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Spider

2009-10-12T21:05:00.005-05:00

I was just looking through some pictures from the past couple months. Here's one I like that I took at my parent's house one beautiful summer evening after we ate dinner on their deck.
And here's a picture Tammy took of me when we went out for her b-day.

One year

2009-10-12T20:58:00.003-05:00

Yeah, it's been over a year since my last post. And what a difference a year makes. Tammy and I have our first child - Henry Roscoe. He's already almost four months old! But there's a whole blog dedicated to him already. I was thinking about getting back into this blog again. I was just looking at the old posts, and it's nice to be able to look back and reflect. So if for no other reason than that, I'm going to go for it. Hopefully it won't be another year before my next post!

Photos

2008-09-06T16:19:00.005-05:00

Hi,

Ok, here's some pictures of the visit from Tina and Mom!

On the Peoria Riverfront:

Tina found some glasses:

And at Giordano's in Chicago (Tammy took most of the pictures from Chicago, so I'll let her post about those).

That's all for now. I'll post some pictures from Labor Day if I get around to it later.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cody Monthly

2008-09-04T12:23:00.002-05:00

Yup, another month has past since my last post. Since then, my sister- and mother-in-law came for a week long visit. It was so great to have them in town. We played much speed scrabble and some DDR and mini golf. We had a birthday bash complete with napkin eating contest (Tina is the champion) and s'mores over the fire. We concluded the trip with a few days in Chicago then had to say goodbye. At least this time, we know when we'll be seeing them next -- two weeks for Christmas!

Last weekend, we traveled to Ohio for the Annual Elwood Labor Day Reunion. We got to hang out with relatives that we hardly know and eat lots of good food. We played some water balloon volleyball and had a rousing game of bag-o (or 'cornhole' as I heard it called). Tammy and I won after having to go back to 13 at least three times.

So that's last month. We'll see if I can actually post before we go to Maine next month. Oh, and maybe I'll actually post some pictures since that's what I originally started this blog for. Sorry.

Bliss

2008-08-07T12:11:00.003-05:00

Dang it... It's been forever since I've posted again. Oh well.

So yesterday was me and Tammy's three year anniversary! And what a day it was, indeed. We both got up before 5 AM to work really long days... But afterwards, we went to one of our favorite restaurants - Sizzling India - and ate so much food. Then we went to Dick's Sporting Goods so Tammy could buy me a gift :) -- I had already bought and given a gift to her, by the way. But she bought me just what I wanted; a new racquetball glove and a new grip for my racquet! Super exciting for me. For a walk down the Cody memory lane go here.

Next big event I'm looking forward to? Less than two weeks and my mother-in-law and sister-in-law will be visiting! That will be great.

Later.

Official Yogi

2008-07-19T18:01:00.002-05:00

So it's official. I'm a Yoga Instructor. Yesterday was my first class leading. It was a long, often sad progression of events, but here I am today getting paid to do yoga. Last month, I took an instructor training, not thinking I'd actually be teaching so soon. But the previous instructor found a full time job in Peoria and is no longer able to make it to Morton for classes. It happened super fast, but it's exciting. I got positive feedback, even though I screwed up a few times. I have a very forgiving and flexible (pyscially and situationally) group of yogis.

If you're interested, the class I teach is at 8:30 on Friday mornings at Village Courts in Morton. A one day pass is only $5!

Namaste :)

Fruition of Prediction

2008-07-17T07:57:00.002-05:00

Yeah, it's been a month since my last post. I can't say I didn't warn you in my first post...

I was planning on having this be a blog where I can post pictures I take, but I just haven't been taking pictures lately. There was a fantastic sunrise this morning on my way to work, but I don't bring my camera with me because it would have to sit in the car all 10 hours I'm in the office (I think I read that SF does not allow photography of or in any of its facilities so I can't bring the camera in with me).

Anyway, let's see how long it takes for my next post to show up.

Fathers

2008-06-17T21:02:00.005-05:00

This past weekend was Father's Day so I thought I'd tell you about a couple of events that happened to my dad. We'll start with the better of the two first...

He tried for several months to sell his Lincoln LS (the same car Tammy and I had -- and I loved like a child). Well, he finally sold it and after a week as a one car family, he purchased the replacement:

And here's Jarvis the Yaris with the new Matrix

That was Saturday. Then the next day, we had the most sudden storm ever. One minute it was nice out, then it got dark, then super windy, then the sky opened up and out poured several inches of rain and hail in a matter of minutes. The next thing you know, after about an hour, it's sunny again. After the storm, we went to my parents' house. They had some damage from the storm:

Despite the random tree destruction, I think it was a good Father's Day weekend for my dad. And he deserves the best because he is the best :)

Green Thumb

2008-06-02T15:58:00.006-05:00

So we've planted a garden this year. We have two pepper plants, an eggplant plant, a strawberry plant and a ton of cantaloupe plants. I was quite excited about the strawberries because I love them, then my mother told me that they probably won't actually bear any fruit this year... Well, for the first documented time, she was wrong :)

I can't wait to eat the fruits of my labor. And I know Tammy's excited about the cantaloupes, which are the only plant we're actually growing from seed. There are currently five plants sprouting.

And here's the peonies next to the garden. They are nice to look at, but they smell like old ladies and attract tons of ants. At least they don't smell like ants and attract tons of old ladies, that would be awkward...

Hello Photo!

2008-05-27T20:26:00.004-05:00

So here's the first photo post. This is Tammy and I at the local Mini-Golf/Ice Cream Shack. It's the most recent picture of the two of us (from April 26).

A beginning

2008-05-26T20:40:00.004-05:00

Hello, World. -- Yes, I'm a software developer.

This will be my blog. I hope to post photographs of the happenings of life. Chances are that I'll be one of those bloggers that rarely posts, but here we go.