Archive for August, 2008

Weird week, birthdays, and other stuff

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

This whole week has been a bit odd, somehow. It’s hard to explain, it just has. I’ve been feeling a bit more ‘out of it’ than usual. It might be the sudden change in weather since it’s recently gone from horribly hot to cool and (for a few days) rainy. It might also be that [...]

Anniversary, and dinner at a friends

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Last night Kelly and I went out to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary. Our anniversary was technically Thursday, but we went out for dinner after work yesterday instead. Kelly picked me up from work after a work happy hour (last one in the current office, I move to a new location in a couple weeks), [...]

Trumer Pilsner

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Today Kelly and I did some running around, including going out to my brothers place, and then going to John’s Marketplace to get a new keg for the kegerator. With the recent heat wave Portland has had, I decided to get something light and Summer-y. So I picked up a keg of Trumer Pilsner, a [...]

Very hot day, night at the Goose

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

The past couple days in Portland have been very hot. 100 degrees or so. Either way it’s been about 20 degrees above my comfort level. And again, as usual, I’m kicking myself for not having bought some kind of air conditioning unit for my house. Granted, these super hot days don’t last long, and there [...]

Relatives in town

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Today I spent the day doing a lot of yard work and house cleaning. My sister-in-law is staying with us (from the Olympia area), and my father-in-law is also in town (from Florida), so while they were out and about Portland for the day, I pulled weeds, trimmed plants and shrubs, and then cleaned the [...]