2010 Update

Well, so far 2010 has proved to be pretty uneventful, which could be a good thing I suppose.

Winter quarter has started at school and it should be pretty awesome. I have some good classes and we are working on some big projects that should prove to be valuable experiences. In one class we are responsible for putting on a large scale community service event in the seattle area. We are supposed to put this together from start to finish, meaning coming up with the idea, marketing it, getting participants, funding it, and executing it. I could be pretty exciting. I'm also looking for some internships as part of my graduation requirement. The latest is a 12 week long instructor position at a fly fishing camp in Livingston, Montana. The focus would be conservation and recreation managment. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Sarah is doing great as well. She has been starting new projects at work and is really expanding her experience at Amazon. She impresses me everyday with how hard she works. She has also started to get back in the gym after the holiday break and is tearing that up as well. Not a surprise. It was pretty funny though, we have been back from our snowboarding trip for a few weeks now and she said while trying to do sit-ups at the gym her tail bone was still hurting from the falls she took! : ( Yikes.

On a bitter sweet note, I just helped Sarah's grandma ship her 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 out to Chicago as a surprise for her youngest son's 40th birthday. The car was her husband's. He bought it new in 69' and the car was his baby for nearly 20 years until he passed away. The car has been sitting in the garage, mostly untouched for the last 22 years. It was tuff to watch the car get put on the truck and drive away because I knew she was having a hard time letting it go, even though she knows it is going to someone who cares about it so much. I could imagine having something with that type of sentimantal value right there everyday, and then coming out to your garage just having an empty space where the car use to be.

We did a little rearranging of the apartment the other day that really opened the place up. This little apartment can get pretty cramped sometimes with both of us and the dogs, so we were pretty excited about it. Sarah got us a new rug and a new lamp that she has been wanting for long time and it looks great.

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(notice Lola mooning the camera)

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The end. Bullock, OUT.

A Great Holiday Season!

The holiday season has been great thanks to all our family and friends. We spent Christmas here in Seattle with Sarah's family. Her aunt Jane, uncle David, and cousins Aaron and Eva came home from the Marshall Islands for Christmas. It was great to see them again but reminded us of how much we miss having them out on Whidbey.

The day after Christmas we flew out to Salt Lake City to meet up with my family for a week of snowboarding and hanging out. The condo we stayed at was awesome. We spent the days out snowboarding and skiing and then came back to the condo where we spent most of our time either playing pool, foosball, and airhockey, or eating. We spent a few days getting Sarah into the swing of things. Just like the rest of us, she took her lumps. Learning how to snowboard can be a painful experience as anyone who has tried knows. But, by the third day she was tearing it up and taking full runs without falling down (much).

When we go to Utah we met up with all the Ferraris (aunt, uncle, cousins) and even got to see Rob and Joe's Grandpa Twisty. It's always so great to see everyone, but sucks so bad to leave just because we are all pretty spread out these days, and don't get to see each other as much as we would all like. It make me miss the days growing up in Ely when just about everyone was right down the street.

Well a big thanks to JB and Jeri, who were sick the whole trip. I brought back a cold that kept me down for a few days. I elected to break in the new year by being layed up on the couch watching bowl games....not too terrible I guess.

Finally feeling better on the last day of vacation before Sarah goes back to work and I go back to school, we decided to reward Denali for being so awesome and took him on a day trip over to Leavenworth, WA so he could play in the snow. We had a great last day of vacation. It was a perfect way to end the break. Spending the day with Sarah and the dogs in such a beautiful place, a guy can't ask for much more than that.

Thanks again to all our family and friends for such a great holiday season! We love you all. God bless you.