12-25-10 Merry Christmas!

Another year comes to an end - I have fallen behind in the daily updates so will get back on that horse -

Christmas Eve - 12-24-10

1. 6 mile run in the cold - felt good to be outside in the sun and cold running in the snow
2. Christmas Eve at the Grasky's with Holly - was an excellent night.
3. Couch time ;)

12-21-10 - back in the saddle

1. starting to get work figured out
2. Date with a beautiful woman (last night)
3. scotch with Wylie and Austen

Honolulu Marathon 4:52 - 12-12-10

1. Finished Honolulu marathon
2. Finished Honolulu marathon
3. Finished Honolulu marathon

12-11-10

HAWAII!!!

1. Learned to paddle board with Eric, Tracy and their friend Mirna
2. Found out Eric and Tracy are engaged!!
3. Enjoyed a great dinner with Dallas, Tom, Jill, Harvey and Dallas' brother Jimmy.

Marathon tomorrow!!!

12-5-10

1. powder skiing at the gspot - good at the top, thin at the bottom
2. family xmas tree hunting
3. set up first xmas tree...my xmas tree.

12-2-2010

wow what a long day - 14hr work day - but positives


1. great card from Austen about coaching soccer - will save that one for sure
2. get to shovel the driveway
3. no alcohol :)

Tuesday, November 23rd 2010

FIRST DAY OF SKIING!!!

1. Night skiing at marshall with new friends and old - skiing was pretty decent.
2. Soccer banquet - it was last week but was by far that best banquet - such a hard group to see move on
3. Kids dropped of a great thank you - bacon, card and REI card - man I am going to miss those kids.

Wednesday November 17th, 2010

1. Soccer banquet - almost brought to tears - tough group of kids to be done with.
2. Wylie is a scotch drinker now!!!
3. drink with coaches afterwards -
4. Gave Kara the Coaches award - she fully deserved it - what a great kid.

Tuesday Nov. 16th, 2010

1. drinks with Kevin Leavell
2. got banquet sorted out...mostly...
3. tired...very tired.

Tuesday November 11th, 2010

1. Good hard day at work - feel like I am starting to get the hang of it...
2. 1 hr run
3. great left overs and a glass of wine for dinner

On side note which I didn't mention the girl I danced with on Friday night replied back to my txt on Monday :)

Saturday October 30th, 2010

The sun finally set on 2010 BSHS girls soccer - wanted it to continue and the girls be successful, what a special group.

1. Tearful ending to yesterdays last soccer game of the season
2. Picking the player to get the coaches award
3. Decompressing at Bayern with Austen over a Dancing Trout pint
4. going to bed pretty early and getting a good nights sleep
5. Sat Morning - great breakfast with soccer on TV


looking forward to writing up the banquet.

Sunday October, 24 2010

1. Got glass recycled
2. great day upper rock creek in the rain and cold!
3. Dinner at the Stantons!!!

Thursday, October 21rst 2010

Didn't get to put anything down as a positive yesterday, in fact missed a few days, I will blame soccer but really its just me being lazy.

1. Beat Glacier yesterday in the game to go to state!
2. Celebrated with Austen, Wylie, Mackenzie, and Ben at El Cazador and heard some super funny stories
3. Work is going ok so far - have a lot to learn!
4. Beers with Deb!

Friday, October 15th, 2010

1. Dinner at Dan's house
2. Quiet night at home - in bed by 10pm
3. finished first week of work for the onstore

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

1. Got a work laptop (mac power book, pretty excited about that!)
2. Attended first actual work meetings!
3. Quiet night of laundry and soccer work at home

Tuesday October 12th, 2010

1. Second day working for the "onstore" - seems to be getting better and better each day
2. Kids played great against Sentinel - just couldn't seem to get that winning goal...
3. Whiskey and baseball with Scott, Sky and of course Tyler Bodie!!!

Friday October 8th, 2010

A day behind on this one -

1. LAST DAY OF WORK AT PYRON TECHNOLOGIES!!!!
2. Lunch with Kate Templeman
3. Quiet drive to Spokane and got to meet by nephew (Collin Patrick) for the first time!!!!!!

Couple days behind - Wednesday October 6th, 2010

1. Good session with the girls - might have been a little much but I think they are getting it.
2. Dinner and drinks with Sky/Jamie and family watching playoff baseball
3. confirmed a date for Sunday evening!

Friday October 1rst, 2010

1. Not at work!
2. Got to watch Sam Dixon play college soccer
3. Took a nap on the drive down to Colorado
4. Free schwag in the hotel we are staying at for Mesa St. parent's weekend (Scarf, hat, wine)

Wednesday - September 29th 2010

1. Today is my birthday - thanks mom and dad for fooling around over christmas :)
2. Was nice to have all the kids text me happy birthday even if it was from Austen's prompts
3. Finished my birthday with a beer at the Stanton's

Tuesday September 28th, 2010

1. The girls beat Helena High - 5 - 3, barn burner for sure.
2. JV girls beat Helena High 3 - 1 for their first win of the season
3. Quiet night at home.

Monday September 27th, 2010

1. Finally mowed the yard
2. Enjoying tasty Monday night beverage
3. Realized i don't have to deal with managerial issues in about 7 days!

Sunday September 26th, 2010

1. Hard labor day - spend the day roofing with roof
2. got up early and enjoyed a tasty breakfast
3 Home early and a little drunk (didn't drive and happy to be a little lit up :))

Saturday September 25th, 2010

1. Up early for morning run
2. Girls played great even though all we got was a tie
3. Chilling at home with a whiskey and seven and going to bed early.

