My Anniversary

Today is my 3 year anniversary... and this is something I wrote...



There is nothing compared to the beauty of the stars above

nothing compared to the heat of the fire within

They dance and shine with the light of love

They glow with passion for the hopelessly smitten



Often when my heart is low and full of doubts

When demons circle and darkness looms

I remember her in our home and out

I picture her and my spirit blooms



She is so much to me

She is all of my life

More than I can be

My Wife

Summary of Easter

I just wanted an excuse to post this compromising photo of my mother-in-law.  Yes that is a big ol' blue bottle of wine.  We do live in Kansas after all.

Easter at grandma's was fabulous.  Great family, great food, great kids, great loot.  In no particular order.  While the whole weekend had it's ups and downs, I still had a good time.

I've been voraciously consuming data on opening my own business.  I'm considering a franchise outlet.  I may be crazy, but anything is better than what I've got going on now.  Since I seem to love to play games and folks always say "do what you love" I'm going to try to do it.  I'll give y'all more later.

Random Stuff

Yesterday and today have been pretty good. I'm between project phases at work and that makes everything a lot easier. The little road trip was really good even if it was a sad event. The weather is turning here and everything is in bloom. Amy has a big test today, but after that we should cruize in to a smooth weekend with the kids.



I've been jonesin' to play some d20 Modern lately. I have a swirl of ideas I'd like to play out. Guns, angels, and werewolves... oh my.



Friday is tax return day. Gotta love that.



Got in to a 30-man raid in World of Warcraft last night. It was alright, the group I was with had a bit of a whacked loot method that left me with nothing... Sucks to get in to a 30-man and not get a single drop. But it was a fun to play in a new instance. I have 2 characters at 60th level, one has pretty crummy kit, the other has passible kit. I have another character at 52 that I've been working on building up in my spare game time.



I'm not sure what I'll do this weekend. Probably do stuff around the house. We've made some slow progress at finishing it. Seeing the new stuff go up is pretty cool.



Hey, life is pretty good. Things change all the time. Its hard to remember to look forward to the happy unexpected things. Too easy to get down in the crummy things.



I had some insights in to time again... Obviously we perceive time in a linear fashion, but what if we didn't. Imagine time as an immense ocean that you could swim in... up, down, side to side... The concept of past and future would disappear. Think of what that would mean... no concept of "past". All the events you remember would just be different spots in the ocean... perhaps even all event at once. This creates the closest approximation of "forever" I can really hold in my head. There are no beginnings or endings. For some reason our consciousness holds on to the thread of time thru the ocean of possibilites. If we could but learn to swim...

My friend Chris McDermott

As serendipity would have it, one of my aunt's died on the 7th.  Her name was Christine McDermott.  She was an aunt on my wife's side and I only stayed with her a few days last year.  Our family went down to celebrate the wedding of Chris's daughter and she graciously invited us to stay in their home.  She made us welcome, which was no small thing to invite a family of 5 to stay with you while you held your daughter's wedding.  We had a great time, I got to meet all the family in Chicago.  Chris and her husband Charlie made that happen for me.  I'll always be grateful.



My wife's family is a very strong Irish Catholic clan mostly in Chicago.  It's a large family--closely bonded, fiercely loyal.  They are amazing.  I can hardly comprehend my good fortune to be part of such a group.



We drove to Chicago and back to attend.  So it's been a full 4 days for us.  The emotional journey of a funeral is too complex to relate in a short note.  But over all the strength of family shown through.  Although it was the saddest of occassions it was a good trip.

Whiteoak Hero Day

A long time ago.  In a land far, far away...



There was a band of brothers and sisters known as Clan Whiteoak.  Together they shared many adventures and discoveries.  While time and distance have faded these events in to fables and legends we still hold this day, 4/7, as the day of rememberance for our Heroes.



So Huzzah! to our legends, to our friendship, to our families, to those still with us and those that have been lost.  Honor to you all and may our House live forever. *toast*



I love you all.