Ben’s Weblog

So sorry it’s been so long. I know, I’ve been a slacker around here, but really, I’ve got some good excuses…

First, the kitchen has been coming along nicely. My parents came up right after Christmas, and in a 3-day spurt, my dad and I basically got everything hung up on the walls. Marcie’s happy because now we’ve got enough storage space for all of our kitchen stuff finally. I’m just happy to have that monkey off of my back.

And, of course, work’s been kind of nuts. Last week was my first full week in the office since November (actually, before the last blog entry, even). Six consecutive days in the office…I almost didn’t know what I was going to do with myself, actually.

The holidays were a good time. Spent Christmas Day with Marcie’s family, and then my parents came up for a few days between Christmas and New Years’ Eve. 2006 was rung in at Brian and Becky’s place, and then followed our traditional day of slack on the 1st. Every year on January 1st, we celebrate sloth. We watch movies all day, eat unhealthy food, etc.

And, I got a new toy lately - in preparation for our vacation, I went out and spent my bonus check on a new camera - the Nikon D70s. Then, in front of the body, the Zoom-Nikkor 18-200 f/3.5-5.6G VR IF ED. In a nutshell, a great camera. I went downtown over the weekend to try it out - got some very nice pictures out of it which are over in the Gallery.