Fiancé or Fiancée? Until this weekend, I wasn't aware there was a different spelling for the word dependent on gender... that is until I became the one with a single é. That's right - Elliott's engaged! After several weeks of planning, I pulled off a really fun proposal that went flawlessly. I had been sitting on the ring for a while, and it was horrifically difficult to have to wait, ...

Coming out of the busy summer, I've taken on another part-time project. This one is Becomng.com - a personal development blog, focused on publishing motivating self-help articles. I'll be posting myself, as well as posting articles written by others that are relevant to the topic. Instead of writing from the perspective of a "guru," I'm just like my readers -- trying become successful at the next thing ...

Yeah, that's right. I did that. This has been the busiest summer I can remember... every weekend being almost completely filled with events. During the week, I have just enough in my tank to go to work, get home and work a little more, and then crash to start all over again. By the time Friday rolls around, I've just gathered enough energy to ...

I've gotta start working my legs. My knee has been weak for years - ever since surgery in High School... but after injuring it again this weekend, I've really got to take care of it once and for all. I'm going to start doing some little exercises at work during the day so I don't have to take time in the morning or evening to do ...

It was a long, long weekend. Lots to do... busy every second. But now that it's all done, I can honestly say that it was the best time of my life. The wedding was beautiful, the reception was so much fun. Everyone was up dancing from the first song till the last! My speech went great... the slide show I did went over well... I ...

In the field, snow is glistening. Wait, no. That's Christmas. My brother, Derek, gets married this Saturday, and as it draws closer I find myself getting pretty emotional about it. I haven't written my best man toast yet, but I did just complete their reception slide show. I must say, I have a knack for that crap. It'll definitely be memorable. So, the toast - speech ...

I'm not even going to mention the lag between posts here, so back off ok? :) This weekend is the 4th of almost every booked weekend this summer. After laundry, ironing and packing tonight; tomorrow morning I head up to Eau Claire with Mandi for my good friend JoDean's wedding. Mandi will finally get to meet my Mom... probably for lunch on Saturday and then we're going ...

It was a crazy day today. Luckily, this weekend went really well - Friday Mandi and I went and had fish fry, Saturday my dad had his first cook-out of the summer and Mandi and I were there to hang out on the deck, then on Sunday we went to her mom's and I met her best friend, brother and his wife, and her mom. Great ...

I have an exciting weekend ahead. I've been with Mandi for a couple of weeks now, and things with us have been wonderful. We have similar core values, compatible ways of communicating, and interestingly enough - very different interests. These different interests seem to be able to keep us strong individually, but allow us to enjoy things together that we may not take the time to enjoy ...

Recently, there's been a national debate on whether or not the US Army and White House have conspired to make Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman into war heroes, simply to give the American public something to cheer about over in the middle east. People will say it's wrong to change or stretch facts to give America hope in a time of war, but what people seem to forget, is ...