A Belated Delurker Day

Yes I know it was last week, but I never find out about these things until it's just about over and then I procrastinate and even more time slips by. Bit better late then never, no? So if you are dropping in, leave a comment. Say hello! Tell me who you are. Where you are from. What brought you here. Whatever you like. If you need a subject - tell me what you enjoy doing for fun.

I should make a note to remember this date for next year.....

The End

Today marks the end of Holidailies. It's the third year I've participated and it's at times extremely fun and other times drudgery. Luckily the fun out weighs the the rush of trying to throw something up at the 11th hour. I didn't make all 31 days (28 in total), but close. I just out and out forgot one day, I was just too tired at the end of the day to post something one time and the other I was on travel on the west coast and catching the red eye back made it impossible to post an entry that day. Holidailes certainly gives my blog more exposure in 31 days then it gets the whole other 11 months of the year combined. I didn't get a "best of" this year like I did last year, but I also think I didn't put as much thought into my entries this year as a whole as I did last year. One of the things I look forward to is finding new blogs to follow and this year is no exception. Its really amazing how many of these things are floating out there amongst the Internet. Thanks to Chip and Jette for putting this all together once again. I certainly look forward to next year. For those who dropped by to take a peek, I hope you will drop by during the year and see what going on here in northern Virginia. Please leave a comment to let me know who you are. I'm always curious on who dropped by and why. With that I head off and who knows what the new year will bring?

Delurking Day

Today is International Delurking Day, which basically means if you read this site, especially if you read through and RSS reader or some such, today is the day that you click through and leave a comment to say Hi or whatever. We all like to know who is visiting our site. So if you want to say more than Hi, please do. Like write a small bio or at least where are you from. I always get a kick out of that. Goggle Earth is my close friend. So today is your turn to contribute to this site. Have at it and write a comment.

A New Blog and Family BBQ

Since Daughter#1 was laid off from her job, she has a lot of free time on her hands now. She has chosen to start a Blog (a chip off the old block). She'll be sharing details of her job search and of her upcoming wedding. She'll also throw in some rowing stuff too since she'll be coxing a Women's Master 4+ in the Head of the Charles. Check it out.

We had my uncle and his wife over for a cookout this afternoon. They recently moved to Virginia from Florida along with their son (my cousin) and his wife. They were due to work at the nuclear plant at Lake Anna and that job was put on hold and then they were hired to work at Ft Belvoir and that job went away so they're hustling to find jobs. Even though he's my uncle (father's side), he's only 4 years older than me and my cousin is about 28 years younger than me. Very unusual. We grilled up some brats and chicken and swapped stories for the afternoon. It was good to see them again. He was a big part of my life growing up and it's nice having some family close by again.

It was a good day for my football teams. Auburn hung on to beat Tennessee. Maryland beat Clemson, Ohio beat VMI, Navy beat Wake Forest and Va Tech is winning at Nebraska. Lets hope the Redskins can do as well tomorrow against the hated Cowboys.