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going for a run

03Jun08

after moving out here to portland leaving my racing bike back in iowa, i knew i wouldn’t be able to do any triathlons. since moving i’ve had an itch to get back in a road race. tonight i registered for the portland marathon.
. . . stay tuned.

pineapple grows in iowa?

23Apr08

on our recent trip home we were lucky enough to see something quite rare. lets start from the beginning. . .
around 6 years ago, deeann and her family went to hawaii. they brought home a pineapple from that trip, twisted the top off, ate the fruit and decided to plant the top. […]

another cycle down

25Jan08

don’t worry, i’m still here.
things have been quite busy with this last class. culinary skills 2 has been a whirlwind of cooking methods, stocks, sauces, and all sorts of dicin’ fun. this week has been all sorts of crazy with written tests, knife tests, product identification tests, and food prep up the wazoo.
today […]

5 days

12Oct07

in five more days we will be on the road with terra and pete, headed towards oregon.  we’re still very excited but the details of moving can be quite stressful and of course having to say goodbye to so many great people can be difficult also.
today and tomorrow will be spent with family, sunday my […]

two weeks

02Oct07

2 weeks to go.  it’s really crazy to me that this is been such a long time coming and it’s actually here.  we are so incredibly excited to get out there.  things have been moving right along.  in the last couple of weeks we’ve sold some furniture on craigs list, had a garage sale, and […]

news

09Sep07

it’s finally here. deeann and i have decided we are moving to portland, oregon.
no, we did not sell our house. no, we did not find anyone to rent. deeann has been hired by a travel nursing agency. these agencies provide hospitals with your resume and all other needed documents to be […]

green construction

28Aug07

image from treehugger.com
i thought i’d bring some attention to this post i found this afternoon on treehugger.com. interesting facts and it’s even more interesting that we’ve got it so wrong (however, not surprising).
check it out.