Thursday, September 23rd 2010

1. Went into work late -
2. Survived rough night :)
3. Skype call with Dallas, Becky and Collin

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010

1. Dinner and drinks with Travis and Jeremy at the James Bar
2. Great session with the kids
3. completed all HR requirements for new job

Tuesday, September 21rst, 2010

1. Lost to Sentinel but kids played great - and showed amazing potential
2. Fun night at Tower Pizza for Mackenzie's birthday
3. ran without calf pain this morning for the first time in a long long time.

Monday - September 20th, 2010

Change is good.


1. Signed new job contract - now employed by Vanns.com
2. Girls had a great pre-game session - should be a good game tomorrow
3. Got to see a pick of my nephew Collin Patrick

behind again...

Well this post will be for Sunday September 19th -

Now have a new birthday to celebrate! Collin Patrick Kanealii Cooney was born.

I am super excited for Becky and Dallas - 8lbs, 20 inch replica of Dallas.

1. Nephew born today
2. Nephew born today
3. Nephew born today

Monday September 13th

Couple things that I didn't from from Saturday - September 11th

1. Beat Hellgate soccer - 2 to 1 - we didn't play well but got the win anyway.
2. Mowed yard finally!
3. Austen's Birthday party (30th) - Mango margaritas!!!


Ok on to today - September 13th

1. Good start to the work day - accomplished a lot in 8 hrs
2. Saw an attitude change in the kids in a positive way at practice today - will hopefully pay off tomorrow
3. Won a text battle between Austen, Wylie and myself even if Austen won't admit it.

Sunday September 12th, 2010

1. Slept in!
2. Helped Scott roof a house up on 500 Lynden
3. Beers with Nikki, Scott, Keri and Ramsie Jo

Wednesday 9-8-10

1. great practice - kids worked super hard
2. early morning workout
3. enjoy tasty glass of whiskey while organizing photos on laptop

9-7-10 - been awhile

Soccer has taken over my life again!!! Love it.

I am going to cover a few days with tonights positive's posts -

1. Great Labor day weekend in Walla Walla Washington with Austen, Wylie, Nikki, and Austen's parents - Neil and Steve
2. Went to my first real wine tasting (spent way too much money on wine...)
3. Slept unbelievably well both nights I was gone
4. Got new laptop and internet setup at the house
5. While I dropped the ball a bit on one user's setup for email was able to make another customer extremely happy by contacting him tonight and fixing his MX record issue.
6. starting post daily positives again

Life is good despite what anybody else tells you.

8-28-10

If its change you need relish the journey.

I need change.

Soccer Season 2010

Ok - a bit behind with the daily updates - will skip ahead to 8-28-10. The positives from the previous three weeks all revolve around BSHS soccer -

8-27-10 -
1. Finished Two-a-day practices - well done girls
2. Made it up "the M" in 9:00min
3. Dinner with good friends old and new

8-28-10 -
1. Early morning run
2. Got caught up on some work
3. River City Roots festival!

Wednesday August 11, 2010

1. Followed up with interesting opportunity - will hopefully work out
2. Completed the Montana Duathlon (mtn biking followed by fly fishing) with Wylie
3. Hot chick on Ice Road truckers now - interesting...

Tuesday August 10th, 2010

1. Got through the BSHS coaches/parent meeting
2. Semi-positive semi-sad - Pfalls is done for the year...
3. Interesting opportunity presented itself today

Monday August 9th, 2010

1. Got through a day at work post my vacation
2. beers with Scott and Ramsie Jo
3. to bed early!

Sunday August 8th, 2010

1. Woke up hungry
2. lunch and Finn and Porter with a good friend
3. BBQ at my house with friends and avoided all Sunday chores

Saturday August 7th, 2010

1. Alpine start in the alpine above the treeline.
2. Enjoyed filtered mountain water from 10,000ft
3. Watched sunrise in a beautiful place

Hiked down from the plateau in the afternoon - was spent, tired and very happy.

Friday August 6th, 2010

1. Tired but excited about hiking today
2. Made it to Frozen to Death Plateau (10,000ft above sea level) - absolutely beautiful
3. hiked strong today - felt good to be a strong hiker -

Thursday August 5th, 2010

1. Floating with Jeremy on the North Fork of the Blackfoot/Main Blackfoot corridor
2. 10 hr day in the sun in the heart of Montana
3. began trip to Beartooth's to hike Granite peak

Wednesday August 4th, 2010

1. Packed up all gear for trip to Granite Peak
2. Last day of work before two days off
3. Brother back and settled into US time again

Tuesday August 3rd, 2010

1. Played 60min in a soccer game without any pain
2. Meet up with an old friend - Journey Herbeck - who is back from Mexico
3. Now own a sweet Mexican soccer team jersey

Monday August 2nd, 2010

1. Enjoyed a great early morning breakfast at home
2. Got all hiking stuff organized for Granite trip
3. Beers with Sky and Travis

Sunday August 1rst, 2010

Only two weeks away until soccer starts up again!!!

1. Slept in - first time in quite awhile
2. First training run for Honolulu Marathon
3. Got caught up on house chores including yard work

Saturday July 31rst, 2010

1. Mtn bike ride up some new trails at Blue Mtn with Scott and Wylie
2. Afternoon nap
3. Learned a new card game "shanghai" with Austen and Wylie
4. Great dinner at Austen and Wylies

Friday July 30th, 2010

1. Amazing home cooked meal of Thai food at Travis and Jill's house
2. Survived a nasty work day/work week
3. Ice cold Gin and Tonic!

Thursday July 29th, 2010

1. Played soccer without any calf pain for the first time
2. Ran into kids I used to coach - all are doing well and successful
3. Finished a pretty successful mail move for a client at work

Wednesday July 28th, 2010

1. Decent day at work -
2. Dinner, drink, ice cream after work
3. Slept hard.

Tuesday July 27th, 2010

1. Got done with work video shoot - whew...
2. Didn't spend money on lunch
3. Good muffin and tea from Trout River

some days are tougher than others to find the positives...

