Catching Up

Well, I know I'm as much to blame as anyone, but I really miss the good old days of frequent blogging. Facebook doesn't cut it for me and Twitter makes it too had to be either clever or sincere in 140 characters or less. Therefore, I'm recommitting myself to this blog. Here's what's been going on for me over the past few months:

We sold our house and moved out in August. After only a couple of months of trying FSBO we were about to give up and get an agent when, Lo and Behold we got a contract. We're currently living with my parents and hope to start building on our lot, at Summer Lake, soon.

Cub Scouts has started back. Grant is a Webelos II and I'm back as a Webelos Den Leader. Grant and Jennifer got to go Scuba Diving with the Boy Scouts at the Lexington Country Club pool, a couple of weekends ago. We also went on a Pack mountain biking trip at Harbison State Park for IMBA's "Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day" last weekend. It's going to be a great year for scouting.

The kids and Jennifer are Home Schooling again. It's a little tougher to do without a home. All three are taking Tennis classes on Fridays.

Blythe is taking a Hip Hop class with her new friend, Harper.

Of course, we're still hyperactive in church, with Praise Band, children's ministries, concert committee, Upward Basketball , and Upward Cheer leading. We're also now leading a Wednesday night Small Group discussing the Nooma videos, by Rob Bell. We also had Steve Fee and band in concert last month and it ROCKED!

My work has been crazy busy, with new business proposals, security audits, a HUGE project underway, and other insanity. We're starting to get serious about using Social Networking as a communications media, which is really exciting.

Last week I was in Baltimore for work and ate approximately 20 pounds of crab in 3 days.

Last night we went to see "Walking with Dinosaurs" at Colonial Life Arena. It was excellent and the dinos were very realistic.

So life is good. Still busy, but I'm really blessed. I'm hoping to reconnect with some old blogger pals (and some non-bloggers) and spend more time with my family.

A Busy Bee...Again.

I haven't had a lot of time to blog lately, so I thought I'd take a moment to catch everyone up on my goings on.

Since my last post, Jennifer and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary by sending to kids to Asbury Hills Camp for a week while we spent a night and the following day at the Grove Park Inn and Spa. Then we headed to Montreat for another day and evening before returning home for a couple of busy days of work before returning to get the kids. While we were home we were also negotiating a conter offer for a contract on our house from some very interested potential buyers. At the end of the week we picked up the kids (with their ear infections) and returned home only to pack for North Myrtle Beach. My in-laws had a condo there for several days to celebrate Big Daddy's 60th birthday. Unfortunately, I had a business trip to Baltimore for 4 days, so I only got to stay at the beach for 1 night, which I spent in the Grand Strand Regional Emergency Room with Jennifer and Grant getting staples in Grant's head after a skim board accident.

I got a call from the buyer's realtor before my flight left letting us know that tehy accepted our counter offer and our contract was final. After a nightmare return trip from Baltimore last Thursday morning, we had to start planning our move out before the end of the month. We've also had a few repairs to attend to, thanks to a very thorough home inspector. Meanwhile, we haven't had a chance to work with any builder about building our new house yet. In the interim we are preparing to move into the vacant wing of my parents home. Yes, at age 41 I'm moving back in with my parents. Maybe I should have the next 6-8 months filmed for some kind of reality show. Now, I'm off to pack another box.