update over here

hey Jan. nice update. OK. I'll go. First off, I assume Howie is getting low-fat hot dogs?

good for you on the low fat diet. I had a bit of a deviance from my own last week. I'm back on though. Remember that protein shake that Larry was drinking? Try that sometime. You can mix it with milk and blend it so that it fluffs up and takes more room.

I'm making a big pot of chili with locally produced spices. It's pretty darned good so far, but needs to simmer. I'll keep you posted.

Yeah Costco IMO is antisocial if anything. It generally reminds me of why I hate people.

I've been thinking about writing another blog which is anything but baby. I'm rounding up a couple of contributors that are learned, opinionated, and generally pretty good at writing. I'm not sure what it will be about--possibly just anything at the top of our minds that I feel doesn't belong here or on the baby blog.

I'm discussing with the stevenson business association a contractual arrangement that will have me creating YET ANOTHER BLOG as well as updating it with content. Not only that, I would be the webmaster for the stevenson website so I would be go-to guy for all things stevenson. On the rest of the work front, I've been getting more work than I have time to do.

I lost the election by 5%. In retrospect, I'm pretty happy with that. I have been in the public eye for a year now. The guy that is replacing me is pretty well-known in Skamania, and will do a good job, assuming he can make it to the meetings. I do get to set into motion the budget for a lot of waterfront improvement and construction projects.

Mel and I have been hunky dory, and I think the babies have sort of made us more of a unit. I'm surprised by that, thinking that children would tire us and we would retreat to our own little corners. If anything, it's done the opposite. I would say we've gained something else in common, when perhaps we didn't have that many interests we could share together. We play cards, computer games, hot tub, and watch tv together more than ever, aside from, of course, the time we spend with the girls.

That's it I suppose.