Monday July 26th 2010

1. Left work early - love it when that happens
2. Ping Pong table is set up and in use!
3. BBQ with good friends at my house

First Xterra Tri - Sunday July 25th, 2010

a bit nervous this morning...

1. Venue is amazing - great place to have a triathlon
2. Completed the race in 3:30:23 - not the fasted but hopefully not the slowest
3. Enjoyed a well earned and very tasty Doublehaul IPA that Sugar brought for post race refreshments.

Whew...what a day -

Saturday July 24th, 2010

Countdown to first full Xterra Tri...

1. Up early to prep for travel to Bozeman - love getting up early on a Saturday!
2. Super cool race socks (really its the little things)
3. Beautiful campsite up the Gallatin gateway on Spire creek and enjoyed a great dinner with Sugar, Jess, and Meg

Friday July 23rd, 2010

1. Made it through a long work day
2. Enjoyed Friday evening at Caras Park with good friends, good music, good food and of course good beer
3. Got all packed up for weekend trip to Bozeman!

Thursday July 22nd 2010

1. Was (I think) a better friend than I have been in the past
2. Got to see and hang out with Big Mike Schaub!
3. Did not close down the bars...whew...

Wednesday July 21rst, 2010

1. Moved a customers email without issue - they were happy - love it when that happens
2. Finished last training brick before tri this weekend -
3. quiet night at home - slept well - those days are becoming more and more frequent - single life isn't so bad...

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Payday!

1. Any time you get a paycheck that is a positive thing!
2. Kids worked hard at BSHS open field, one bad attitude to sort out but it is girls soccer
3. Was able to play in a soccer game for 15min without any serious calf pain

Monday, July 19th, 2010

1. Completed a long brick in the Rattlesnake
2. Saw a black bear in the Rattlesnake
3. Dinner with Austen, Wylie and some friends from VA

Pretty damn good day, minus that whole work distraction...

Sunday July 18th, 2010

Why not go fishing both weekend days to the North Fork of the Blackfoot?

1. Second trip of the summer to the North Fork of the Blackfoot
2. Hiked in past the first pack bridge and found some beautiful pools with nice size cutthroats
3. Enjoyed the day with a good friend and finished with a trip to the Big Dipper for ice cream

Hell of a weekend.

Saturday July 17th, 2010

FISHING TRIP!!!

1. First day this summer on the North Fork of the Blackfoot
2. Enjoyed a bit of Sky's birthday whiskey
3. BBQ at Stanton's two days in a row!

Friday July 16th, 2010

Stayed out to late again on Thursday night...won't make that mistake again.

1. Got through a disaster day at work.
2. Dinner at the Stantons
3. Asleep by 1030pm

Thursday July 15th, 2010

yet another interesting Thursday -
1. Good soccer turnout at BSHS
2. Fun night at Als and Vics
3. Fun night into friday morning...

Wednesday July 14th , 2010

Funny story - Courtney texted me to remind me that 4 years ago today was our wedding anniversary - hadn't even crossed my mind what today was - I will take that a good thing and continue to move forward.

1. Biga Pizza for Dinner - new Wednesday Dinner spot- waitress super hot!
2. Scott Grasky went with me for a Blue Mountain bike ride
3. Enjoyed a tasty whiskey at the end of the day (Makers)

Tuesday July 13th, 2010

No co-rec soccer today, a day off...whew...

1. relaxing morning at the house
2. got a few work projects moving forward
3. break from co-rec soccer - watched a movie at home

Monday July 12th, 2010

1. went for a mtn bike ride up blue mountain, felt good after the half marathon
2. enjoyed quiet dinner at home
2. Watched Man on Fire - love that movie

Sunday July 11th, 2010

Missoula Marathon!!!

1. Completed the Half Marathon (1:44:20), not a PR but a good race anyway
2. World Cup Final!!! - Spain bested the Netherlands in a great final 1 to 0 in the 119th minute.
3. Physically and mentally exhausted which was good - have a sort of date on Monday for ice cream...curious to see where that ends up.

Saturday July 10th, 2010

1. Up early and got most of the days errands done before noon.
2. Watch Germany beat Uruguay in the World Cup 3rd place game, then took a sweet nap!
3. Explored some familiar water that has changed a bit on the Bitterroot. Didn't catch many fish enjoyed the time walking around out there.

Friday July 9th, 2010

1. Made it to work on time!!! (an accomplishment consider Thursdays activities...)
2. Completed a nagging project at work
3. Got the yard mowed!!!

Thursday July 8th, 2010

1. Good turnout despite the heat at open field soccer
2. Left work feeling good about the day
3. Enjoyed a pint with another hottie at Al's and Vic's on yet another Thursday night

Wednesday July 7th, 2010

Strange but starting to like the pain and suffering of a long triathlon brick.

1. Great Rattlesnake ride up Spring Gulch with Wylie - and even though we had to walk a portion, it was still super sweet.
2. Dinner at Bigga Pizza - Mo was working - need to find a way to get her phone #
3. Got to see Ramsie Jo

Tuesday July 6th, 2010

1. Beautiful day for soccer and hanging out in Missoula
2. Survived day at work after long weekend.
3. Enjoyed pints with our co-rec soccer team at Paradise Falls.

Monday July 5th, 2010

One more day of fishing to complete the weekend!

1. Finally got all the glass up to Phillipsburg for recycling!
2. Enjoyed a great afternoon up at Rock Creek - sometimes its nice to fish solo.
3. Laid out a 60 foot roll cast and nailed a sweet cutthroat to finish the day.

Already looking forward to fishing next weekend!

Sunday July 4th, 2010

Not a big fan of fireworks or the amount of drinking that takes place this weekend. Seems like most people consider that the only way to celebrate America.

