than one photo on here. Pretty much I think I should make it a goal to actually write once a day. I know! you say "Impossible- Andy?! you think you'd actually DO that!???" Ah yes! if only a small tid bit of mind. You see travelogues of life are never as fun as deep real thinking. (Or lack there of, if the case may be-) So cheers! and good luck to that! OH! hey! if you read me leave a comment that way I know you haven't given up on me :D

VACATION!

Blahdeehaw! I'm on vacation and happy. No worries, open road, good sleep, happy times. We've made our way down to Mesa via cedar city, Grand Canyon, Snow canyon, KoA camps, and windy nights where the only way to stay warm is to snuggle close with the one you love. To all my die hard readers who always patiently wait for my funny stories I apologise. After vacation and my finals I should have more time for pictures blogging and stuff in general.

In Cedar City we got to se beautiful mnts, and then Snow Canyon in St. George. Next was the Grand Canyon-gorgeous even with tthe terrible wind. Montozumas well and now were in Arizona. Funnest was how I can sleep great out doors but H. is always too cold unless snuggled ever so close. I love the great outdoors.

What's in a Name?

Hoo boy! This'll be a doosey!

I have needed to blog for some time and update my flickr site.... lol but no time....:D

So the back room in done and we are moved out. (pictures will be provided) There is a bit of lingering residue of stuff rejected by my wife's aunt I need to get but we're essentially done. I still have taxes to do and class work to catch up in and preparation for a killer vacation to come. Oh and signing up for summer semester.... Blah.... and maybe time for myself. LOL!

All these things aside an interesting thing has been observed this week. Heather my wife went in for Laproscopic surgery this last Thursday to remove an ovarian cyst. It was originally the week before but was delayed due to fever from a sinus infection. Things went great. The cyst was drained and all that went well. What was discovered that we didn't know before was Endometriosis. Don't worry she's fine and every thing's okay, but that's my point isn't it? Give it a name and it strikes horror into you.

Later I was looking up endometriosis online and Heather asked what I was looking up so I told her. She started getting panicky because her sister had endo and was prevented from having kids because of it. I calmly explained as I did before about what it was and how we were just fine and still able to have kids. After talking about it with me and a bit with my family she's okay, but this still amazes me how a name can change everything. Let me give you another example.

I was in at a routine check up for a sinus infection and the Dr. informed me besides the sinus stuff I had this and the symptoms were that ,I would get tired and the cure is to rest, and it would periodically reoccur. They call it a disease of all things which is so DUMB. Oh gosh! don't let me get ti--...zzzzzzzzzzz.

But here's the name....Mono. *gasp!* Suddenly everything jumps to mind how it totally leaves you waisted, stuck with you the rest of your life, the kissing disease, etc. etc. But just LOOK at the symptoms! how dumb and silly is that!? It's all in the Name.

Names are powerful.


So when you watch Lion King and Timon and Pumba are going off about the warthogs lack of appeal due to flatulence and the part comes in,"I gotta change in my name!""Oh what's in a name?!" You'll know.