Six Fours

1. Four places that I go to over and over? Work, Target, County Market (grocery store), Good to Go (fast food restaurant)

2. Four people who e-mail me regularly? Jack R., does work email count?, Joann's Stores, Netflix

3. Four of my favorite places to eat? Mariachi Loco, Good to Go, Yamato, Red Lobster

4. Four other places I would rather be right now? I'm at home in front of my computer, which is exactly where I want to be right now.

5. Four people I think will respond? Mom and Leslie already did. Are Erin or Kari in?

6. Four TV shows I watch? Scrubs, on DVD: Heroes, Weeds (my current evening watch), Buffy,

New House

On October 23rd we closed on the house. We're moved in now and I'm back online. I've posted a bunch of pictures at my Facebook and Myspace pages. (Same pictures and comments at both locations.) I'll get around to posting the best pictures here.

Crazy 8s

8 TV shows I watch
As a note, I don't keep up with any TV. Its not important enough to my to arrange my schedule around it. That being said.. at dinner time, or if its on....
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (do DVDs count)
2. Scrubs (syndicated)
3. The Daily Show (sometimes)
4. The Simpsons
5. Myles of Style (HGTV)
6. Mythbusters
7. Deadliest Catch
8. Venture Brothers

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Yamato (yes, I still consider it my favorite)
2. Red Lobster
3. Good to Go (lunch)
4. Chino Latinos (only been there once, but it was great)
5. Johnny's Steakhouse (Chanel No. 5 is yummy!)
6. Perkins/Denny's (because breakfast is good anytime of day)
7. Joe's Crabshack
8. that Vietnamese place on Reily Road outside Ft. Bragg... I don't remember the name

8 things that happened yesterday
1. Went to work
2. Got lots of good news about the house
3. Had hamburger, tater tot and cream of mushroom soup casserole for dinner
4. Learned another new Excel trick
5. Read more of Bourne Supremacy
6. Played Civ4
7. Surfed the internet
8. Listened to a coworker rant about the government and the economy

8 things I look forward to
1. Closing on the house
2. Painting my walls
3. Going to the Wild Animal Park
4. Having a real yard and garden
5. Getting a dog
6. Having kids
7. Seeing my family
8. Work

8 things I love about Fall
1. Halloween
2. Thanksgiving
3. Leaves changing colors
4. The weather
5. School supplies
6. Nick's excitement about college
7. Daylight Savings Time (gotta love a 25 hour day)
8. Deer Festival

8 things on my wish list
1. Close on the house
2. Get a promotion
3. Get a dog
4. Nick finishing school
5. Nick getting a good job so I can be a SAM
6. Kids -- Penny
7. Set up an art center in the basement
8. Have my family live closer

8 People I tag
I skip this part. Plus, most of the people that read this were already tagged.

Take 5

(Tagged by Kari)
10 years ago I was:
1. Twenty.
2. Living in University Villa
3. In my Junior year of college
4. Spending way too much time roleplaying
5. Putting too much energy into a guy who didn't feel that way about me

5 things on my list today:
1. Work on a proposal for work (done)
2. Try and figure out a new database (still needs work)
3. Watch "Myles of Style" on HDTV (In 5 minutes)
4. Burn 100 calories on DDR (after Myles of Style)
5. Finish my email to Kevenn (before bed)

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Chocolate covered espresso beans
2. Avocados
3. Cherries
4. Strawberries
5. Fresh cheese curds

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Buy my parents a house on their 100 acre woods
2. Either buy myself a house on their 100 acre woods, or get a nice chunk of land in WI and build there. (I love the climate here.)
3. Travel, a lot
4. Pay off my debts
5. Go back to school

5 places I have lived: (I only get 5?)
1. Ft. Richardson Alaska
2. Eagan Minnesota
3. Eldorado Illinois
4. Perris California
5. Ft. Campbell Kentucky

5 jobs I have had:
1.American Greeting Cards
2. Toys R Us
3. Random BYU jobs
4. Army
5.Administrative Assistant

I tag:
No one, because Kari wasn't even tagged, and my people all have been tagged already.

Is it Fall already?

Labor Day is past, and the temperature has already dropped. Tomorrow has a high of 58. I'm afraid the first frost will be here before I know it. I hope it doesn't happen too soon, because I still have a house to close on and flowers to plant at it. One-hundred tulips, and 100 daffodils worth of flowers to plant.
My first tuber-Dahlia bloomed, and there are more buds on the way. Enjoy!

Playing with Sketch Up

Because I like playing with 3D modeling so much, and because I'm trying to do more Auto CAD projects at work, I decided to put the house we're trying to buy into Auto CAD, and then into Sketch Up.
First I made the house the way it is now. I used Google Earth for the terrain, house position, and rough estimates. I also used the information we had on the house to guesstimate the dimensions as well.




Then I made the house with really long term renovations and additions. I added a garage and bonus room, plus a huge wrap around porch. I'm still having issues with designating a "front door" which would lead into the living room, instead of the side door with leads into the currently unfinished mudroom, which leads into the kitchen.


My next project will be to plan out my garden, which was my main goal when I put this into Sketch Up in the first place.