1. Float on the Blackfoot with Jeremy Lurgio and Wylie Carr - Wylie's first go a rowing for fishing and considering the wind he did fantastic.
2. BBQ at Shane and Jess's - BOCCI BALL!!! Meg and I lost big but was still a fun time
3. Laughed really hard with Caroline at the BBQ over a funny innuendo.

Doesn't happen often enough but I love laughing so hard that I cannot breath.

Saturday July 3rd, 2010

Three day weekend ahead!

1. Fishing with Nikki up Rock Creek - she caught three fish and one was a nice 16" cutthroat
2. Enjoyed a tasty new IPA from New Belgium - Beer Ranger
3. Osprey game with Wylie and Austen

Great Saturday!

Friday July 2nd, 2010

For the record staying out until 2am then attempting to go to work after a night of PBR and Patron is never, I repeat never a good idea.

1. Had beers with a 23 year old hottie at Al's and Vic's
2. Made it to work by 730am
3. Lunch time beers while watching the World cup with co-workers

Gotta love Fridays.

thursday July 1rst, 2010

1. Rocked it at Als and Vic's
2. Good turn out at BSHS open field
3. Dealt with at tough work issue

Downhill to Christmas!!!

Wednesday June 30th, 2010

1. Great weather for a brick at blue mountain
2. Increased run time up the hill by about 1min.
3. River runs through it was on.

Wednesday June 30th, 2010

Last day of June 2010 - over the half way point for the year. Days are getting shorter already.

Tuesday June 29th, 2010

1. Fun co-rec soccer game - WE TIED!! meaning we didn't lose :)
2. Got quite a bit done at work
3. Sylvester came back to the house from his walk about...

Monday June 28th, 2010

Another Monday. But at least its now summer and I get to spend it in Missoula!

1. Woke up feeling refreshed from the weekend
2. Work was not a total disaster from two days off
3. Good workout - biked up Curry, down Spring, up Wollman, down mail trail head, ran man trail head - about a 2:40 hr work out.

Sunday June 27th, 2010

1. Beautiful Sunny day!!!
2. Up early to watch England v Germany (Germany won - 4-1)
3. Chill afternoon and made it to bed early!

Saturday June 26th, 2010

Travis and Jill's wedding day!!

1. Early morning bike ride with wedding posse
2. USA v. Ghana (we lost, 2 to 1) but what a great game
3. Marrying Travis and Jill - such a fun ceremony

great food, great dancing, great people. Stayed up way to late listening to Jeremy play the guitar at the fire. Started with Gant, Jer and Steve, what a trio. Travis chimed in a bit later with his harmonica - what a wedding!

Friday June 25th, 2010

1. Morning run with Caroline
2. Morning bike ride with Jeremy, Travis and some boys/girls from Jackson
3. Beautiful rehearsal dinner at the Double Arrow in Seeley Lake for Travis and Jill's wedding

Thursday June 24th, 2010

NO WORK TODAY - finally a day off!!!

1. Morning blue mountain brick
2. Fishing lower rock creek with some friends, both old and new
3. BBQ at Travis' house - Keener cooked up some amazing bbq pork

Wednesday June 23rd, 2010

1. USA advancing to the knockout round of the world cup
2. Went into work late
3. Blue Mountain brick

June 23rd, 2010

USA 1 Algeria 0 - USA advances to knockout round - what a game, so fun to watch.

June 22nd, 2010

1. Fun Co-rec soccer game - was able to play one half without calf pain - progress!!!
2. Good turn out for BSHS open fields - fun group of kids
3. Beers with the boys at pfalls

Monday, June 21rst 2010

First official day of summer, longest day of the year now we march towards winter.

1. Made a mature decision :)
2. Great workout (brick up at Blue Mountain)but need to extend the run a bit further
3. Enjoyed a great beer

Sunday June 20th, 2010

Father's Day!
1. Had a great conversation with my dad and started to plan guys fishing trip up in alaska
2. Was able to wish Scott his first "happy father's day"
3. Quiet evening at home and believe finally sorted out the NG issues :)

Saturday June 19th, 2010

1. Explored new water on Rock Creek.
2. Got to hike around with Dallas and teach him how to fish (cast gets better better)
3. Drank beer in a torrential down pour around a fire with Dallas

Friday June 18th, 2010

Rock Creek camping/fishing weekend -

1. Left work early, got home and drank a beer at noon!
2. Got a sweet camp spot right on the river
3. Fished a little, drank a little and laughed a lot with Dallas and Sky

June 16th, 2010

1. Good run up Blue Mountain - slow but not much calf pain
2. Lunch with Jamie at Biga (hot waitress wasn't working :()
3. Nice dinner at home and to bed relatively early

June 15th, 2010

1. We won our first co-rec soccer game of the season!
2. Watched Rocky IV on TV when I got home from soccer - love old school films!
3. Up early watching world cup soccer.

Monday June 14th, 2010

1. Started running again - calf and hamstring feeling much better
2. Made some progress on a couple of work issues
3. Quiet night at home getting laundry and Travis and Jill's wedding written out

Sunday June 13th, 2010

1. Up early to watch some more world cup games
2. Took a much needed nap - long weekend and long week...
3. Enjoyed dinner with Scott, Keri and Ramsie Jo while watching baseball and the Celtics beat the Lakers in Game 5.

Saturday June 12th, 2010

WORLD CUP!!! Technically it started on Friday but the USA plays today so we will celebrate that as the start!!!

1. USA tied England 1 to 1 on a GK mistake - but we will take it!
2. Brewery tour with Austen, Wylie and a couple of their friends
3. Fun party at Mike Eismann's house.

