Over the last week I have been kicking the Tribe Called Quest tunes…then mixing in the new Jimmy Eat World album.  It’s an odd combination but I love it.

I wanted to share this photoshoot of my new friend Amy and her girls with everyone, we took these at Gainey Ranch last weekend.  It was such a beautiful morning and the resort wasn’t too crowded.  Aren’t they just lovely!

Having a blog these days means that I tend to get hit with spam quite a bit.  I never really look that deep into the comments but one caught my eye recently.  It was from a marketing company who wanted to know if I wanted to test drive the new 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan for a week.  I answered their questions and after 20 minutes I was scheduled to have a mini-van for a week. 

Right now I have a 2005 Honda Odyssey and I love it.  I’ve only loved one other car more, my 1989 Honda CRX….ahh the memories.  Dodge gave me a fully loaded mini-van to drive and I have to say that it’s not too shabby.  Price-wise it’s comparable to the Honda, and it feels like it’s a bit smaller than my Honda.  I love the DVD and Sirus system.  I really wish I had pushed the salesmen to include that stuff in my van but after haggling for 10hrs I gave up the fight.  My biggest complaint is that when you pull on the door handles the door doesn’t automatically open for you.  The automatic open is on the key but not on the outside.  The sound system is awesome, espically when cranking my old school tunes.  Oh and the best thing is the satillite TV from Sirus….well if you have kids.  Right now Sirus only offers three channels, all cartoons.  I hope that the channel lineup grows because there is so much potential with that technology!  The only other thing that worries…Dodge cars just don’t hold their resale value well compared to the Honda.  If you are in the market for a new mini-van I would totally put this one on the list to try out.

Today, I’m at the CISCO lab getting waiting for Mark to catch up so we can start the last set of labs together.  I am really impressed with myself that all this CISCO stuff is sticking with me.  I have two more classes to get through and then it will be time for the certification test.  A year ago I really didn’t have any idea where I wanted to go with work, I just knew that I couldn’t stay where I was at for much longer.  I was on the verge of self-sabbotaging my job and that’s never a good thing.  Even thought it has been rough, moving to the technology side of the company was a good decision.  I was thinking about my dad recently…he was an Engineer, building ejection seats for jet fighters, and I thought I could never do anything like that.  Looking at where I want to go now, I will be an Engineer, just like my dad.  As weird as this may sound, this move feels right.  Just as I get frustrated and want to give it up, the light comes on and it all makes sense again.  Wow!  That was deep.

I started Weight Watchers again.  Watch out folks, Elisabet has been off of soda for a week!

I have some scrapbooking layouts and pictures to share.  Look for those later today or tomorrow.  It’s going to be an awesome day in Phoenix, get out and enjoy this city with the people you love!