Absolutely Andrew

Category: A Day in the Life

  • The Latest Projects

    A number of projects have been keeping me busy lately.  No, not crafty projects like those of Laura—these are more maintenance related.  Still rewarding though.  As the nice neighbor lady said to me as she walked by with her dogs: “You’re always working on something!” 1.  Dryer Fix Months ago, our dryer suddenly stopped working…

  • Our New Home

    The past several weeks have been busy to say the least.  At the end of August, Tara and I enlisted the help of a small group of ruffians and moved our tremendous amount of stuff from our small, two bedroom apartment, across town to a three bedroom house.  Since then, we’ve been trying to unpack…

  • 1 Year Down!

    This past Sunday, Tara and I celebrated our very 1st anniversary.  I should use the term “celebrated” loosely, however, as the celebrations consisted of flying back from KC, eating thawed cake, and going to bed early thanks to a horrendous headache.  Sound romantic? Actually, it was pretty amazing.  Negatives aside, here’s a list of the…

  • New Post?

    So, as Tara reminded me, it’s been a while since absolutelyandrew.com has seen a new post.  She also stubbornly refused to install the Google Earth plugin in order to view my last post properly, and then proceeded to blame my html for her inability to view it, but that’s neither here nor there. I really…

  • Imagine All the People

    I’m sitting at a coffee shop called “The Greenhouse Effect” with Tara.  It’s a Sunday evening, we’re outside, sipping iced teas, and enjoying the beautiful evening.  She’s studying for her board exam, and I’m scratching random, incomplete thoughts into a leather-bound notebook I bought a year or so ago thinking I’d move up from the…

  • Backpacking Capitol Reef

    Last weekend Tara and I got out on our first backpacking trip of the season.  We headed south down to Capitol Reef National Park for a one-nighter.  We chose to do Lower Spring Canyon, a 9 mile long dry canyon.  The plan going in was to hike like halfway, camp then get up the next…

  • Nice Weather Sucks for Blogging

    So it’s been a few weeks since my last post.  Blame the nice weather.  Anyway, since May was such a crazy month, I think for this post, I’ll give a brief update on the lives of Andrew and Tara. James Cameron is asked by “experts” for advice regarding the oil spill.  WTF?  I’m pretty sure…

  • Moab

    This past weekend, Tara and I ventured down to Moab with friends.  We left Saturday morning and arrived at Arches National Park around 12:30 and spent the day seeing, you guessed it, arches.  First on the agenda was the Delicate Arch, a must see, especially if you live in Utah.  After all, it’s on the…

  • Goodbye Snowboard, Hello Mountain Bike!

      Although I had a slight twinge of sadness as I unstrapped and walked off the resort after the last run of the season a few weeks ago, such emotions did not last long as I packed the board in the back of the closet and pulled out the mountain bike.  After a quick tune-up,…

  • A Hike to the Hot Pots

    This past Saturday, Tara and I ventured down to Spanish Fork Canyon to take advantage of the perfect weather with a hike to the 5th Water Hot Springs known as the “Hot Pots” by the locals.  It took us longer than we’d have liked to get to the trailhead.  This was partially do to me…