Friday - June 11th, 2010

1. Made to work by 715am after a late night :)
2. Beers with Neils
3. Presented with some interesting work opportunities

Thursday June 10th, 2010

1. Still breathing after a long week
2. Al's and Vic's soccer at Play fair (hurt my calf but still had fun playing)
3. Helped Scott and Keri getting their house arranged for the arrival of RJ

Wednesday June 9th, 2010

1. Spent some quality time with Keri, Scott and Ramsie Jo
2. Spent some quality time with Sky and Jamie
3. Great lunch with Mackenzie

Tuesday June 8th, 2010

1. Co-rec soccer with good friends
2. Survived a rough day (mental note - no mas drinking with Cindy)
3. Had fun with the kids the showed up to BSHS summer soccer

Monday June 7th, 2010

1. Got to hold Ramsie Jo Grasky - beautiful little girl.
2. Had a great dinner with good friend
3. Survived the night...ahhh Cindy...trouble for sure.

Sunday June 6th, 2010

WWII - d-day in 1944. Amazing piece of history to remember.

1. Got yard work done.
2. Great brick (bike/run) at Lake Como in the Bitterroots with Jess Kehoe - super tired when finished though, but the burger and beer we had afterward made the trip worth it.
3. Found out that Scott and Keri had a healthy little girl!!! Ramsie Jo Grasky! good work kids, good work...

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

1. Decided to sleep in a bit
2. Got a ping pong table!!! (will work on setup next week)
3. Great hike with Jer, Care, and Peet

Friday, June 4th 2010

1. Slow afternoon at work.
2. Enjoyed nice dinner with Travis and Jill
3. Dave wasn't in the office most of the day!

Thursday June 3rd, 2010

1. good turn out at BSHS for summer soccer
2. Productive day at work
3. Enjoyed beers with friends after Thursday soccer watching the sun set at Play Fair park

Wednesday June 2nd, 2010

1. Quiet night at home - watched Crazy Heart - good movie, great soundtrack
2. Enjoyed a fine glass of whiskey while watching Crazy Heart - seemed appropriate considering the movie...
3. Made it to bed early.

Tuesday June 1rst, 2010

Scott's Birthday!!!

1. Fun co-rec soccer game
2. Start of BSHS summer open fields
3. Wings and Beers at PFalls

Monday May 31rst, 2010

1. Uneventful drive back to Missoula. Love returning to Missoula after a trip.
2. Bike ride with Travis/Jer
3. Got all my laundry from the weekend done!

Sunday May 30th, 2010

CDA race day!
didn't get into the Bozeman Ridge run, will try again next year

1. Ran CDA half marathon - 1:42:13
2. Drank a tasty pint (Bayern Dancing Trout) with Dallas and his family
3. Excellent BBQ with Dallas, Becky and some of their close friends.

Saturday May 29th, 2010

1. Lunch in CDA with Dallas and his mom Harvey
2. Visit with pregnant sister who is doing great!
3. watched a great hockey game - 6 to 5 Blackhawks in the first game of 2010 Stanley cup finals

Friday May 28th

1. Left work early for beers with Scott and Sky!
2. Scott's Birthday party bbq - got to see just about everybody
3. To bed relatively early!

Men's league in Missoula (Thursday May 28, 2010)

1. First day of men's league soccer in Missoula - which for me was first real game back from knee injury.
2. Travis' asked me to be his officiant for their wedding
3. Beers and Al's and Vic's with the boys but left early with Jeremy.

Start of men's league soccer is the start of summer in Missoula. I am not sure how much longer I will be playing especially if we continue down the path we where going down last night. Ugly soccer compounded by a couple of knuckleheads on our team yelling at each other.

Excited about being Travis' officiant. Have some work to do this weekend but should have a bit of down time to put some thoughts on paper for them.

Wednesday May 26th 2010

1. Made excellent progress on project at work
2. Was able to message Tom in Iraq - he's doing well and will hopefully be home soon.
3. went to bed early.

Start of Soccer season (Tuesday May 25th, 2010)

Long day at work - crunching away at numbers and POP3 email accounts not that much fun.

1. First Co-rec soccer game played since the knee injury last year
2. Wings and beer with good friends at Pfalls
3. Made it through the day without sweets

Tuesday - not a bad day at all.

Life is fragile (Monday May, 24th)

Christy Parrot passed away on Saturday. While we were not good friends I knew her in the soccer community of Missoula and played soccer with her husband Doug. She died of an incurable brain tumor which is to say life is unfair. My thoughts and prayers are with Doug and their daughters.

Sunday May 23rd

Mellow Sunday...rivers are all blown out, wasn't motivated to go skiing and really didn't have anyone to go with. Priority was to get the house/car needs taken care of. Let me go down the list of what I did - up late (8ish), went to store to get paper, big breakfast, read paper on couch and chilled, showered, took truck to Firestone to get studs off, worked on road bike, went for 5 mile run, started/finished laundry including the ironing of shirts, started to organize fly-tying room/office and then watched the Mets beat the Yankee's 6 to 4. While no major adventures it was still a good Sunday.

1. Had a productive day (see above)
2. Good journal entry
3. Mets beat the Yankees 6 to 4

Running day (Saturday May 22nd)

Slept past 630am for the first time in a few months. I attribute this laziness to the 4 beers consumed Friday night and the fact that I stayed up until about 2am. Never the less I got up cleaned the house then went for a 10 mile run. Definitely one of my better runs. Running makes the day better, it is a stress relief, it is exercise, it gives me a sense of accomplishment and keeps my mind clear from distractions.

Positives today will be about running.

1. 10 mile run in the hills around my house.
2. Finished strong with a good stride
3. Calves, although tight, felt good - less and less soreness

Friday, May 21rst

1. Reconnected with an old friend
2. Enjoyed a great birthday dinner with Chip and Cindy (Chip was rocking it! pretty sure he had a rough day Saturday!)
3. beers at the north side Kettlehouse

Thursday May 20, 2010

1. Almost got the entire basement cleaned up. Will finish on Saturday.
2. Beers with Scott and Sky
3. Organized upstairs office.


as you can tell by my positives above I am living the rock star life.

