I’ve been busy

I don’t know exactly how long I’ve been gone but it feels like it’s been a while. Sure, I could look at the calendar in the bottom left corner of my screen and do some simple math (my peripheral vision has betrayed me and it’s two weeks) but it makes the first two lines [...]

I promised photos

And I have one – there are thousands of others (literally) but I’m just going to upload just one.

Let’s hope I didn’t forget anything

I arrived home at 1130pm on the 21st of August from a trip to Afghanistan. Jessica woke up at 6am to go to the bathroom and woke me by yelling… “uh John, I think my water broke” and I responded “are you sure you didn’t pee your pants” with her responding “uh, pretty sure [...]

If only I got frequent flyer miles

I’ve been working quite a bit and by work I mean flying people and cargo all across the planet. I haven’t made it to across the Pacific ocean yet but I’ve crossed the Atlantic quite a few times in the past few weeks. Since I started this job and really started flying (about 2 [...]

On owning a home (and a line of credit)

On the 23rd of July I borrowed a truck and went to the lumberyard. Over the next 48 hours, with the help of my in-laws, we put in a wood fence that enclosed the back yard. Numerous trips were made to Lowes and Gray Lumber to get all of the necessary components. We put [...]

Our house is a very very fine house

It’s final. The paperwork has been processed and we own a house.

I’ll put some pictures up later instead of trying to explain it.

It’s got quite a few positives

1. decent commute (for both of us) 2. there isn’t anything wrong with it 3. it’s a decent sized place (2000 SF) [...]

Woah!

For a while I was making a relatively decent attempt at keeping this site updated and then boom! My time got sucked away.

Let’s hit the details

1. We’re buying a house and should move in by the end of the month (as soon as the mortgage company gets their act together)

2. Jessica [...]

The BIG update

Presented in chronological order

January 10 – 2011

Jessica called me this morning. The first words out of her mouth “I’m pregnant.” Woah! That is one hell of a way to start a morning. We talked for a bit and I assured her that I was excited. In fact, I’ve had a hard time not smiling all day long. I am so happy about this. It’s going to be a bumpy nine months but I can’t wait for it. She told her best friend, Cassy, the good news and is holding off on telling more people the news until she gets official word from the doc. Life as we know it is definitely going to be different.

I’m going to be a dad.

Wow…
definitely pregnant

Continue reading The BIG update

It didn’t end well

My invested interest in this season of football is effectively over. My team, the Chicago Bears, had a surprisingly good season despite early predictions. I knew that we still had some holes in our lineup that would cause problems throughout the season. Our largest problem, in my opinion, is a lack of a solid [...]

The new year has begun

Nothing much as happened worth writing about thus far since the year has begun. So, instead, I’ll do a quick recap of things that happened since my last missive.

Jessica and I had a very travel packed trip around the country so that we could be together over the holidays. I drove for [...]