'sup?

so um I have not been good at this deal....

nothing exciting happening....but here is a timeline:

went to a hockey game in Quad cities with Amb, Josh and Kelly

took a road trip to Georgia

Iowa men's bball coach was fired

that's about it, hope spring is coming soon!

hello cyber space

How are you all doing out there? Having a good winter are ya? We just got more snow last night, I guess breaking snowfall records for the season, which doesn't seem right. Oh well at least our sidewalk is shoveled.

So it was coming time for me to get a new car. I had leased a pontiac G6 and the lease was about over. I thought it was over at the end of February, so when I opened the envelope to pay the January payment, I was surprised! It read please return your vehicle by January 24th, 2010. OOPPS, at the time that was 4 days ago, I was a little late. Luckily I had 7 days after that to return my car. People don't forget to read your mail!

So last Saturday I hoped in the car and headed for Muscatine, Josh followed behind as I wasn't sure if I was going to buy another car or not. I could always drive one of dad's trucks.

SO the car I want, I can't afford. I like the looks of the new equinox or Terrains, they get excellent gas mileage. So instead I got a 2007 Ford Edge. Then in maybe a few years I can get one of the other options. I could probably afford a no frills model, but who wants that? So the car i bought has heated leater seats, All wheel drive, a fancy sunroof, rear back up sensors and all the bells and whistles, hey i'm spoiled, at least i know it!


For those who have been concerned about our furnace (when is say those, i hope someone is reading this) We are back in working condition. It turns out when the furnace was installed it wasn't done properly, causing a condensation problem and some corrostion on a sensor which then in turn made it not work properly. We have been nice and warm for a while!

Also I am still rehabing my leg, but 20 minute workouts do not cut it. I like to eat too much, so send me your workout and det tips, I am in dire need, ha ha ha!!

hello~hola~ciao

Well nothing new to report really. Same ol, same ol. It is cold here in Iowa, and we have had some snow, but no major amounts.

We continue to have furnace problems, we think it is a problematic thermostat. Just last night I turned the heat down and the furnace kicked in. However when I had turned it up to 70, 3 minutes before it did nothing. It was down to 58 degrees inside last night and about 15-20 degrees outside. I got it restarted and never touched the thing and it has been too hot in there ever since at 68 degrees. Can you say ca-ching. (taking donations :))

In other news I have started a physical therapy routine for my injured leg. Remember back in the day when I started my short running career, but it was sidelined due to severe shin splints and possible stress fracture. Well in 6 months of no running it never healed. So now I am getting it all well, so i can run again. I got races to run and beer to drink! (steve's Tap 5k, APril 24th) SO with the newest x-ray there is no fracture of the bone, but there is thickening of the bone, which they say is due to stress in the area. There is a muscle that runs done the calf and inside leg and hooks to the arch of the foot that is the problem. To support the muscle the bone was taking on some of that stress. SO I am now working on strengthening that muscle and tendons and whatever else is in there with physical therapy. I have had an ultra sound treatment and this electrical/steroid patch treatment, woohoo, fun times!!! Here's to hoping to run again.

Josh continues to be busy with Hawkeye sports and high school officiating. I continue to attend hawkeye sports.

Well that is all really, have a nice winter!

Video Time

Here is my video of the Hawkeye Marching Band playing before the orange bowl. The sound isn't that great, but hey it's the hawkeyes!

Finally a win

I asked Amb if she wanted to join me at the Basketball game on the 16th, she said yes so I hauled her butt up to see the team play Penn State.

We had a great time, she brought along some halftime entertainment.

The game was beginning to wind down, it was getting close, we were biting our nails, pulling out our hair, we couldn't watch. The hawks had yet to win a big 10 game.






Then by some miracle, I think it was Amber's attendance, the hawks won!! SO Amb is going to have to drive up from D-port every game to watch. She has some long nights ahead of her.

ho hum

So now that we are back in Iowa we are enjoying the winter sports season. Maybe enjoy is an overstatement. The men's bball team has yet to win a game in the big ten. The men are very frustrating to watch to say the least. The women's team is down to 8 healthy players, which many are young. The wrestling team continues to dominate, but I have no interest in wrestling. I do have interest in the ice cream cones that are served in Carver Hawkeye Arena.

There was one highlight this bball season, the dog races!



Until something more exciting comes along, you may not hear anything on the blog for a while.

Relaxin to the Maxin

After the wonderful win in the Orange Bowl we had a day of nothing to do. WE started out at the over priced, yet delicious breakfast buffet. Then continued with lounging poolside all day. We did a total of absolutley nothing and it was great. WE might have take a stroll along the beach. IT was cool for FLorida, maybe about high 50's for the day.

The orange bowl was the coldest in history, 49 at kickoff and as floridians call it the "feels like" temperature was 37. I think the feels like temp at home was a tropical minus 8. Floridians have thin skin when it comes to the cold.

We concluded our lazy day by eating at Billy's crab house. It was a mile from the hotel. They had every kind of seafood imaginable. Stone crab was their specialty. I ended up ordering some cocnut shrimp and finished the evening with key lie pie. It was sooo good!

We had to leave early on Thrusday to catch our flight back home. We did however talk the driver into stopping at a Dunkin Donuts for some delicious fresh brewed coffee.

We got to the airport, security was no problem. WE did however discover that there was a dunkin donuts in the terminal. Oh well! When we got to our connecting flight in Atlanta the weather was changing. We weren't sure if we could make it back. It was blowing snow back home and it had started to snow in Atlanta. When Atlanta gets lots of snow they shut down, they don't have a snow plow.

Luckily we got out of ATL in time and landed safely back in Moline. However the blowing snow across the runway was not a pleasant sight. AS always I am so happy to be back on the ground, I hate flying!!!

Due to the bad weather we crashed at Amber's house. We did make a trip to the Filling Station to fill our bellies. It was another good trip. However we are stuck in Iowa for a while now, no more warm vacations for us. We are suffering through with everyone else.