Wednesday 5-19-10

long week...

1. able to do a favor for some friends in Helena.
2. Survived the 9mile run in the heat
3. Read a book in the back yard in the evening sun (which was the last of the sun for a bit)

Looking forward to beers at the Khouse with Chip and Cindy on Friday.

Tuesday May 18th

Quiet night at home -

1. Quite night at home
2. Great Turkey sandwich for lunch
3.

Might just be two for May 18th - not exactly a banner day.

Cheese Grater (Monday May 17th)

Positive things aren't exactly popping up left and right, but I do have a lot to be thankful for and will focus on that.

1. Mowed the lawn
2. Relaxed at home with a movie after a busy day
3. Purchased a cheese grater

My house/Kitchen is really empty for the most part. I find that I don't need many things but I did need a cheese grater. While I won't go as far to say that it's an "essential" household item, it certainly makes cooking Mexican food better.

IPA? what was I thinking (Sunday May 16th)

a few too many IPA's lead to a couple of shots of Jameson which eventually lead to drunk texting and a hangover. Still got up on Sunday to fish at 730am, not sure why I choose to punish myself like that. Thinking it will be a dry week.

1. I am still alive
2. I caught a big brown trout (24")
3. Texts from Austen

Saturday, May 15th

going to Helena today...wuhoo...should be more excited than I am but need to go.

1. Good run - 8 or 9 miles and felt good - not great but good
2. Got to drink Blackfoot IPA (turned out I drank too much...)
3. Quiet time in the car

Saturday was a good day. Got my butt kicked at cribbage which was par for the course considering my excellent form of late.

Friday May 15th

Friday positives - the easiest positive would be that its Friday - but I feel like I can do better than that.

1. BBQ with friends at MY house
2. Left work early - always a good think
3. Lunch with Jamie

Made for a pretty good Friday!

Attempted to play soccer but tweaked my hamstring so only played about 20 min worth of 3v3...maybe next week.

Thursday 5-13-10

Felt like I had a decent nights sleep. I am concerned that I will be having another long summer of sleepless nights this summer brought on by myself and some interesting choices. Time will tell, time will tell.

1. Beers and good conversation at Khouse North with Austen
2. Good journal entries
3. Octopussy was on TV.


A good James Bond movie always makes things alright.

Some days are better than others (May 12, 2010)

Some days are better that others. Take today for example, I swam in the morning, ran at night, had beers with Sky and actually slept for longer that two hours in a row. I also got a portion of my appetite back which for me is a must have! If we don't have bad days/weeks/months/years how do we appreciate the good ones?

1. Beers with Sky
2. Appetite returning (not sure if it will stick but its a start)
3. Learning to be concerned about others happiness not just my own.

Be careful what you wish for (Tuesday May 11th)

was in a bit of a funk all day, this Brooke thing is weighing me down, but its my doing and my fault. Be careful what you wish for, usually not what you want.

1. Continued self reflection - another sleepless night but I feel like I am working through my issues.
2. Great first night of ping pong at the Lurgio's (6-3 in my favor)
3. Started my journals - confident my original idea for one journal will not work out, and I think I am ok with that.

Lift -
legs/abs/arms - standard Tuesday work out!

Monday May 10th

Another day where the positives aren't easy to find, guess that's why I am doing this have to stay positive regardless of the situation.

1. Did some pretty good self reflection and have some changes to make in my life.
2. Determined to get a running journal going.
3. Got all my shirts ironed - thought that would never happen.

Slept a bit better last night, still up more that I want to be. Amazing how awake I feel at 4am in the morning.

Sunday May 9th

I am not sure that I have ever lost my appetite. I did on Sunday morning after receiving a text from Brooke. Didn't finish breakfast, didn't eat lunch, struggled to drink water. No communication so she has complete closure. I will respect that. Haven't felt like this since Courtney gave me the shove. This one is my fault though as I pushed Brooke away first.

Tough, I mean really tough to find positives today.

1. Run with Wylie - 6 or 7 miles up Butler Creek, felt strong running it.
2. Steak dinner with the Grasky's (their new floor looks amazing)
3. Got the house more organized and clean

The really tough part is the weekend before we spend a good chunk of time together on Saturday, Stella riding her bike, playing games in the back yard. Now I cannot contact her at all.

Saturday May 8th 2010

Ran in the morning - 9.5 miles or so - bad idea after giving blood. Almost passed out at Great harvest when I stopped in to see Austen. She feed me chocolate milk which helped with the blood sugar. I also stopped by Brooke's apt to see her and see if she read my email. She requested time to process -

1. Survived a tough run
2. Got lawn raked and mowed (pain in the butt getting pine cones off the lawn!)
3. Dinner with the Stantons

Late night with little sleep. Hoping all day to hear from Brooke.

Friday - May 7th 2010

1. Brother Tom's birthday!
2. Send Brooke an email, hoping to get back together
3. Gave blood

nervous/anxious/eager all night.

workout -
swim -
nothing specific, just a hard swim.

Friday 5-7-10

Tom's Birthday today!!! 37!!!

Amazing how little sleep I am getting. Miss Brooke.

1. Early morning swim - didn't sleep in.
2.

Workout -
45min swim
200yard warm up
6x 100yd on 1:50
6x 50yd on 1:00
6x 25yr on :40
200 cool down

Thursday 5-6-10

same type of day as Wednesday - not much sleep again

1. Productive at work
2. Dinner with Austen
3. Beers with Austen and Wylie

Workout -
Waterworks -short run from Orange Street, 40:24

Wednesday 5-5-10

Wednesday was a rough day but there had to be some positive in there somewhere...

