Muy Caliente!

So I haven’t been blogging nearly enough. I know. I’m sorry. I am only writing this because Green Bay already won (woohoo), hockey hasn’t started yet, and the Yankees won’t be on for another hour. But here I am. Not a big news updated, so it is a sNews (snooze) update.
-Well, actually there is some really exciting stuff going on with Agent Orange, but I will just point you to his blog so you can get the good word straight from the tiger’s mouth.
-As you can probably also tell, I’m using a new theme. It’s a little more cohesive than trying to spice up an oriental theme. Although I still cannot do simple things like changing colors, reorganizing my list of links, adding simple things like TTLB, or any sort of general editing (because I am just not that smart) - I think it is passable. Let me know what you think!
-Less than a month until our belated summer vacation! Sara’s parents had their 40th wedding anniversary this past May and they wanted to celebrate by taking all their kids (including me!) on a cruise. We are going on Royal Caribbean and here is our itinerary:
12-Oct: Cape Liberty Cruise Port, New Jersey
13-Oct: New London, Connecticut
14-Oct: Cruising
15-Oct: Halifax, Nova Scotia
16-Oct: Saint John, New Brunswick
17-Oct: Bar Harbor, Maine
18-Oct: Portland, Maine
19-Oct: Boston, Mass
20-Oct: Cruising
21-Oct: Cape Liberty Cruise Port, New Jersey
So I’m really pumped because I have never been on a cruise before. I went on a 3 day, 2 night sail boat cruise in the Tobago Cays, but that boat was (only) 90′. This thing is bigger than an aircraft carrier! Anyway - for all my friends which have moved away from NJ, I have not visited recently because I have been saving all my vacation time for this. For all my friends who do live close by, I have no excuse other than being very busy for not getting in touch more often.
-Speaking of visiting friends I will be going up to see Matt Stouffer with Sara, my friend Tom and his wife Sarah in a few weeks and I’m pretty pumped for the road trip. I can’t wait to get a Beef On Weck and maybe do a brewery tour. Anyone know any good brew pubs in Buffalo??
-I guess some other big news is that Sara is leaving CUH2A on October 26th. She has just finished her state required training to be a NJ Realtor and just needs to pass her exam in a couple weeks and then she will be a Realtor with Long & Foster starting 10/29. If you need a house on the East Coast give Sara a call and she’ll hook you up. She can only buy and sell in NJ but she can do referrals anywhere L&F has coverage.
-I have recently added a tripod and backpack to my digital camera setup. Although I have not uploaded anything to my online photo album (because I am lazy) they have both become indispensable for photo specific ventures. The tripod is a rock and solidly built. The backpack has enough room for my camera, my tele, wide and macro lenses, plus 3 extra sets of batteries, raincoat, memory cards, a toolkit, plus straps to hold the tripod.
- I also picked up a pair of sweet hiking boots from Raichle. These are by far the best and most expensive boots I have purchased. The are so light and comfortable, I spent 6 hours on my feet on Saturday with no fatigue. Although I was just breaking them in and not doing any serious climbing, I can tell they will be great when I hit the trails in Maine, the Appalachian, and some other local stuff.

Well, I’m tired of writing this post as you are probably tired of reading it so I will continue later but more frequently than recently; I promise!