What a sad sad day. I sat in my room and just cried last night. Terrible. Why did he have to die? Why? We'll miss you Col. Blake! :( And when Radar salutes him as he's getting in the chopper... gets ya right here *points at my chest*. *sigh* And for the really bad news.. turns out Mike, the oldest of my roomies, has purchased a home that he will be closing on the 30th of April, and since when one of us moves we all have to move, looks like we'll all be moving next month. They're going to talk to our landlord and see if we can't just have someone else move in. It's been good here. Mike gets free cable through his company, rent is only 280 and 20 utilities, own room equipped with a new fan I just got at Wallllll-mArt. But that's ok. Oh, and the worst news yet... My fishing license expired!! Rats. But..We're having ward prayer here on Sunday. And our home teacher came over at like 10:30 last night. He's a really cool guy too. But, other than that, since I've been living on soup for the last 2 months, I decided to restring my guitar and get some golf stuff :> well, just tees. Now we just need to hit the links. Robert out

Amalfi Coast

Here is what it's supposed to look like when it's done. It's by Carl Aagaard called "View to the Amalfi Coast". The section that I have done, though it looks small, is about 7300 stitches. Imagine doing that by hand. Crazy!
7800 as of Apr 1.

Cross stitch

That's right, I'm man enough to use pink. So, pictured to the right is a counted cross stitch that I'm currently working on. I got the pattern online. Since I didn't have supplies (aka thread, loom, patience) I've decided to do it in more of a paint by the numbers, or rather, digital paint by the numbers. So now each pixel (yes, pixel) equals one stitch. I've created a grid with each zig being 10 stitches and each zag being 10 stitches. To give you some idea how big this is going to be when it's done and how far I am from finishing, the portion that is done is 2400 pixels, or stitches. I'll update it as I go along. :)

Ward Talent Show

Wow, what an amazing ward talent show!! So to start it off one guy got up and played the guitar. Dang, I was impressed. He was super good! Then we had some karaoke which was really good, a couple singers, piano players, one guy got up and break-danced, or is it broke-danced?? hmm, anyways, funny group called "being band" got up, they consisted of 4 guys totalling 4 hours of practice, a bass player that has never played before, and a guy on a cowbell singing something I guess. But the amazing thing was that it actually came off really well, another guy with a guitar sang "hey there delilah" and his cousin read laffy taffy jokes after that. The relief society president made whistling sounds with a straw. Like, looking back I guess it was all pretty lame, but we had so much fun, I laughed and clapped the whole time I think. I met the people at my table, Paul, Tammy, Jordan (the laffy taffy guy), and Matt (Hey there delilah). Good people, good fun. My roommate was one of the judges and I guess the top two acts go on to the stake level. :) So there was my night. I wish trax would start working again. I left my house at 7:40 this morning and didn't get to campus until 9:10 or so. That's the second time in the last week. I'm almost sure in an hour and a half that I could have walked the 6 miles to campus, and I wouldn't be so angry, and I'd be in better shape... hmm.. maybe I'll have to look at that for this spring. Oh, and just a shout out for Russell's blog. I don't think he has much on there yet, but everyone check it out cuz it has a cool name. The link is over there -------> or right here.
Alright, how many people clicked on "here"... be honest?? ha ha http://palmertheembalmer.blogspot.com

Pictures of the Homestead

I don't know what the trebuchet font is, but I can't pass it up. So, here are the pictures that I promised. Starting from the top left and working our way down we have: View From Parkinglot facing East (The red arrow indicates one of my TWO bedroom windows) The Complex. View From South Porch. View From Front Door Looking West. Living Room on Main Floor. Bedroom At The Top Of The Stairs. Kitchen. My Closet (15 feet of hanger and shelf space!...I KNOW!) Case of Caffeine Free Mtn. Dew. And A View Of Dressor In Bedroom.

Well there you have it. It's pretty nice. I spent the day vaccuuming and doing laundry today. Turns out I'm just down the street from the Holladay Library. It's nice being able to go in to work for a couple hours on Saturdays now. I mean, It's 2:13 now, and I'm already awake. Not only that but I've put in 2 hours of work, gone to the Library, and vaccuumed and done two loads of laundry.... what's wrong with me!!?? Who is this guy? *looks around nervously* Robert out.