Thursday, October 31, 2013

365 day challenge - day 304

365 day challenge - day 304

Happy Halloween from Walter White...







365 day challenge - day 303

365 day challenge - day 303

Grabbed drinks with family (mom, dad, Rob, Kevin) and friends (Jim Sands)...


365 day challenge - day 301

365 day challenge - day 301

...whatever.


Sunday, October 27, 2013

365 day challenge - day 300

365 day challenge - day 300

...beautiful day off to go on a 5 mile run from my brother's house to my parents.


365 day challenge - day 299

365 day challenge - day 299

This is what the end of a 18+ hour workday (on a Saturday no less) looks like.


365 day challenge - day 298

365 day challenge - day 298

regardless of the (current) outcome, я скучаю по России.


365 day challenge - day 297

365 day challenge - day 297

late night at the office, just me and the Death Star.


365 day challenge - day 296

365 day challenge - day 296

at the very moment I passed over the 12th hour of work today (and another 3+ to go)...


365 day challenge - day 295

365 day challenge - day 295

crashing early in preparation for a very long day tomorrow.


365 day challenge - day 294

365 day challenge - day 294

working 7 days a week, non-stop just might kill me...need to find a better balance soon...


365 day challenge - day 293

365 day challenge - day 293

resilience...


365 day challenge - day 292 (new nephew day)

365 day challenge - day 292

Became a new uncle (again) today! HUGE congratulations to my sister and Kirk on the birth of Jennings Neil Buchholz!




Jennings :)


365 day challenge - day 291

365 day challenge - day 291

My friends keep telling me to "Smile More"...here you go.


365 day challenge - day 290

365 day challenge - day 290

Hard to beat hanging with Willy after a long day...


365 day challenge - day 289

365 day challenge - day 289

Got to put up my favorite painting today 'Storm on the Sea of Galilee'


365 day challenge - day 288

365 day challenge - day 288

tweaked my neck/back today in the move.



a fresh start - new office space at the Black Hills Business Development Center...moved in today.


365 day challenge - day 287

365 day challenge - day 287

Jason Mraz - "was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not for me...All things are gonna happen naturally."


365 day challenge - day 286

365 day challenge - day 286

Possible Halloween costume preparation - Dr. Hannibal Lecter...or Caribbean trip preparation to go visit Dr. Frederick Chilton.


365 day challenge - day 285

365 day challenge - day 285


365 day challenge - day 283

365 day challenge - day 283

long day...long week...totally spent.


365 day challenge - day 282

365 day challenge - day 282

yep...


365 day challenge - day 281

365 day challenge - day 281

Back to a "normal" schedule today.


365 day challenge - day 280 (the storm - day 4)

365 day challenge - day 280

Another day of clean up...and helping neighbors.



365 day challenge - day 279 (the storm - day 3)

365 day challenge - day 279

A full day of digging out, plowing, moving cars, shoveling, cutting downed trees, etc. etc. etc.






365 day challenge - day 278 (the storm - part 2)

365 day challenge - day 278 (the storm - part 2)

Rapid City "post" storm...went out snowshoeing around the neighboorhood with dad and Bridger (as seen behind me) to check on the neighbors.  A lot of downed trees, very few people and no cars out on the roads (only saw two snowmobilers).


Out shoveling with dad in the morning...over 16+ inches of snow.


365 day challenge - day 277 (the storm - part 1)

365 day challenge - day 277

October 4, 2013, the beginning of "The Storm" - i.e. "Blizza-cane"

In the morning...



power went out around Rapid City, and by around 5:00pm this was the status.


365 day challenge - day 276

365 day challenge - day 276

non-stop day of meetings and errands.


365 day challenge - day 275

365 day challenge - day 275


365 day challenge - day 274

365 day challenge - day 274

a long, but productive day.


365 day challenge - day 273

365 day challenge - day 273

no rain - no rainbows...


365 day challenge - day 272

365 day challenge - day 272

Tough day to be a Steelers fan today. Both lost a great man in L.C. Greenwood and went 0-4 (with a loss to the Vikings no less) for the first time since before I was born.


365 day challenge - day 271

365 day challenge - day 271


365 day challenge - day 270

365 day challenge - day 270

Tended bar for some great ladies tonight (General Federation of Women's Clubs)


365 day challenge - day 269

365 day challenge - day 269

Fall as arrived in the Black Hills...


Breaking Bad - Jesse

Where there's a will, there's a way...


365 day challenge - day 268

365 day challenge - day 268

I went and bought a Czech M10 Gas Mask today (to go with my hazmat/nuclear wet suit).


365 day challenge - day 267

365 day challenge - day 267


365 day challenge - day 265

365 day challenge - day 265

Ending the day watching the latest episode of 'The Shark Tank'. Good motivation for the coming week...