i need to retire soon

I hope everyone is enjoying our slide into fall!! Also, we wanted to wish a Huge Happy Birthday to John Sr.!!!!

I have been tracking a pretty amazing feat online. Nutty endurance runner, Dean Karnazes, is running 50 marathons (26.2 miles each), in 50 states, in 50 consecutive days!!!!!!!!! He is at approx. number 19 as of today. Pretty amazing! You can check his progress at www.endurance50.com

Take care! D&L

I think I want to go back to my summer of doing nothing. My free time has been dramatically reduced since I started school and work again. Still, working at Target isn't bad, meticulous, but I'll take that over horrible managers and retarded people. Plus, I don't automatically dislike all the people that come to shop, so that's a definite improvement.
School, however, will never be on my good side I'm afraid. Maybe if they paid me, I'd think differently. Between UD always trying to charge me for something, and parking at Sinclair that doesn't exist, I think I lost another ten years off my life span, which would mean I'm going to die around 30. Oh well, what can ya do?

Other than that I just wanted to let everyone know that I know I'm a hard act to follow, but it's okay if your post isn't as good as mine. I'll forgive you.

So ends another summer :(

It's that time of year....Eric is on the move today back to Bowling Green...GO FALCONS! Ay Ziggy Zoomba!
Much of the day was spent yesterday pulling together all of his "stuff" in preparation for the trip today....we'll miss having him around the house. Back to school time is always bitter sweet.

We cannot help but wonder whether it may be time for the "Ride for the Peaches II"??
- D&L

Is it too early to get psyched?

Naaw!

Click the link, turn up your volumn, and enjoy!

We Don't Give a Damn

OSU Pre-Season Rankings

In the USA Today "Coaches Poll" Ohio State is Ranked NUMBER 1. Thoughts?

1 Ohio State (28)
2 Texas (11)
Tie
3 Notre Dame (9)
3 Southern California (1)
5 Oklahoma (13)
6 Auburn (1)
7 West Virginia
8 Florida
9 LSU

For article, go to: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm

Marc spending his day helping Mom in the classroom.

Well, here is how we looked after completing our 160 miles over two days this past weekend....at least we are all still standing!!! The five of us rode as "Team Wellness Connection" (one of the 4 benefiting charities of the Young's Charity Bike Tour. It was quite HOT last weekend and a LOT of water and Gatorade went IN - in an ongoing attempt to keep up with what was pouring OUT of us all weekend!! An incredible effort by everyone involved!!! If you look closely at Eric's right shoulder....you can see a tear in his jersey. He took quite a fall in a crash taking a corner very early in the ride on Sunday.....but once he was bandaged up and the bike repaired, he was back on the road determined to continue - great job Eric!!! Lynda and Ian worked the event both days at one of the rest stops providing cold drinks, lots of food, cold towels and a lot of motivation to the riders - so a BIG thank you to them! We'll be out on the roads the rest of the summer.....so let's ride!!

Hey Jeff & Becky

Here's one shot you asked about in your blog. As pics come back to us, we'll email or post them of your family, which by the way is one attractive bunch! You probably know this, but just right click on the picture above and then select "save as" and you can then download it to your computer. If that doesn't work, just let me know in comments and I sent one to your email. Glad you all made it home safe! Also, Doreen and I are getting to know names and faces so much better! We better - right? bob

It's Official - John & Bethany Tie the Knot!

On July 22, John & Bethany made it official! What a great wedding! Thanks to all of you who were there and/or helped make this a wonderful day, not only for the newly weds, but all of our family and friends. For more pictures, click our photo album in the right column menu.

OK, it's official.....the first "Ride for the Peaches" (or even Meet for the Peaches") is in the books!! Thanks Bob and Doreen for putting this on the schedule! 6 of us met in Yellow Springs and had a nice, easy going, bike ride under a wonderful naturally shaded canopy for just over 10 miles followed by a well deserved adult beverage or two and a tasty meal at Peaches. A venture definately worth repeating!!! See you all at "Peaches II"!!! The Weide's

Thanks for the Ride invite Dave!

