Absolutely Andrew

Category: A Day in the Life

  • Harry and the Potters

    A few months ago, while browsing the impressive collection of music CDs at the library, I came across an indie-looking album that struck my eye.  The band’s name: Harry and the Potters.  SOLD.  I excitedly popped the CD in for the drive home.  It was pretty much as expected: lackluster indie rock redeemed by humorous,…

  • Nasty Carpet (Not an innuendo, I promise)

    In the 8 months that Tara and I have lived in our rental house, we’ve been pleased with just about everything except the living/dining room carpet.  The people that lived there before us evidently had a small dog that peed all over the carpet.  Stains are one thing, but this stunk.  It was this weird,…

  • Things We’ve Been Up To

    May is always a busy month here at AbsolutelyAndrew.  And by AbsolutelyAndrew, I mean the Newcomb household.  Mr. & Mrs. AbsolutelyAndrew… Where was I?  Oh, yes, May.  We made a quick trip back to Omaha to watch Garin graduate.  It was a fun trip, but as always, too fast. Shortly after Omaha, we checked into…

  • Bouldering

    Tara and I have taken on a new hobby: Rock Climbing.  And thanks to Groupon, we were able to get a month membership at a local climbing gym for pretty cheap.  This particular gym was all bouldering, which basically means short technical climbing. It’s incredible exercise. Figuring out how to make it up the wall…

  • The Death of my Dell

    On Good Friday, my 5 year-old Dell Inspiron laptop died.  It did not rise from the dead on Sunday.  Perhaps it is in paradise.  In any case, I had long since stopped saving things I actually care about to the internal hard drive, but rather to a set of external drives, so I don’t really care. …

  • “Was that girl topless?”

    This past weekend, Tara and I tried out a new style of camping: Yurt camping.  A yurt is a Mongolian style dwelling.  Chances are, you’ve seen one before, you just didn’t realize that it was called a yurt.   There is a fair number of these dwellings throughout Utah backcountry.  We chose the ones at…

  • Christmas Letter 2010

    Even though I sent out hard copies of this, I’ve decided to post it as well for hyperlinking purposes and such.   Dear family and friends, In an effort to make my first Christmas letter unique, I was brainstorming all the things people do to make these letters more fun. Some write in the perspective…

  • Doldrums

    January and February have always been the doldrums of the year to me.  Due to my passion for snow sports, I find myself barraged with conflicting desires during these months.  Turbulent weather patterns seem to die off with the end of the holiday rush leaving me both desperate for snow and longing for warm weather. …

  • Merry Christmas 2010!!

    Yesterday marked the 1st December 25th of my life that I did not spend with my biological family.  I spent the holiday in Yankton with the Somers.  As Tara discovered last year when we spent Christmas with my family, this can be an emotional transition.  I couldn’t help but reminisce about the Christmases of my childhood…

  • Advances in the Blog and Home Fronts

    This past week, I’m excited to announce that I have taken one step closer to celebrity blogger status.  Family friend, Kara, and proud member of the Absolutely Andrew Blogroll is doing a series of guest posts on Thanksgiving and asked me to contribute.  It was a lot of fun.  If you haven’t yet, you should…