And then what happened? We are having a kid in November which is very exciting. The weather was horrible. Lots of work.

Well, I don’t know what to say. It WAS an important month for sure. Life-changing even. If you don’t know about it yet there are a couple of hints in the photos about a big change over at the BPH home office.

Feelin’ a bit fat so I started riding my bike a bit more. Got a bunch of prints I had lying around ready for framing. Hit the snowshoe trails one day. Saw Sloan in Portland. Had a date with a cup in Eugene. (It was very romantic.) Other than that it was work, work work.

January. 2010.

Is it, “Twenty-ten”, or “Two-thousand ten”?

Who cares.

Anyway we were in Mexico for a bit. That was great and very much needed. After that it was back to work. I did manage to finish and send out my annual mix CD (a DOUBLE this year!) which was great. Bought a wonderful ukulele from Wildwood Music in Arcata, CA. (Thanks for the great deal, E.P.!) Saw Avatar. The only thing I can say about it is, “Why are the pretty ones so dumb?” The script and story were SO phoned in. Also I began the process of framing the eight pieces of artwork that have been accumulating over the last year. I also sent five business envelope shaped photographs to a random stranger from the Friends of Tom message board. I hope they enjoyed them. (The person who was supposed to send me something never did. Lame.)

Had a COLD beginning to the month. Had a pipe freeze and everything so we were without hot water for a day. At least it didn’t break. Spent a lot of time indoors due to the weather but did get out for a hike on the old birthday. (42 bitches!) And we also went to Mexico for the new year.

November. Not too much to say. Lots of time with the dogs. Went to a lion feeding which was AWESOME! My ankle issue flared up again. Someone at work left HALF a doughnut on the common table for three days. (C’mon, slobs.) Blew out my front bike tire in a very embarrassing way. (DM me for details.) Got my resume together enough where I am comfortable for others to see. Went to Eureka for Thanksgiving which was great because Penny had her first days at the beach.

OCTOBER, Mofos!! Finished my rebuild of a ’83 Peugeot road bike. LOTS of puppy time. Steam cleaned the carpet which turned out to be a total waste of time. Actually, not much to see here. Except for the GIANT CLUB SANDWICH I ATE ON HALLOWEEN!!

Bought an old bike from the thrift store that I am turning into a grocery getter and commuter bike. Kinda fun. K. and I went to Portland to see Patton Oswalt and, as a testament to my lameness, was too shy to ask him to take my photo for this project when we happened to see him after the show at the stage door. Boo. I replaced an aging side fence and the new one is AWESOME! And we got a new puppy. We named her Penny. She is a good dog.

Went to Roller Derby in Eureka again. Good times! Spent a bunch of time working around the house and getting the garden into shape. Went on a three day backpacking trip into the Trinity Alps. Got a sweet sunburn, too. Other than that it was nothing but work. Not too many good photos. Sorry. Kinda in a bit of a funk lately.

Another fine and busy month. In July, we had many visitors to the Robu and they all came in the same week. I went on a “Team Building” exercise for work that included horses. I pulled my electric guitar and amp out for the first time in over five years and guess what? I STILL suck. I made a paper craft taco truck and I am STILL getting angry with the slobs at work who leave their dirty dishes in the sink. K. and I went to Montana for an incredible vacation in the mountains where we hiked, canoed and relaxed. I also went to the redwoods of California to see two good friends get married. *whew*