Well, well - our move from Reno to Boise is finally complete and we're all settled and unpacked - phew! Many thanks go out to everyone who helped us load the truck in Reno and unload the truck in Boise. Not blogging for a week and a half is torture, because now that I'm back online, so much has happened that I've got a whole backlog of things to mention - so here goes (in no particular order):
Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf of Mexico states this past week, of course. The destructions, floodings, and death toll are simply horrific. There have been so many side stories related to the hurricane that I would have never even considered, like the scores of unclaimed premature babies from the evacuated hospitals. Sad times, indeed.
I spent a few hours on Labor Day watching some incredible U.S. Open tennis with Andre Agassi narrowly beating Xavier Malisse, and learning about the incredible personal comeback story of James Blake. Great players, all.
I also just learned about an interesting addition to geocaching, called waymarking. Very interesting, and I'm glad that the stats tie into the regular geocaching.com stats, too - convenient. Becky said the cutest thing the other day: 'metal defector' - very cute.
We went out in search of a nearby park, and ended up walking around the slightly stinky Redwood Park in Boise, instead. Weird smell. Is is the fake lake? The nearby orchard? Hmmmm. Since moving in, we've replaced a few cheap household appliances, with such items as our new Bissell PowerForce bagless upright vacuum, a new Uniden EXI 976C cordless phone with Caller ID, and a new Sanyo VWM-950 Hi-Fi VHS VCR. The older counterparts of these items either didn't survive the move, or were left behind.
We went out caching with Bradigan last week while he was here on business, and we visited 23 caches, but only found 19 caches, plus 1 benchmark:
Not too bad for a little casual caching. The four we did not find (for various reasons) were:
Are you hungry? (GCNC2H) C L M Cache (GCPB0Y) Home Run Zone (GCK69C) Sonic Stop Before School (GCPBPW)
During the moving process, we consumed some very refreshing Propel fitness water, some delicious chinese food from Confucius Restaurant, and some obligatory IHOP. Additionally, we had a bizarre but free experience at the Denny's by the airport with a missing salad, unchocolatey hot chocolate, raw meat, and Brad's "fish and stuffing" combination. I also enjoyed the Italian Ciabatta w/ Basalmic Viniagrette sub at Port of Subs a day later. Mmmmm. =)
During the drive from Reno to Boise, I captained the moving truck, while Misti piloted the family car and kids. We communicated quite well between vehicles with a pair of Uniden GMR325-2 walkie-talkies. Effective, but they sure seem to eat up the batteries.
Becky scored some new bottlecaps recently, with one new one from the nearby 'Beerhouse' (Hooch Hard), and a Tommyknockers Strawberry Creme soda that I imbibed while pondering John 14:6 (which was imprinted on the label) while Brad choked down a reportedly yucky Almond Creme by the same vendor. At least the Chocolate Cowtail cheered him up, though.
Slow Qwest DSL here is killing me, but at least we're connected. We enjoyed some characteristic pink Breast Cancer awareness M&M's - two shades of pink, in fact. Our cheap little podcast recorder didn't survive it's first day in Boise, as a critical drop on our new driveway spelled death to the small black little handheld device. =(
We picked up a rocking chair at DI, and we also unloaded 9 bags worth of old clothes there, too, that we hauled up here with us for some reason. (Our old rocking chair also didn't make the move.) I saw Pat Poyfair (from high school) at church on Sunday. It was truly a fluke deal, since it was our first day in our new ward, and he was just visiting from Utah. Serendipitous. Becky has been enjoying our new back patio, which now sports yards and yards of sidewalk chalk drawings and tic-tac-toe games. I enjoyed a wonderful lunch recently at Highlands Hollow Brewhouse. Very tasty. =)
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