Dave, Eric, and I rode 54 miles from Young's Dairy to Corwin on the Little Miami Bike Trail Saturday, July 15. Hot day, but great group of 6 going down and back. This was a prep ride for Dave and Eric's 2 day 150 mile ride two weeks from now. Good luck in that you two. (bc)

OK, so it's not exactly THE Tour, but I AM inviting anyone to join us for a 50 mile bike tour this coming Saturday morning. We are heading out from Young's Dairy, going south to Corwin and then back again....on the bike path, with a free lunch on the way back!! Much of the path in that section is shaded, and the ride starts at 9am....so that will give some relief from the heat.
Plelase let me know if any of you want to join us!! (BOB.....I expect your "I'm In" to appear shortly!)

- Dave

Ride For the Peaches (or) Go and Sit!

"Get on your bikes and ride..." or heck, let's just go. We've all been talkin' about the possibility of doing a bike ride in Yellow Springs then restoring our energy (or depleting it depending on how you look at it) at Peaches. Here are a couple of suggestions:

• (non-bike ride) Go LATE Friday night (july 14) @ 8:30 for eats and stay for $5 concert featuring Midnight Blue. We'd be out 'til midnight. You can handle it.
• (non-bike ride) Go LATE Saturday night (july 15) @ 8:30 for eats and stay for $5 concert featuring Katie Reider. We'd be out 'til midnight. Take a nappy the next day for God's sake.
• (bike ride) Meet in Yellow Springs on Sunday or Monday late afternoon for the "Ride For the Peaches". These are both decent nights 'cause all their drafts are $1 each.
• (bike ride) Meet in Yellow Springs on Tuesday evening around 7 pm for the "Ride For the Peaches". All imported bottle beer is $2 each.
• (bike ride) Meet in Yellow Springs on Wednesday. Meet at around 7 pm for the "Ride For the Peaches". It's margarita night -$2 each. Ole'

So what's your thoughts gang???????????

Well, we are back from a GREAT trip to Hocking Hills!
I will attempt to post a picture of the cabin that we stayed in for those two nights.
This time around most of our stay was on the southern part of Logan and included
our first trip to Lake Hope, a very picturesque lake a little south east of the city of Logan.
Lynda and I teamed up for a wonderful canoe trip out to discover some of the wildlife along the tributaries off of the main lake - what a beautiful day!

We tried to go on a tandem kayak trip down the Hocking River, but after waiting a few hours for a tandem kayak to be free, we had to head home....hopefully next time!!

There are a number of places to eat, but we would highly recommend eating at the restaraunt at The Inn at Cedar Falls....reservations are a must for dinner.
- Dave

Okay, I continue to experiment. I'm playing with ways to upload video to our blog.

I got the idea because of John & Bethany's wedding coming up soon. Other than just still shots, I'm sure there will be some memorable video clips as well. Don't worry about how I get it on here unless you're a cyber geek like I tend to be at times and want to learn how to do it along with me. Instead, just be my lab rats and click on the link below. Before I try to upload my own video, I'm experimenting with linking to other video that's currently out there.

Here goes. Click the link. If you have about 4 minutes to spare, I think you'll enjoy watching this poor little gopher struggle to get his veggies. Enjoy!

Links for Dave - Hocking Hills Lakes

Dave and Lynda - here are a couple of links that may let you know if there are kayaks to rent while in Hocking Hills. Happy hunting - Bob

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/lklogan.htm

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/lakehope.htm

http://www.hockingriver.com/

Hello all!
Attempting my 1st post and hoping I don't take an eye out!
The Mrs. and I are off to Hocking Hills for some hiking and some much needed R+R!

Bob and Doreen - we may even look into the kayaking idea to get a feel for it, so that we can all go for that adventure we were talking about!

We are trying out a different cabin location from our usual place...but expecting to enjoy the same great trip including good hiking, good wine, good eats, good wine.....some things need to be repeated.... If you've never been to that area - you gotta go and get away from the everyday routine! We'll give ya a thumbs up/down on the new place! - Dave

New Feature!

Family & Friends Photo Center Added!

I just added a Photo Center to our blogsite. I made the Photo Center so we can view it and all of us can post photos on it as well. I have posted guidelines for both viewing and posting when you go to the album. To get there, click the "Our Photo Album" link to your right. Happy viewing! - Bob

Coming Soon - The Adventures of Quasimodo

Good to see Andy's Post!

