TwoJeez

When I woke up this morning, I realized how quickly the weekend had disappeared. Friday afternoon was filled with a trip to Fat Heads for a firkin of Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale. A few guys were there from the brewery to help us start the weekend off right. After the firkin kicked, Sarah and I headed to dinner with the rest of the beer camp crew. After dinner we met up with a some of my colleagues at Jekyl and Hyde’s to finish off the evening with a few more beers.

I realized Saturday morning that I had a full days worth of stuff to do to get ready for the bike team fundraiser that evening. We held the final Black & Gold Sprints that evening at Over The Bar Cafe in the southside. As a part of our sponsorship deal with Urban Velo, the team helped to organize a three race series to raise money for various expenses. Honestly, it was a lot of work to set-up so it was nice to get the final event finished. We had a less than excellent turn out of 21 racers, but considering the rainy conditions of the evening, I wasn’t particularly surprised.

On Sunday I finished moving the rest of Sarah’s furniture out of her old apartment in Bloomfield. Mark and Gus voluteered to help me out and Mark had even gotten a giant truck from his work. Sarah and I had already taken everything that we could fit in her car to the new house, so all that was left was furniture. There were only about 10 pieces to move, so we finished in about an hour. Of course, we went to Fat Head’s afterward to have a few beers and watch the first game of the Red Wings/Black Hawks series. 

I have a few things to wrap up at work this week before I head down to Maryland for my sister’s college graduation. Sarah and I will be driving down to my mom’s house on Tuesday evening, then we’ll all drive down to Salisbury on Wednesday morning. We’re all heading to a wine festival on Saturday, then heading back on Sunday afternoon. This will be the first time that the ENTIRE family has been together in about 6 years, so I’m sure I’ll have some tales to tell on Monday! In the meantime, check out my new “Schwat I did in ‘08″ set on Flickr.

As I promised myself, I’ve been trying to keep up on this whole blog thing. So far I think I’ve held up my end of the bargain, three new posts already! I’ve been thinking about what to write lately more than I’ve been doing any actual writing, but I guess it’s the thought that counts, right? As I evolve this space I’m trying to figure out how I can better utilize my web presence. I’ve even dedicated myself to learning HTML and CSS. And not just the lame limp-along-in-Dreamweaver HTML, but actually figuring out the proper grammar and knowing how to create and cust0mize functional websites.

I discovered a pretty good tutorial site at www.w3schools.com that I’ve found to be easy to follow. The best part about the tutorials is that they include a lot of try-it-yourself sections that, as I’ve learned more attributes and style references, have been really helpful in testing out my skills. The end goal is that I’ll be able to use my main url as a portfolio site, instead of relying on space on the blog to get my work out there. Of course, I will also be using those skills to spruce up the blog too. I’ve recently added some new stuff to the headers, as well as adding some work and a little back story to the design section. See my work. You’ll notice that I don’t have any web work in my portfolio. I’m currently working on a few web projects, but the truth is that I love designing for print, and I don’t think that will ever change.

I also recently logged back into my flickr account. My account had been dormant since sometime in 2005, and the lack of photos definitely shows it. I have well over 4,000 photos in my library so maybe i’ll get around to posting some of the archives in the near future. I’ve also realized that it’s a great place to host images for the blog posts that won’t take up space on my web server. For those of you who might actually read this blog, I hope you enjoy the current and upcoming updates.

GO PENS!!!!