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Settled in Omaha

Sep 24, 2007
Yesterday, our gracious family helped us transfer most of our belongings from Gma's to our new apartment. We loved our week stay at the cabin, but it's very nice to have a place to call our own.

Coming home showed us how much you forget about the little things that go on while you're gone. Ernie Chambers suing God was one of those little things. We also forgot how great the atmosphere at Husker football games is as well.

Now that our internet is set up, hopefully the posts should be rolling in on a constant basis. I'm still shooting for a new look of this site to be launched on Halloween (or shortly thereafter), so take those screenshots if you loved this look.

Once we get all of the boxes torn down in the apartment, we'll take some pictures and post them up.
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Signing Off

Sep 13, 2007


Today is the day to load up the UHaul and take back our internet and cable, so this is the last post for a few days. I'm not sure if Christi and I will get a chance to check stuff online until Sunday or Monday.

I thought the picture would be a good reminder letting us know that our journey was half way over.
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New Site Launched

Sep 10, 2007


Today I unveiled the new design look to the Oaklief Creative site. Being a design agency, Oaklief came to me with a very original idea of a rotating fan to display their identity and branding work.

Considering that this is my first 100% professionally completed flash site, I felt very good about the overall product. It had probably been about 2 or 3 years since I've done extensive work with ActionScript, but everything just seemed to flow together when I needed it to.

Next on my list: brianhelge.com 5.0. Halloween is the tentative launch date. Mark your calendars.
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LoDo and the Rockies

Sep 4, 2007
I spent my Labor Day driving into Denver to catch a Rockies game before we travel back to Nebraska. It was my first trip ever, so there was no one better to go with, than Tyler Maun.

I got to LoDo before I met up with Mauny, so I took advantage of the free meters and stopped in a bunch of places to get a view of downtown and snap some shots. Then it came time for the game, and much anticipated viewing of Barry Bonds. When the lineup was announced, Randy Winn was the starting left fielder. I guess when you have the home run record and your team is in the gutter, there's really no reason to play baseball.

Either way, we got to see bonds warming up to hit in the bottom of the 7th, but the situation didn't present itself, and the picture above is the closest we got to watching Barry swing a bat. The game was good though as the Rockies placed a 7 spot in the 3rd as they cruised to a 7-4 victory.

After the game, we decided to hit up some bars in LoDo, and I was especially excited because I finally got to start my new hobby: checking out all of the greatest bars in America. Well, at least the greatest bars that Esquire tells me about. I figured that you couldn't go wrong with one of the best magazines on the market (the best in my opinion).

After visiting the first of two Esquire bars, we went to the Sports Column, which Maun said was a top 10 sports bar in Sports Illustrated. On our walk over, we see the Giants announcers, which obviously includes Jon Miller. It was really weird to see Jon in person. His hair was all wacked out and the entire crew he was with must've thought it was Hawaii shirt day at Coors Field. I told Maun I'd go stop them and get a picture for him, but we just strolled behind them and he took one from behind.

Then on the drive home I found out that everything happens for a reason. It seems that every couple has "their" restaurant, like Adam and Jenni for instance. When we all lived at the 436, they had a ritual to go to Lazlo's every Friday. Just a nice relaxing thing that they did. The Wife™ and I have found our nitch, and it's Outback restaurant. Any time we head an hour west of our house, we stop in Avon and pick some up for the drive home.

So as I was driving back from Denver, I called to see what Christi wanted, and stopped to get it. While driving through Avon's 15 or so round-a-bouts, I heard my back tire making a weird noise. Stopping at the Conoco to check it out, I see that my rear right tire is going flat. I found a nice lit up area to take it off and find the 3 inch nail protruding from it. So, I spent some time talking with a nice truck driver on his working Labor Day, and threw on the spare.

Driving a cool 55 mph the rest of the way home, I thought of two things:
  1. Sammy Hagar was right
  2. I'm extremely thankful that Christi and I have "our" place

I really couldn't feel the car shifting with the tire, and I definitely couldn't hear it with the XM going through the mountains. I'm not sure what dark stretch of I-70 I would've ended up on if (or when) my tire blew.

So if you and your loved one don't have "your" place that you regularly go to, it might be a good idea to find it. It sure saved me yesterday.
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Crashing at Gma's

Sep 3, 2007
Like most people know, and this post is for those that don't, Christi and I are coming back to the Heartland. We've just put in our paper work, and Beth graciously dropped off a check for us, and we should have an apartment ready for us on the 22nd around 120th and Maple in Omaha.

We're packing up on the 13th and making the move east on the 14th. For those math majors out there, we'll need some housing for a week and a place to put all of our stuff.

Gma was very considerate when we told her of our situation, and she is letting us crash at the cabin for a week. We promised her that we'd be great roommates for a week, and she glad fully accepted.

We're even blessed with our families loving football (and us) so much. Through mom & dad, and grandma, we'll be able to attend the rest of the home football games for the rest of the year. We couldn't be happier and more thankful for that.

Our next stop in Colorado will probably come during Thanksgiving to see my Aunt Carol, and if everything is according to plan, we'll go watch the 11-0 Huskers travel in and teach Dan Hawkin's boy what a real hit feels like.
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