Hey, Andrew enters the world of posting! Nice update on Greg Oden. It's too bad the Buckeyes won't see him in action until late in the year. Hopefully, he'll recover enough to help us when it counts (Big10 season and NCAA tournament). I'm sure Andy's brain is fried after three weeks of World Cup Soccer!

I'll be looking for a post from Dave or Lynda Weide soon. The mini-lesson at the Hoffmans has eliminated any concerns about newbie posting status.

Hey Lindz - I see you posted on the Calendar - that's my little techie girl...

PS - John Sr, Eddie Bauer rocks!

So, Mama Hoffman, I think I found a good picture for those rough days....HAHAHA! Poor kitty. Let's just hope I don't start to look like this one.

Three weeks of summer quarter down-woot! It has really been flying because I've had so much to do...which while that is stressful, it makes it seem like it's ending soon. Oh, and my 609 prof is a riot...he's got an ego the size of the universe but uses it in a good way.

Went and found 500lbs of textbooks at the library tonight for my English and Science Praxis II tests. So if you don't hear from me, that is where I will be buried (lol).

Also, it is sad b/c Jen-nay is moving out tomorro...shout out to the best roomie ever!!!

See everybody in Hubriar Heights tomorro for the weekend~

Family & Friends Calendar & Counter Added!

I just added a COUNTER and FAMILY CALENDAR to our blogsite.

I made the calendar so we can view it and all of us can post events on it as well. It will be important to learn how to post events on it since I don't know all the family/ friends events of everyone. If you can't figure out how to post an event, I'll give some guidance on that in a future blog. For now, just check it out.

The counter, well that's just to see how many views our site gets. You can view the stats as well. I have a couple of other unique little things coming to our blog! In the meantime, have you blogged lately?

Fireworks at Tom and Diane's

July 3 - What a great night for fireworks! Tom & Diane hosted a BIG 4th of July party with food, bonfire, and a the young pyros put on a fireworks display that was absolutely FANTASTIC! Although some $$ was spent on the group effort, it was worth it! I hope we do this again next year - just don't know where the locale will be since Tom & Diane are moving.

Dinner at the Weide's House

July 1 - A special "thank-you" to Dave & Lynda our get together to celebrate Eric's 21st birthday (is that how I spell Eric?). Chef Dave - the brats were great!

Marc & Bob Adventure (no, not Bill & Ted)

July 1 - Marc and I did a three hour adventure on July 1st. We did the bike and kayak drop-offs first then took off from Taylorsville Dam on mountain bikes to Canal Park in Tipp City. From there we kayaked the Miami River back to Taylorsville. We had to run about half-mile to the van. All in all, it was about a 14 mile trip (6.5 mile bike, 7 mile kayak, and .5 mile run. Hey, I'm proud of you Marc-ie. PS - Marc will eat your snacks when you take him somewhere - geesh.

So I've decided to depict my struggle verse my manager in a more mature manner through the use of paint.

SOME JUNE UPDATES

June 30

Bob & Doreen decide on next mini-trip. We’re planning to go to Hocking Hills and stay at Ravenwood Inn’s small refurbished 1950’s cottages. Planning to take mountain bikes and kayaks down to do some of our outdoor stuff – cool. Plan to leave after the wedding on Tuesday, July 25th. Wanna see the little cottage? Then go to: http://ravenwoodcastle.com/celtic_legends.htm

June 26

Bob begins to train seriously again. See his training blog if interested at: http://bob-osuwkuman.blogspot.com

June 24

Bob plays in golf tournament: Teaming up with Brian Ginn, Bill Anderson, and Bruce Pohlmeyer, Bob plays his normal “hack golf” at Penn Terra Golf coarse. It was a charity scramble for Tom Heid’s father who passed several years ago. We had a good time, and well, at least driving the golf cart is cool.

June 17

Bob & Doreen go to Lori and Mark Hagenmaier’s farewell party held at Tami & Steve Jorgensen’s home. Lori and mark leave for a two year stint to Australia July 24th (or there abouts). Nice party and some good food!

