… no more Sicily.

Sad news today as I found out that Estelle Getty died. She was 84.

Snow Falls

Originally uploaded by melbGuy

It was a chilly day in Frisco today (and most of North Texas), as snow and ice fell from above. I’m sitting here in my office watching the snow fall, and I’m always amazed at how beautiful this really is. Occasionally a car drives by very slowly, and I am reminded how rarely this happens where we live. Anyway, the picture does not do the snow justice, but it gives you an idea of what is out there in Frisco.

Thought I should do a quick update before life really starts to get busy!

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve started a new running/jogging regime in preparation for a 5K that I am doing on October 6, and last night, I hit the THREE MILES marker (which is just short of 5K). I have been gradually building my distance and after making the one mile marker a week or so ago, I thought it would take me an eternity to make it to three. Last week I ran two miles, and then last night, three (it helped that I was trying to recover from a weekend visit to Chris’s parents). So I was pretty stoked last night.

Also over the last few weeks, I have been interviewing with a nonprofit organization for a position, and today is my first day on the job (psst, I’m not blogging from work, I have a 12pm start today). I’ll post more after this week and let you in on how things are going. Needless to say, I am elated to be working for this organization.

This past weekend, Chris and I were in East Texas in part to visit his folks, but also to attend Chickfest in Pittsburg, TX. We were there as part of Kathy’s campaign to promote her candidacy for Congress. It was a great day, with loads of friendly faces stopping by. We felt really good that there was a need for change in the area, and Kathy is the person to make that happen.

More soon.

Well after being down for almost a week, my blog is back up. VistaPages - our hosting provider - has been doing some major upgrades over the last few weeks, and while most of my other websites have transitioned without incident, my blog did appear to be a casualty (albeit for a brief moment).

As this brief interruption was only a few days, I can’t blame it for the absence of posts over the last few months. I can blame many things, however not that

I’ve been giving my blog a bit of a rethink, and have been considering merging my blog with my website. This will keep my website fresh, and I only have to worry about one database backup instead of the two I have now. I’ll update when (or if) I decide to take that step.