Hey,

Well, I have once again faltered from my duty of keeping you informed. Sorry, my loyal followers, it will happen again. Not much is new here, except LOTS of randomness, so this post will be all over the place. Oh, and after spending the past 5 weekends out of town on the go,  I needed a break from this thing.  The weather here in Germany has been incredible the past 3 weeks! It has been 40s-50s with bright sunshine. That is really not typical for this time of year here. It is usually foggy, wet, dreary. So, to all you back in Chicago that have been freezing, ha…ha! Oh, and it is staying light until 6:45PM here already! We are so far north – one of the benefits. I have to say that the weather has really been uplifting lately. Me and the wife take a walk once in a while, and we have noticed the birds back and chirping (from where ever they go to fly ’south’ here for the winter). I can’t tell you how refreshing the sound of that is as you walk through this farm country. It is really pronounced because of the absolute silence out here!

To recap, here is what has been happening: the wife got in a car accident (see photos..don’t worry – she is fine, and we actually made $1800 on it!! :) , we went to Heidelberg last weekend for my *last* show with the current band I am playing with (two of the guys are getting out of the Army and moving back to the States). While were playing the show, some drunk guy that has a lot of money offered us $3000 to record all 4 songs we have down in a pro studio, so thanks to my lovely and supportive wife, we dropped EVERYTHING and spent the ENTIRE weekend (2 weekends ago…it was President’s Day, so we had Monday too) holed up in a pro studio recording 4 songs. It was a great experience that I will never forget, and we actually took the time to do it right this time (because we weren’t rushed), so I think I will be proud of the work (even though I am a perfectionist and I usually am not happy with the drum tracks!) :p

OK…were was I. What else is going on….Oh, another reason I have stayed away from this site: WORDPRESS does not let you upload more then 1 photo at a time! It’s HORRIBLY TIME CONSUMING on my HORRIFIC internet connection in Farm Town, Deutschland to sit here and upload photos one at a time. SO, this time I have composed them in another program as a ’slideshow’, as to try and do this much quicker this time. So, here are some random photos – some from our Ireland trip, some of our crushed car, and some from the last show in Heidelberg. Enjoy!

Oh, and other things going on: I have been SUPER busy taking this online marketing course. I have an idea for a website that I think can make us rich, and I have been laser focused on working on it. First, I need to do some testing and research to see if the market can afford my idea, and if the demand is there for the information, I will let you know when I put the site up. Finally, the father in law is coming to town Saturday, so I will update on where we go next week!

Here is the slide show…again, some photos of Ireland, some of our crused car, and some other random photos from Heidelberg. See the titles for the description!

Go here for the slideshow…WordPress SUCKS!! Sorry this is so difficult…I hope it works. Let me know?

http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/rm1892/Random/?action=view&current=b7f60286.pbw

Bye,
R