House For Sale!!

I have finally finished fixing my house up for sale and listed it on the market! My realtor has warned me that the market is in pretty poor shape and right now is not the best time to be selling a house. At the same time I don’t have a choice as Julie and I have already purchased and moved into our new home. I guess there isn’t much one can do about the timing of things, but I don’t believe that dropping the price on a home to make a quick sale is the way to go either. After all, people put a lot of time and energy into their homes over the years and to have to settle for less than what it’s truly worth all because of the ‘timing’… well, that just isn’t fair!

Any way, I have a little time still before I get desperate about selling… so for now, I’ll hold out and see what the market does for the first quarter of 2008!

Thanksgiving Weekend 2007 – St. Michaels

This year Julie and I made plans to spend Thanksgiving with her family in St. Michaels, Maryland. In the past, I have always gone home to spend Thanksgiving with my parents. It’s not just the fact that my Mother is a great cook, it’s also important to me to spend quality time with the ones I love and don’t get to see often enough.

This goes both ways now that Julie and I are married… now there are ‘two families’ that we have to think about spreading our time between, so we have decided to alternate the holidays between each family and each year. This year we spent Thanksgiving with Julie’s family and next year it will be with mine… that’s as fair of a trade off you can get I think.

We did have a great time in St. Michaels (as we always do) and it is always nice to spend time with Julie’s folks. However, it was unfortunate that Julie’s sister and her kid’s were unable to attend this year due to issues with her husbands company. We really did miss you guys and we hope you had a nice turkey day and all is well up North! We will get together soon!!

Some photos from Thanksgiving in St. Michaels» (Coming Soon!)

Our Moving Adventure (part 1) – Arlington, VA

Packing up for the move to the new house.

Ah Yes… who can’t help but love the joy’s of moving! You never know what you have until… you try to cram it all into a moving truck. Stuff, stuff and more stuff… people in general have a tendency to collect stuff and I must admit that I am no different. What happened to the good old single days of living in a one bedroom apartment and traveling out of a duffel bag? It was so easy to move back then… you just threw everything into the back of a pickup truck and you were done!

Animals are so lucky in the respect that they have no extra baggage. Except for their young, they have nothing they have to take or worry about when they migrate. Must be nice to be baggage free!

I’ll try to put together a photo gallery of both Julie’s move and mine later on! Stay tuned….!

Stuff For Sale

This is an updated posting for items I have for sale. Everything that you see here is also listed on Craigslist. Remember to add shipping to all listed prices. Please send me an email if you are interested in anything you see here!

Updated October 24, 2008:

• 1986 Toyota Hilux 4×4 Pickup Truck ‘Lifted’ / 96K Miles – SOLD
• 1995 Kawasaki ZX7R Sportbike / 21K Miles (track proven) – SOLD
• Sony DSC-F707 5.24mp/Ikelite underwater camera system – $1500
• Snap-On MT2500 Automotive Scanner w/Euro & connectors - SOLD
• Minolta Maxxum 3xi 35mm SLR w/35-80 zoom lens & extras – $60
• Fieldsheer MACH-1 Mesh Motorcycle Jacket (mens-size 42R) – SOLD
• Bauer Supreme 3000 Pro Ice Hockey Gloves (m/m size-14) – $60
• 95′ Kawasaki ZX7R Fiberglass Solo-Tail (new-unfinished) – $120

Older Stuff:

• Sony Playstation 2 Gaming System (PS2) – $90
• PS2 Games: GhostRecon 1&2, NHL-2K3, SplinterCell – $15 each
• Let me keep looking… I’m sure I can find more!

PHOTOS AND ITEM DESCRIPTIONS

This system includes everything needed to start taking great underwater photographs… an excellent starter system for anyone looking to get into underwater photography! Please email me for complete details.

Minolta Maxxum 3xi 35mm SLR w/35-80 zoom lens & extras – $60

This is an older 35mm film camera system which only collects dust in a closet. It still works great, but I have absolutly no use for it anymore. System comes with the Minolta SLR camera body, Minolta 35-80 AF power zoom lens, Minolta 2000xi Flash, Minolta camera bag & neck strap. Make me an offer and it’s yours!

I used these hockey gloves for 1 season in Prince William on a ‘B’ division team before purching a pair of Easton Gloves. They are in almost new condition with only a small amount of tape ware to the palms.

This is a new custom fiberglass solo-tail for a 95′ Kawasaki ZX7R sportbike. I was going to use it myself, but I ended up selling my bike before I had a chance to start the custom body & paint work. It’s un-cut and un-painted… just waiting for a new owner. Make me a reasonable offer and it’s yours!

Stay tuned… more to follow!

Megalodon Shark Tooth Diving Trip

The Local Diving Conditions Web site for Topsail Beach, NC

Well…it appears that due to uncontrollable circumstances (a nice way of putting it) that I will not be able to make Don Becker’s tooth hunting trip after all. Other ‘family’ matters, of much greater importance have required me to travel to Mississippi earlier this month and there is still just too much on the plate.

I am truly happy that Don could find someone to fill my space with such short notice… I hope everyone has a great time and excellent weather! Thanks again for the invite and give my regards to the deep.

UPDATE: The ‘Megalodon Monitor’ was first created by Julie B. and then re-designed by myself before posting it on this Web site. Please feel free to bookmark the link and refer back to it as often as you like… and thanks again for all the support from our friends!!