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This past weekend Libby and I put a great deal of work into the house. Libby cleaned up all kinds of dog stuff, reorganized it in the garage and cleaned. I got to pull wire for new surround sound speakers in the bedroom. In addition, we installed pulls/handles on all our kitchen cabinets and drawers.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

I hope everyone has been taken by the holiday season. Eric's team at work has been taken by the Christmas spirit.

We've put up decorations outside and in.

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas (or a happy respective seasonal holiday)!

Last night Lily passed here CGC test without a hitch. Marshall completed his in September. Lily's looking forward to her future course selection--whether she wants to do agility or become a therapy dog we don't yet know!

We visited Princeton, NJ this weekend to see Elly in the Belly of the Carnegie Regatta.

October has come and gone, which means I'm now a year older. During October we also enjoyed a visit from Libby's sister Elly, spent two weeks with just Lily and Marshall, enrolled both Marshall and Lily in training classes. Marshall will complete his "Pre-agility" course in two weeks, and Lily will be taking the CGC test at the end of her course. At work, we've released a new version of our software without too much fuss. We even managed to bill people for their next month of service successfully. Libby and I are both looking forward to our Thanksgiving break!

We returned today from the Dachshund picnic in Manassas, VA. Photos are available. We happened to overlap with a trip my mother made to D.C. and we enjoyed a great seafood dinner in Arlington, VA on Saturday night.

Marshall passed his Canine Good Citizen test on Wednesday. He's very excited and proud. He's going to take a few months off before continuing his higher education.

Libby mentors two sixth graders, only one made it for this trip, through the BOOST program at Duke. These students are those who have shown excellence in Science & Math. As part of this, they plan some related activites, and others just for fun like swimming, movies, etc. We departed on Saturday morning to meet the BOOST crew. The bus took us all to the Duke Marine Lab just outside Beaufort, NC . The lab treated us to very tasty food, sparse but homey accomodations, and a very fun time. We got to take a boat trip out in to the water, do some dredging for sea creatures, and pick through the results. On the way back we stopped at the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park for lunch and a hike. We had a great weekend and took many pictures.

Today we had our dining room floor changed from carpet to hardwood. In the past, we've always had the dining room blocked off with gates and x-pens to prevent the dogs from entering and peeing everywhere. The hardwood allows us to use this room full-time! It looks and feels like a new house. The wood matches seamlessly. Libby stayed home today to supervise the installation. After they left around noon, she took the initiative to go get paint, paint, and clean up before I even returned home. The room is now a nice green color. We've put our bookshelves and table back into the room and put most of the stuff back in as well. I look forward to making it a den where I can go and work while staying near to my dear wife who typically hangs out in the family room or bedroom. Pictures coming soon.

Pictures now up.

this last weekend, grandma and ginny came to visit us. we really enjoyed their visit, had a dachshund meetup, and got to see Glen and Lacey.

Taking Eric's lead, I've rolled out a new web server. The web-server and database server is now a Celeron 2.53Ghz instead of a Pentium-II 400Mhz. Things like the photo gallery should now load much faster. Soon to come, the 400Mhz will replace my Pentium-I 90Mhz.

Tiny.be seems to be offering some very nice free software. They've released 4 open source enterprise management "softwares" as they call them. This includes a project management application, CRM, marketing, and accounting piece of software.

Some books I've been enjoying recently:

In Park City we enjoyed rafting, mountain biking, hiking, and great food. I particularly enjoyed mountain biking and will be anxious to try it again either here or next time we return to the mountains. The downside here is there's no ski lift to carry us up the mountain.

We came home late Wednesday night on a direct flight from Salt Lake City to Raleigh thanks to Delta. The heat in Park City wasn't nearly as bad as here. Luckiy we have air conditioning to help. We're both extremely tired from the trip, the time change, and two very busy days at work for me.