Absolutely Andrew

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  • 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…

  • Things Tara thinks I should Blog About:

    1.  How we spent a few cold nights huddled close to a space heater because the landlords indicated that they had to come over and do something to our heater before we could turn it on, when in fact it all they really wanted to do was explain to us how a thermostat works. 2. …

  • My Wife is Now a Certified Genetic Counselor

    At the end of August, Tara took her board exams to become a certified genetic counselor.  She then had to wait 6 long weeks to receive the results.  This tense period finally ended this past week when we got the letter in the mail announcing that she had passed and is now certified.  This is…

  • Photo of the Whatever

    So this just in: October is nearly over.  This means fall is giving way to winter.  I swear Summer goes way faster when one is no longer in school.  This doesn’t really make sense to me.  To be honest, I don’t mind that the warm weather is dwindling.  I’d say Tara and I made good…

  • 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…

  • Hideout Discovery

    The following letter is the result of a note and map that I found stashed near our campsite in Little Cottonwood Canyon this past weekend.  A group of kids (presumably three of them) had evidently discovered a clearing in a thicket between campsites and proceeded to declare the area their hideout.  They left a note…

  • Mt. Timpanogos

    After 12 miles, 5,000 vertical feet, dozens of waterfalls, alpine lakes, and mountain goats nearly tame enough to pet, Tara and I can now way we have officially bagged the 2nd highest peak in the Wasatch Range. Mt. Timpanogos towers above the sprawling metropolis that is Utah Valley.  Thanks to the fault line and millions…

  • 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…

  • Google Searches that Have Led to my Site

    I use Google Analytics to track usage of this site.  In particular, I’m interested in number of visits, but they give you so many other cool statistics.  What countries traffic comes from, bounceback rate, top pages, and my favorite: kewords searched for in Google that led people to this site.  Thus, I present a list…

  • Oh, and By the Way…

    Have you noticed the latest additions to AbsolutelyAndrew-Endorsed blogs?  Down, to the right.  Lower…Lower…there it is!  Right under “Links”.  If you’re on that list, it means you’re well on your way to celebrity blogger status!  This site averages 300 page views a month.  300!  (at least 25% of that is not from the creator’s wife) …

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