Doing things around the yard - heck, being generally "handy" at all - has never been something that I would describe me as doing with any regularity.  But at the end of each night this week, I feel down right blue collar.

You see, I got a Robomower this week (and with that statement I just lost any feeling towards me from the public of blue-collardness), and I've been placing, testing and burying the required perimeter wire.  What keeps me going despite the sore joints each night is the knowledge that when all is done, I won't have to mow again.

Or in my case I won't have to pay someone else to mow again.

When the robots rise, I will be the first victim.  Chopped into bits, and then Roomba'd up.

Robomower

Hi All.  We've been back for a week now.  I've been sorting through honeymoon photos - I took about 2500 photos (19.9GB worth!), so I'm going through to pick out which ones to put online.

I've had quite a few people ask about the wedding photos.  As soon as I have them, I'll put them up.  Erika has been hard at work getting them ready, so we should have them up soon!

So with Ian and Amy gone and with only some members of Kim's family still in town, it feels for the first time that the wedding is over.  It's a bittersweet feeling.  A year of our lives went into planning our day, and we hope that all of you who could make it had as great a time as we did.  It's both good to have it over, but also sad for it to be gone and past, though a new chapter of my life is now starting.

The saying generally goes that your wedding day is "the happiest day of your life".  In the days leading up to it, I couldn't help but fear it would be stressful, and was worried that the rain was going to force it into a day that always left me wondering what might have been had we had the outdoor wedding.

I was wrong.

The ceremony and reception were perfect.  How could they not be, with my beautiful wife and so many friends and family members in one place?  It all turned out so wonderful, and I am so grateful to everyone who helped make our special day so nice.

We'll have pictures back in a few weeks, so I will get them posted shortly after.

My Wedding Ring