June 10

Lindsay and Stephen try to surprise Beth by coming home late Friday only to find Bethany came home too at 2 AM in the morning. That was an interesting night. Bethany’s graduation party from OSU was held next night! Hoo-Rah! Family and friends gathered to have a cookout and celebrate ‘lil buckeye girl’s accomplishments. Due to rain, we hung and played corn hole in the garage. Beth gets laptop computer from Mom & Dad for graduation plus some nice gifts from others. Party lasted awhile, and for some of the young hooligans it extended into the evening ending in hot tub and giggle juice. Highlight of the evening?? Marc doing somersaults down the driveway late at night.

June 3-4

Lindsay moves in: Bob and Doreen go to Western looking like the Beverly Hillbillies! With a coffee table strapped to the top of the van and the rest of the van filled to the max, we took as much furniture to ‘lil Lindzer as possible. We spent the weekend helping her get her new apartment together. Pigged out on pizza Saturday night and crashed on floor in living room. Bob has dents and cuts in his from the upstairs ceiling – ouch! Make sure you stay low up there Lindz!

June 6

School’s OUT – Bob and Terri let the monkeys out!

Ok - I think everyone is probably tired of looking at Marc's last blog on May 29th! So here's one just to get us started again. I'm just as guilty, 'cause I haven't blogged much either.

Here's an invitation to "get it going" again! Especially, since there has been so much happinin' since Marc's last stick man!

I'll start some updates today. Add some peoples!

bob

Hey all! Man, no one's posted in awhile...must be end of school year...we are all running around wishing someone would shoot us. Ma and Pa came up today, took Johnny and me out to some good eats at Bob's and then we all packed up Lindzer's furniture from my place. It's so empty in here now!! John laughs at me and says I'm living like a Chinese person: my bed and computer are all on the floor. I just crawl around now. Kinda creepy sounding...

So John and I are off to go see X-3. I really have hated that movie this weekend, cuz my job at the box office has been hell with all the peeps comeing to see it. So it better be good! Peace out~

Lindzer's Italiano Family

Edie - Mother (madre/mamma)
Massimo - Father (padre/pappa)
Sarah - Oldest daughter (Italiano dancer)
Marta - 8 year old daughter (teaches Lindzer Italiano)
Dina - Grandmother
William - Grandfather

Updates

• Staying in Civitavecchia - a western Italiano port
• Sharing dance with Dance group within the city
• Staying with family - daughter Sarah is Civitavecchia dancer in family
• 7 hour time difference from us
• Little Marta snores (this must be universal)
• Saw Balleto de Civitavecchia perform
• WKU troupe performs their piece next Thursday (Geovedi)
• Tiny cars and moter scooters are in vogue
• ciao = Hello; bella = good; scarpa = shoes; pantonlone = pants; vento= wind; vaccia = face; vuona notte = everybody
• Has eaten - lemon/apple cake
• Elections are taking place next week for a new mayor right now - lots of campaigning going on
• Live local bands play on weekends in pubs
• Yes, they have Italian MTV
• Edie (mamma) likes Bruce Springstein
• Stephen bought red wine frm Sicily
• Massimo (papa) likes Pink Floyd
• Dancer friends are swaping American/Italiano music
• Barbeque on Saturday - maybe Rome visit soon

Lindz in Italy

Day 2 & 3 - We heard from Lindzer via email on the 18th. She started her journey on the 16th with mostly air travel.

She's staying with a family over there. The Italian mom's name is Edie and grandfather William, who escourted her to her first dance practice with the Italian dancers. Stephen's Italian father is named Luka.

It doesn't sound like she'll be starving. She's had sausauge and spinach, pizza (of course), Italian cornflakes and a cracker like toast. She's also had dried ham and mozerella on panini. And of course a "little" wine. She rubbed it in and said she's already had her first serving of gelato.

Communication is rough, but she's managing with the Italian dancers. During practice, learning to count in Italia seems to be the most important thing she needs to know right now. All is well, and we'll continue to post updates as we receive them.

Lindz Leaves for Italy

Day 1 - Lindz leaves for Italy today. Her (1st) plane take off at 12:30 PM to begin the journey overseas. We're excited for her, but I'll feel much better when I know she's on the ground and there. The next posts will be updates as we receive them from her about her latest adventure. Stay safe Lindz. We're praying that all goes well.

