the sleeping krueger

watching patrick swazie on donnie darko and i can't believe he's dead. but he is and that is that. i'll be dead soon. or too. i'll be camping soon too. well, as soon as the cold is gone. the winter is so long. i try and spent a lot of time on the elliptical, but then i end up spending too much time in the fridge. holidays don't help. there is always some great and delicious candy or treat that each holiday has, and that i'm just hooked on. this makes it hard. my will power is just zero on some days.

i was with katie last week while kim was in vegas. we had a good time except that she was pretty sick the whole time. we didn't get to do much except watch jungle book and lay around on the couch. she kept in good spirits though. now donnie is about to burn down jim cunningham's house. can't wait!

been working a lot lately. going in on weekends and so on. hopefully i can retire with my company. i seriously doubt i can last that long with one job. who is able to do that these days? did i mention how excited i am to go climbing and hiking and camping this year. i really can't wait to go with katie. i hope that all works out. i know she'd love it. i also know...actually, i don't know what i was going to say. started talking to tom.

it's been so cold. and cold. some snow. and cold. i can't wait until spring/summer, but i also can't wait until kim and i can buy a condo in cali as a nice winter home. kids might have to be out of the house by then. well, i guess we might have to have kids first. then they can leave the house. yeah we have katie, but katie needs a brother. or sister. now donnie found out that the chinese girl is in love with him.

and tom is sleeping on the couch. i'd like to fall asleep here, but i won't. it's a long drive home. and it's 11;42. i think about eating too much. counting calories is what i need to start doing. figuring out what certain items equal. tom can't stay awake longer than 5 minutes. he's not used to staying up this late. me, i'm always up til at least 3 on weekend nights. well, i should probably be a nice guy and take off so he can go up to his loving wife and sleep. here comes a drive.

donnie is wearing a skeleton costume and kisses his girlfriend. and this time he is not rejected.

the nothing

climbing is well over. ended back in october i suppose. i really can't wait until the snow goes bye-bye. just yesterday i made a list of the thirteen (or so) 14ers i'd like to climb next year. why thirteen? well i did thirteen this year. and that sounds about right to me and the mrs. although i'm getting out of shape again. i've been hittin' our new elliptical machine lately, but slacking in other areas.

man, i'm watching inglorious basterds. this is brutal. the violence i mean. also i can't type because so much of it is in french and german so i have to keep looking up, or try and type and read the subtitles.

okay so i wrote all of that days ago. i certainly don't have this blogging thing in me like i used to. inglorious basterds was decent, but isn't a tarantino classic in my mind. what i did like was avatar, along with everyone else in the world. saw it on 3d imax. well, the wannabe imax at the promenade, but 3d nonetheless. now i'm just watching john locke come out of the woods and pull a knife out of someone. we bought lost season 5 to get us all primed for feb when the last season starts. i read obama moved his state of the union so it won't conflict with the season premier. anyway, such things are trivial.

christmas was nice. katie had a good time. met up with my bro and his fam today to exchange gifts. lots of good stuff. lots of good going around. we picked up an elliptical

machine and i've been trying hard to spend time on it to get ready and climb mountains this summer. it's pretty rough though when folks are bringing over delicious marshmallow rice-crispy caramel gobs of heaven. i should be on it now but i'm vegging and watching lost.

i haven't been diggin' this winter. the cold has been bad. some days unbearable. this past week the driver side window got stuck halfway down. it took two days to fix. it's hard to describe how bad the drive to work was.

katie really likes her little pre-school class. she was having withdrawals during the winter break. i've noticed some good results here and there from her being in the class. and i know she really enjoys being there with her teachers and friends. this year will be fun because we plan to take her on her first camping trip. i feel she's just going to fall in love. and probably have a rough time falling asleep. well, goodnight.

fun-filled day at the north pole (colo springs)

on the train

dad and katie flying high

bugs