1. Worked with Kayla McCampbell for the first time - fun kid -
2. Was able to help Scott sand and stain wood for his house.
3. Listened to Skinny Love by Bon Iver


no workout.

Tuesday 5-4-10

1. good workout at the gym
2. Helped get Jeremy's ping pong table together - looking forward to many many games on that table
3. Enjoyed a great dinner with great friends

Workout -
45min spin with 5min intervals of hard spin
45 lift - legs/abs

Monday 5-3-10

Monday turned out to be an interesting day.

Workout -
morning swim -
200 warmup
2x 300yd
3x 150kick, 150swim, 150pull
1 50x cool down

1. filled the house with food
2. Bought my first case of wine (better look up the brand...)
3. got a great start on organizing office/fly tying room

the weekend

I have grown to love the weekend since becoming a 9 to 5er. Not sure how much longer I will survive the 9 to 5 routine but for now it will work

Friday April 30th -
1. Wylie Carr completed his Masters Defense - congrats Wylie!
2. Free Blackfoot IPA and Pizza at Finn and Porter!!!
3. Got out of work early -

Saturday May 1rst - MAY DAY!!!
1. Great 10.6 mile trail run - kicked my butt
2. Breakfast with Joel, Andrea, Sky, Jamie, Tyler Bodie, Kaitlyn
3. Brew-fest with Jamie -

Workout - 10.6 mile trail run - mucho mucho hills

Brew-fest is an interesting concept in Missoula. Quite a few people are there to taste new and different beers and enjoy the atmosphere of music, food and good people. Quite a few people are there to get complete plowed or "pie eyed" to quote Brooke. Makes for an interesting dynamic - we were there for the good atmosphere and tasty brew. Learned that Jamie likes IPAs - always good to have an IPA buddy!

Sunday 2nd
1. Early morning run - shorter but good to get up early and get the run out of the way
2. Decided on purchasing an 8 weight rod for steel-heading and salmon fishing
3. Found some new water with friends on the Bitterroot (east tucker access, downstream)
Weather for fishing -
low 50's partly cloudy/sunny - strong winds, water temps around 47 degrees. Was difficult to pin point a hatch due to the wind, plenty of Grey drakes and BWO's in the water and plenty of fishing rising to emergers or cripples. Need to explore that water in more detail.

Seems to me that is a good weekend.

Thursday 4-29-10

Special thanks to Austen for getting me started on the three positives a day....

Days not over so if I am inclined to put more than 3 down I will add a couple more tomorrow.

1. Good day at work - had a few problems but got quite a bit done.
2. HONEY NUT CHEERIOS - cannot say enough about that breakfast choice.
3. Heading to the gym then get to have beers with Scott and Sky

Hump day

1. Found a great song/video trailer - Bon Iver's "skinny love"
2. Lunch at Charlie B's with my boy - Sky
3. Found out Sugar has a great chance at a full time Math Teach job at Hellgate - he's a great teacher

Workout -
same swim as Monday - but got further along - looking forward to Friday morning swim

tuesday April 27, 2010

Tuesday was a good day, quite a few things to be positive about

1. spent a few minutes going through old boxes and found some great books to read.
2. Found old love letters from ex-wife - through those away!
3. enjoyed a great run with my friend Austen

Did hear some bad news though for my brother and his wife - another failed pregnancy attempt. Hoping and praying that they get pregnant someday.

Becky and Dallas report that Luke Skywalker is kicking away a storm - cannot wait to be an uncle!

workout -
1:03 road/trail run - office to rattlesnake.

Monday 4-26-10

Someday I will start posting at the end of the day rather than the next day...

1. 20 mile solo road ride with quite a few hills - love the leg burn
2. T-bone steak for dinner with Bayern Dancing trout beer
3. Chocolate chip cookies that Brooke made for me.

workout -
Swim:
200yd warm up
2x 175yd free
3x 150yd free/150yd kick/150 pull
didn't quite complete entire workout - had to leave pool to go to work

Bike -
20 mile loop with hills - out to Miller Creek and back - long hills - good for my quads. Need to get stronger on the bike.

Free Fallin

Friday - April 23rd -
1. Slow afternoon at work - need those days on occasion
2. The Stantons came over after dinner, got to enjoy soccer with Tyler Bodie and hold Kaitlyn for a bit.
3. Went to bed early!

Saturday April 24th -
1. Got up early and was able to watch an EPL game, go for a sweet trail run and watch the riverbank run.
2. Kettle house Double Haul IPA
3. Watched Scott play softball at the fort - nice to be able to support friends.

Need a place to put trail run times and distances - Orange street waterworks entrance to rattlesnake - 1:23:25 - will start making separate posts on run/training days.

Sunday April 25th -
1. Sunday paper with homemade bagel (Thanks Austen!) and eggs - great lazy morning
2. Watched Stella ride her bike without training wells
3. BBQ at the Grasky's for Keri's birthday - Beers burgers friends.

Good weekends are hard to come by. This was a good one and worth remembering. Enjoyed having Brooke and Stella come over but guessing it will be the last weekend. Surprising to have a good weekend and not have fishing or skiing involved.

couple of things

Lots of things happened today - hard to pick what was best so I will wait until tomorrow but couldn't wait to post this -

BECKY AND DALLAS ARE HAVING A BOY!!!! I will still call him Luke Skywalker until he's born, hope they don't mind, I know Dallas appreciates the stars wars reference.

Thursday 4-22-10

1. I was reminded again about what a great husband my sister has.
2. I was reminded again about what a great wife my brother has.
3. I was reminded again about what a great family I have.

Dr. Seuss. (Wednesday April 21, 2010

Came across this Dr. Seuss quote - “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”

1. Productive day at work
2. Let the cats outside and they came back - Brutus needed some encouragement but came back
3. Quiet night at home - a valuable thing I am coming to find.