Dad

Oh yea. Cavs remind Detroit that we're playin' in our house now. The Pistons took the first two games in Detroit, but we took the third on our floor winning 86-77. LaBron had a triple double and Anderson Varejao played an awesome game! We did all this with Larry Hughes out of the game. He last his 20 year old brother to heart complications and was in St. Louis with his family. Series is now 2-1 with Detroit in the lead. WE WILL need some miracles to beat 'em. The Pistons are the better team, but it's nice to see my Cavs in the second round for the first time since 1992.

"Hi there, I have a brain port installed!"

This is so cool! Check it out:

http://osubio597.com/MustRead/octet_stream.pdf

Biotechnology rocks!!....i know, I'm a nerd. :-P

For anyone interested - I did purchase the Snow Patrol CD and the new Red Hot Chili Peppers CD on line. Should have it by Friday. Yes - I'll create a "backup" copy Bethie.

On another note, the Bruce Springstein Cd is mostly past folklore type songs. Obviously Bruce is experimenting, I'm just not in a scientific mood. I'll be selling this one to CD Connections SOON.

I'll give this one 2 crabs out of 5.

This lil' dude is set! Heh heh.

Yeah so I haven't posted in like ages...maybe it's because all I do now is spend my days at AMC learning how to better smell like a popcorn kernel. Mmmmm....not really after you've been smellin like it for more than 3 days in a row. Blah. Speaking of "blah" that is apparently what everyone came to the theater to do this weekend...barf anywhere and everywhere it was humanly possible. Fortunately for me, I managed to avoid most of those guests...Jen-nay however was not so lucky. I guess United 93 has that realist film technique of making you feel like you are on a crashing plane aka "Blair Witch Style" and well, we had a lot of green people makin their way (not very successfully) to the restroooms. Besides that and being constantly blamed for overpriced ticket sales (yes, I will admit it, I Bethany, lowly peon worker at AMC establish the incredibly outrageous prices in order to piss people off daily...C'MON!!), it was an average weekend. The only other thing I managed to drag my butt around and do was finish the second season of 24, which honestly did not get me moving much, save for the last episode where I was pacing nervously trying to figure the ending out before it happened.

John was p-oed at me yesterday b/c while he did homework I played Sims 2 for like 5 hours....on his computer. Hahaha, talk bout rubbing it in. I'm the worst. So today I've been paying for my laziness and working on a Biology paper (10page-wahh) about cultural evolution and tattooing. Can we tattoo ur head Dad? That would be soooo cool!!! Hahaha. Man, well John just called and actually wants to go run....hmmmm....maybe he's ill (muahaha). Gotta go!

Currently listening to: Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor

So Dad, do you have the new Snow Patrol album....hint hint....I would really like to burn that one! If not lemme know and I'll get it off iTunes.

so i don't want to study... i'm tired of studying, oh well, what can ya do?

Stephen's dog

Stephen as a baby.

I know - I'm a dead man when i see Stephen again.

Hey, is that how you spell Stephen-Steven-Steeevnnnnn?

Snow Patrol's New Cut
(4 out of 5 crabs?)

Some good music beginning to surface out there. Bethany got the new Goo Goo Dolls last weekend. We listened to it somewhat going to WKU. She burned me a "back-up" copy, but I can't find it! I think I may have left it in Nana/Grandad's car. They've probably been groovin' to it all last week.

I just purchased the new Bruce Springstein CD/DVD dual-disc. Haven't really listened/watched it yet - but will give my opinion in due time. Reviews have been favorable, but can Bruce create anything that isn't good to listen to?

That brings me to two more groups out there - The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a new cd coming soon. If the rest of the album is as good as their video release of "Dani California", then it should be a pretty good set of songs.

Finally, for those of you REALLY know me, I'm into Snow Patrol. The link below will take you to their newest single that isn't on any CD yet, but I'm sure they are putting together a collection to market. If it's anything like their last CD, Final Straw . then it should be a good one.

Here's the link. It will take you to the over-commercialized Rhapsody - just click play.

Any thoughts about it? How many "crabs" out of 5 would you give it. I give it 4.

http://www.rhapsody.com/snowpatrol/handsopen?artistId=14481

ahhh - it's friday
This seems like it was a fast week! Feels like just yesterday we were down at WKU! Two weeks ago I said I was going to work on the deck and haven't lifted a hammer yet, so this weekend it will definitely be on the top of the list. Besides, I have no choice since JohnSr and Terri are making me look bad. They have been slaving away doing dry-wall in their basement all week, which looks really good. Have a good weekend everyone -

Be safe JohnSr and Terri on your trip to Maryland!

