Stardate 101231.9

Last post of the year, I suppose. Very good year all around I would say. Austin is healthy and growing. I'm just two classes away from finishing my degree. Life is good.

UCF has been rocking it this week. Their basketball team is now 13-0 with two wins this week and they are ranked at #19! Their football team won the Liberty Bowl today against Georgia. That was a tough game.

I just finished my last book of the year. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson was excellent. I loved it. Unfortunately, the next book won't be out for another 2 years! :O

I started The Fort by Bernard Cornwell, but I am not into it yet. I'll give it some more time. And I will have some tomorrow since we are driving back to Florida from Tennessee. That will be a long day. :(

It has been fun visiting family and staying up here in a cabin. Loads of fun. It will be sad to see it end, but it will be nice to be home again.

I don't think I have much more to talk about this year; so, until next year...

Lorimer

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Location:Country Oaks Dr,Pigeon Forge,United States

Stardate 101227.3

Christmas was fun this year, as it always is. After the Christmas eve service at the church, we (Brittany, Austin, and I) went to my in-laws for their open-presents-the-day-before-Christmas tradition. Austin made out like a bandit this year. He cleaned up and now his room is full of toys.

After the gift exchange, we went downstairs and played video games and watched a movie (The Grinch) late into the night. Everyone but Bryce fell asleep during the movie...

My wife and I were able to sleep in Christmas morning, because Austin has no idea that the sooner he wakes up, the sooner he gets his presents. So we enjoyed some extra sleep.

Once Austin had pulled all the stuff out of his stocking and unwrapped his gifts, with help, Brittany and I exchanged stockings and opened our gifts from each other.

Another tradition we have now is going to my parents' in the morning and having a huge breakfast. It was awesome. Then we opened gifts there and Austin got all kinds of things there too. We received a baby gate, which has already been put to good use.

The rest of the day was just relaxing and eating. Great day. :)

Today, my whole family is driving to GA and TN for a vacation. We will be leaving in a couple hours. That should be fun.

It is really cold today...I can't wait until we get get to TN...

Until next time...

Lorimer


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Stardate 101219.7

The Manchester United game was postponed. So unfortunately we won't get to see them beat the chelsea losers today. They are doing quite well after a slow start to the season. The win over arsenal last week was a huge bonus.

I'm sitting in Sunday school right now, waiting for things to get started, so I will probably be pausing mid-post to pay attention.

I finished another John Grisham book yesterday. The only one of his I hadn't read yet. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer was pretty good and a very fast read. I'm now working on The Capitol Game by Brian Haig.

Ok, pause...
And...resume...

Well, a dreary day outside, but not a lot of rain. I don't know that I have much more to say. I do think it's abysmal that the broncos are doing so poorly this year. Absolutely awful. But that's American throwball, so it's far less important than the premier league.

Alright, I guess that's all for today. Later.

Lorimer


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Location:Melbourne,United States

Stardate 101218.0

Last night's party at Pastor's was great. There was an amazing amount of food and the bonfire was fun and relaxing. Thanks for the party, Pastor and Mrs. Rhodes.

Second post in two days...and both coming in the wee hours of the morning...this must be sleep-blogging; since I haven't posted in six months, my subconscious took over...no that's ridiculous.

So, I finished Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card today. Awesome book, and there are going to be more to follow in that series. I do wish he would come out with another Ender book though. Those are always excellent.

Since I last posted (aside from yesterday), I got FIFA 11. It is incredible. Quite an improvement over FIFA 10. Gameplay is more realistic, you can play as the goalkeeper now, and the layout for career mode is far superior to last year's game. All in all, great upgrade.

Luke just got home a few hours ago, so now he's here for a few weeks on holiday. This is good news.

Seth and Melodie are in Chicago for Matt's wedding. Congratulations Matt! They are freezing up there. Bummer for them. :(

Well, that might be all for now. Until next time...

Lorimer

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Stardate 101217.1

It has been a long time once again since I posted. Since the World Cup actually. Tragically, I never finished my posts on that tournament, but since the US lost the 2022 WC bid, I don't want to talk about it.

I found a new medium with which to post on my weblog, so maybe I will be posting more often. We'll see.

A lot has happened since I last post...naturally...

Austin is 10 and a half months old now. So much has happened and he is doing so much more. He can pull himself up on things, he has started imitating everything we do, and he is quite funny. He is over 30 inches tall now, so he's growing like a weed, to borrow the colloquialism.

There's no reason to go into all the books I have read since I last posted. Maybe I'll devote an entire post to that soon, so that those who don't care can just skip that post and save their time.

I did just finish my penultimate semester at UCF. Two more classes finished and only two more to go. Those don't start until the new year though, so I have some time off.

If I think of more I'll post it later, but it's late and I'm tired. Bed time.

For more frequent and (sometimes) funny updates, check out my twitter @LorimerWynten

Thanks for reading and have a good night.

Lorimer

Location:Live Oak Ln,Melbourne,United States