Tuesday - April 20, 2010

When the sun shines in the spring Missoula is like an ant hill that was just kicked - people everywhere.

1. Early morning swim - feels good to get started on the next triathlon. If I am going to be single I better be fit.
2. Didn't drink any alcohol - always feel better when I don't drink
3. Ice cream with Stella and Brooke.
4. Don't remember exactly what day this happened so I am adding it here as a fourth positive - got in touch with long time friend Bryan Sinche.

Stella is a pretty amazing kid - biked from Brooke's house to the Big Dipper and back - round trip is about a 6 mile ride. Bet she slept well.

Cats are settling in (I think), will let them out tomorrow and see how they fair. Brutis likes to curl up where ever I am, Sylvester on the other had is stilling warming up to the idea of spending time at my house. I will continue to bribe him with catnip.

Monday 4-19-10

Lots of posts and pot references to tomorrow - 4/20 - not sure how or why that got started but I never been interested, if I have kids I hope they stay uninterested too.

Monday positives
1. Fantastic run in the sun on Waterworks hill in Missoula
2. Get to house sit my boys (two cats that Courtney ended up with in the divorce), hopefully they haven't peed in the house :)
3. Marmalade on toast in the morning - already looking forward to the next time I get to have it.

Did confirm with Brooke (ex girlfriend) that we are going for ice cream on Tuesday - looking forward to seeing her and Stella again - been awhile, too long...

Weekend - april 16-18th 2010

Don't believe I put down my three positive for Friday -

April 16th positives -
1. Enjoyed first gin and tonic of the spring/summer 2010 - super tasty.
2. Played in an actual soccer game for the first time since the knee injury
3. Scored a goal

There were a few other positives that day but I will move on to Saturday and Sundays

Saturday April 17th, 2010-
Beautiful day! Up early to get ready for a 10k and fishing upper Rock Creek all day with Austen. Caught the end of the Man U Man City game - Man U came up with the winner in stoppage time.

Weather for fishing - wind was blowing quite hard on the drive up but was calm at Gillies Bridge (top of Rock Creek). Temps hovered around the high 50's and low 60's.
Fish still not on the skwala, they would look at but not take true March Browns, they would hammer cripples (gray bodied) and Grey drake adults (size 14s). Got a few fish to take the purple haze. No nymphing but I am sure that would have been super productive as well.

1. up early on a Saturday - something about getting up early on days when I don't have to work
2. Helping Austen hook a large Cutthroat on Rock Creek - she didn't land it but did a great job just getting it to take the fly
3. To bed early - was asleep by 1030pm


Sunday April 18th, 2010
Jeremy came over at 7am to watch the Arsenal Wigan fixture - 3-2 to Wigan in a heart breaker for Jer. There is always next year.
1. Up early on a weekend day -
2. Cleaned out the garage which is a strange thing to put down as a positive but having some organization in my life I am hoping will help other aspects that need some assistance
3. BBQ with good friends (Jer, Care, Lachlan, Quest, Atlas, neighbor cat (Brutis), Jess, Sugar

Would like to mention the afternoon bike ride as well, need to get my legs a bit stronger. Weather - Sunny, breezy and about 70ish. Love the spring time.

Thursday 4-16-10

Weather has taken a turn towards spring - will probably be 70 by Saturday...

1. Got to hold Lachlan Daniel for the first time - beautiful baby boy...
2. Had a great dinner (fajitas) with Jess, Sugar, Jer and Caroline
3. Fantastic night out with Austen, Wylie, and their friends Cooper and Abbey

No dancing which was a bummer but the ping pong table at the Union Club made up for any "no dancing disappointment".

Wednesday -

Lots of good things happened yesterday - not all to me but I still think its worth mentioning -

1. Austen got an job at Great Harvest - she has left the unemployed ranks!
2. Lunch at Scotty's Table with Jamie
3. Dinner and beer at the Stanton's - got to play baseball with Tyler Bodie

Tuesday, April 13th

Reason's Tuesday April 13th, 2010 was good.

1. Trip to the dentist - NO PROBLEMS!!! - good to know that flossing and brushing still work
2. Attractive ladies at the gym - makes working out that much easier.
3. Lachlan Daniel Lurgio made it home from the NICU.

Monday...

Work days are tougher to find three positive things about but never the less one must try -

1. Got in the office early and was able to study uninterrupted for MS test - excited about furthering my education
2. Went on a quick but sweet bike ride with Jeremy Lurgio up Patty Canyon
3. Ate some really good oatmeal raisin cookies my ex-girlfriend made for me ;)

Sunday April 11th 2010

Up a bit late (830ish) due to lack of proper hydration, for some reason 4 or 5 IPA's after a triathlon doesn't hydrate me properly, I would say lesson learned but we all know better.

Weather up Rock Creek -
Morning - 40's and snowing - but fish rising for March Browns - they would flash the skwala but not take. No march browns hatching but fish still looking for them

Afternoon - 50's and overcast - BWO's out in force, fishing rising for them, not all over the place but in a few holes. Caught one beautiful 16" cutty - see below :)

Hatches - BWO, March Browns, verge of skwalas...did see some on the rocks but fish not aggressive to them yet - one more week.

Three Positive things for the day -
1. Caught a beautiful 16" cutthroat at Rock Creek about the bridge at the top
2. Found out that Jer and Care's new son (Lachlan) is improving and will be able to come home early this week
3. Went to bed early!

First Triathlon

Done. Completed one from the bucket list -
Griz Triathlon checked off the list - 1000yd swim, 12mile bike, 5K run - 1:21:56, eight in my age group. Friends came to support myself and Meg Keener - love our friends.

Positive things for 4-10-10
1. completed first Triathlon
2. Got to watch some friends compete and complete the Griz Triathlon
3. Got to drink a very very tasty IPA (Kettlehouse Double haul)