Oh my....don't get sat upon 'lil man!

bob's random pics

Here's my contribution to the b&mwm fund.

oh - you meant real money?

sorry

so the college kid fund drive is taking place this weekend in my basement. Basically what you have to do is come over and donate money to b&mwm and we'll give you a sticker... well i take that back, we won't give you a sticker... cause you'll just throw it away. So yeah, just remember.... what would Jesus do???... uh huh, that's right.

<- in this picture, Jesus is explaining to young tyrone and little Nu Wa how they won't have to pay for college, and but poor Jimmy and Lisa will. "But do not fret!" Jesus adds, because Jimmy and Lisa's parents love their children and will give them all the money they ask for in their times of need.

Gee...I dunno John...

And you think you're overworked?

I've been workin hard all day...going to class, studying for Political Science, trying to figure out Praxis II exams and liability insurance.... Oh, and also I spent a good chunk of time wandering the apartment listing all the stuff Lindsay gets to acquire, aka the "Leave Bethany Living Like A Vagabond Project". Yes, that is right folks. Lil' Lindzer might have you all fooled...but not me! She knows where it's at! Going to Italy, picked up $1500 along the way, and arrives home from her Eurotrip in time to steal away my car and half my furniture and dishes--previously borrowed lava lamp included. Marc--you might need to expand your MWM funding to incorporate more members. M&BWM...NOW has a nice ring to it! Plus it has the added bonus of showing our investors the urgency of the situation in, I believe, a subtle way.

The question now is whether or not I should start my Biology project that is eating away at my brain. I mean, I should get it done, I have like 3 hours of solid time...but then there are other things as well, like Mercenaries....or my new book from the library...hmmm. It's a rough decision. Yeah...heh...right :-D

Cavs lost last night - NOT good. I AM NOT happy. That's ALL i have to say right now.
Sincerely,
Bob Rant

Last Weekend Stuff!

Friday Pizza - ummmm - weekend started with Pizza at Little York and and get together at the Crabs den. It was good to have Chris & Linda over. Poor JohnSr had to be monitored 'cause he had to work the next day.

Baby Sittin' Terri - Terri played part time mom/grandmother (heh heh) to Noah this weekend and lived to tell about it.

Bethany Comes Home - Bethany unexpectantly came home for Saturday's cookout.

John - Military Man - Had early to rise and get to the base weekend. They did a mock deployment drill. In the middle of the drill, they shut all the computers down and Johnny had to do his duties the old fashioned way - hello type writer. PS - remember to SAVE :-)

Cookout Saturday - It was cookout at Crabs and a fire (before the rain came). Nice to see Jesse and Matt there. Later, it was PS2 Beach Babe Volley Ball with Marc, Beth, Andrew, and JohnJr. Marc checks out Mercenaries later.

Eric - Prognosis - More positive for now. At least we don't think it's the big "C" right now. Hang tough Eric.

Lindsay gets Scholarships - Lindz has been awarded $1500 worth of scholarship money the past week or so. Part of this will offset her trip to Italy.

Andrew & Bob to Coordinate Raft Trip - Andy started looking at some websites to checkout rivers in West Virginia. There's some real interest in a rafting weekend next fall when they begin releasing water from the dams. Stay tuned & express your interest if this develops.

Anyone else got anything to add? Have a good remainder of a week!

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is out and I must say it has to be the prettiest game I have ever seen. Plus it's the first RPG that's gotten an A in a long time. One Problem! My processor isn't fast enough!!!! well maybe it is, supposedly my processor can overclock up to 2.2 gHz, which still isn't close to the 3.0 gHz recommended. But first I will consult my friend who helped build my compy, and see if I should start saving for a quicker processor (which i wanted anyway). Thought you'd all be more interested in this than that football stuff.

Buckeyes in Scarlet & Gray game on Saturday.

Bob Note: Marcus Freeman had the most stops (10) out of all the linebackers. The local boy is doin' good so far!

Ohio State wrapped up spring practice as a record Scarlet and Gray Game crowd of 63,649 attended Saturday's intrasquad scrimmage at Ohio Stadium. Erik Haw had a 4-yard touchdown run as the Scarlet defeated the Gray 12-0.

