In the spirit of new years and fresh starts, this week’s quip is Paul Lynde‘s answer to a question on Hollywood Squares.

Q: In what state was Abraham Lincoln born?
A: Well, like all of us naked and screaming!

I’m way waaaay behind on my blogging. I have a couple hundred megs of pictures share with various interested parties and over a dozen posts sitting in queue with nothing more than a title and a link. (Not to mention that I missed the WBQotW last week.)

But I know that there are things I need to share so that family and friends can be up to speed on “the cousin we never hear about”, so here are some news briefs.

The Repartment
Tammy and I are all moved in. The last bit of re-arranging is done (now that the Christmas tree is down) and we absolutely love the new place. Pictures forthcoming.

The Church
Our Christmas musical was a smash hit. Many long time members of the church said it was the best production Glenview has ever done. That’s saying a lot because the previous “fine arts” minister did a couple of productions that ended up on DVD.

Our youth drama group (The Bottom Line) going to merge into the new adult “fine arts” ministry. (That does not mean that any of you kids can stop coming to drama! You are going to join the grown ups. That’s an order!)

Wheels
Yes the rumors are true. Tammy is driving a new set of wheels. We bought her Toyota in 2002 intending to keep it until it completely quit running. But in the last six months it’s started to show some age (as it should at 150,000 miles). We decided to take the plunge and find something with lower miles. We can afford it now and may not be able to later. More details to follow.

Recreation
Some of you know that Tammy and I are avid rock climbers. With the move, we are now too far from our old climbing gym to justify the (very) high cost of membership. So we resolved to take our climbing budget and build a bouldering wall in our garage. We cleared it with the apartment management and this weekend we got the first phase of construction wrapped up. Film at eleven.

Employment
My job remains a dream come true. Tammy has been looking for something closer to the new place, less stressful, and with better hours. (Currently, she has to get up at about 5 AM, although I’m still not convinced that such a thing exists.) Once again, God pours out the blessings. Tammy will be starting a new job in February working in the office of our great friend, Stan Preece. He’s a dentist.

Please stay tuned for more on these and other stories. Now if you will excuse me, I have a white board that needs quipping.