Cleveland wins first one - hoo rah!

LeBron and the Cavs need to bury the Wizards. We got the first one. Next game is Tuesday night at 7:00 PM. You gotta love it.

quick question... why do professor's feel it necessary to schedule 3 tests on the same day? I really don't know how I'm gonna memorize all the new calc stuff, plus the 2 chapters worth of physics and a bunch of useless sociology facts all in one night. I don't think I can.... it's just way too much. Oh well.. wish me luck.

Beth gets MERCENARIES - let the games begin. Ahhhh - now that you've got the game, good luck. I have captured or killed all the Clubs and the Diamonds. Getting the Aces is EXTREMELY hard. Have fun - keep me posted.

Heard Bethay and Jenny have been riding your bikes. Cool. I went out and did 20 miles yesterday (Wednesday). Finally some weather that makes you feel like getting out there!

I started to prep for working on the deck again if weather permits this weekend. Gotta get that project going again.

Got a long day today: geology exam (which I still have yet to study for during my break), geology lab, and my orientation for the M.Ed program is tonight at 6pm. I'm getting excited about that tho--finally get to find out what classes I will be taking this summer. The only good thing? This week is flying! Happy hump-day everyone! haha

Spring Break is Over - Looks like the Hoffmans had a house-full over the weekend! The Crabs are home safe. Lindz is back to school after drama team trip to Kansas. John & Beth are back to OSU. Mark and Matt can come out of hiding now that the nephews and nieces have headed home. Hope everyone had a good Easter!

Friday from Kiawah, SC - Hello! It's Friday & here's an update... Yesterday, we went to Patriots Point, which has the US Yorktowne Aircraft Carrier, a submarine, Coast Guard Ship, Destroyer, and an outdoor Vietnam display. We spent most of our time on the Yorktowne which is HUGE (888 feet long) and had up to 3000 crewmen on board during WWII and the Vietnam wars. We ate lunch in one of the crews' lunchrooms too.

Today, we pretty much chilled. We did go eat at a place on Seabrook Island called Rosefarm Cafe. Doreen had shrimp and scallops and I had mahi - ummmmmmm. Hard to believe we have to leave tomorrow. We plan to rise early tomorrow, walk to the beach and watch the sun come up (kind of a tradition before we leave). It's been fun - made some new memories - took lots of pictures to share. See you all soon!

Oh, we almost didn't come back. We saw a house for sale today and fell in love with it. Only drawback? It costs $8,900,000.00. Who knows, maybe they'll come down a little :-)

PS - The picture is me in the Captains Chair on the Yorktowne. Remember Beth and Lindz - 'Cause I'm the man. Haaaaaaaa!

Dad:
I found the band of that song you and Mom keep hearing. The song is "I Like the Way" by the BodyRockers. Here is their website: http://www.bodyrockers.co.uk/. They are comparing them to Jet, if you've ever heard of that band. They are pretty sweet and they are from the UK...we love our British rockers...oh yes we do!

For all the rest of you...this song is one Ma and Pa Crab keep hearing in Charleston and it makes them think of John and dancing...put those two things together and you got one great mental pic! Skillz John, pure skillz! Heh heh! (I'm gonna die for that one)

Well, I decided against a paintball gun and decided to work on my ninja skills instead.

that doesn't mean i didn't waste my money though. I just bought Sims 2 and plan to spend the next 5 hours wasting my life away.

Wednesday April 12 at Kiawah - Since last post, the temps have been climbing everyday. Today is going to be 80. Here's some snippets since last post:

• ran another 5 miler on Monday and took a long cycle on Tuesday - the bike trails here are awesome
• doreen and I both rode bikes a lot on Monday - our butts hurt!
• ate lunch at the Chareston Crab House (good) - Doreen had shrimp salad; I had seafood platter with fried oyster - ummmmmmm - went to Folly Beach (not good) - scrappy little beach town - did a drive by....
• we tried sitting on beach on Monday, but it was soooo windy, we about got buried in sand
• we grilled steak on the deck Monday evening and tried a new S.Carolina wine
• went to Charleston Tuesday and spent the entire day (from abt. noon 'til 6 pm)
• walked & walked the city - wonderful place - took lots of pictures - ate at Tommy Condon's which is an Irish Pub (very good) - there are soooooo many restaurants in Charleston! - later got expresso (me) and frozen cofee (doreen) at a little Italian bistro - people watched on the patio
• did some minor shopping - i got 2 shirts - doreen still looking for the "perfect one"
• today (Wednesday) - we're hanging at the beach - will try to find that sweatshirt for doreen at another area close to here call ed Seabrook Marina - i have my eye on some really cool hiking boots - my old ones are dying
• going biking again today (Wednesday) - doreen wants to see every lookout on the island and we want to go in all 5 Golf Resorts to see how the rich people live (and scope out the restaurants)

Later - gotta get off the freakin' internet and go have some fun . . . . . . bob

To buy a paintball gun, or not to buy a paintball gun. That is the question.

....I take that back.

"To listen to mom yell at me for blowing my paycheck on a paintball gun, or not to listen to mom yelling at me for blowing my paycheck on a paintball gun. That is the real question."

besides, matt will have an unfair advantage if I don't get one, seeing how he now is the proud owner of one.

OMG THIS SHOW IS INSANE AND DRIVES ME NUTS!!! WHY DID I EVER GET ADDICTED, BECAUSE IT ONLY BURNS YOU IN THE END!

Yes, I finished season 1 and am so irrate at the ending...and now I'm wanting to go blow all my money at Blockbuster to rent season 2. Thanks Dad. :-0

Thanks Mama Hoffman-this made my day!!

Another gorgeous day here in C-bus town...it was really hard to pay attention in Political Science today with the window open and the sun on my back (**SNORE**) even though my professor has a to-die/swoon-for German accent...sorry John :) I went and worked out after class and that revived me a bit, especially after I stopped by the Juice Bar for a mango smoothie--dee-lish.
OH, since you asked Dad, the party at John Juan's was fun...but not so crazy as a couple of weeks ago back home...not close to being reminiscent of YE OLD FAITHFUL!! Heh heh... But we all played some poker, and I smoked a cigar (so gross!)...John made me do it I swear! Haha! And we also played this sweet game for PS2 with a guitar--"Rock Hero"--kinda like Dance Dance Revolution with a guitar. Matt and Josh ruled at it...unfortunately I'm not a Rock Hero. You would like it. Had a good time though--it was nice to hang with some new peeps and to see Matt and Jess up here as well.
Nobody else is done with class yet, and I'm starvin' so I think I'm gonna go get some of the lasagna Jenny made last night outta the fridge (what a great roomie!!) and watch some 24...I only have 3 more episodes to go Dad...the suspense is killing me!! Oh, and if the daughter, Kim, gets abducted one more time I think I would just shoot myself if I were her! Geesh! Loves to you, buttweeds for being on the beach...you better ride horses on it cuz that is A-Mazing!

Kiawah - Sunday (April 9) We spent all day at the condo & exploring the beach, small shops, and trails today. The car did not move! We took two bike trips (1 hour each) riding on both the beach and trails. Both of us see some cool shirts and I've scoped out some hiking shoes I'd like to get, but we're holding out to see some other shops. Grilled steak out on the screened in porch, had some local wine, & (red muscadine). I ran some trails today too (about 5 miles). Temperatures were cooler (mid-60's), but we were in shorts and long sleeves. Tommorow is to be warmer.

Terri/John - How was the boat? Got any stories.

How about that Columbus party I'm hearing about Juan? Heard Matt came up with some buddies.

Catch ya all later - Bob & Doreen

First I want to thank Mr. C for helping out with my desire for money. The subtlety is great, and I think I'm gonna try a bit my self. Yenom cram dnes. Yeah, that might work. Now I'm gonna get back to figuring out how I'm gonna change this paragraph into two pages of brilliant sociology. Maybe attach a few ones to the back to seal the deal.

We're in Spartanburg - Doreen and I left yesterday at 9 AM and got to Spartanburg, SC around 5 PM. It's pooring rain right now with some hail as I write this. It's supposed to get better later, so we're going to go into Charleston, SC today and then get to our rented condo later. Yesterday it was 87 degrees when we got here. Today, only a high of 75. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the low-70's.

PS - The pic is the outside of the condo. That's is for now - it's 7 AM and Doreen is up and at 'em telling me to get off the blog. See ya! Be safe, be cool, send Marc money.