I hope that everyone is doing well. I'm just trying to keep my distance from the Christmas shopping mobs. We're staying in Tulsa for the holidays and are looking forward to a relaxing Christmas without the roadtrips for a change.

The flu has ripped through our household...only I was spared the pain and suffering. Ironically, Griffin was exposed at the clinic while waiting for his FLU SHOT! He graciously passed it over to Amy a few days later. At least we made it back from our Thanksgiving trip to TX before the symptoms really kicked in. Thankfully, they've recovered, and everything's pretty much back to normal now.

I'm still milking the ConocoPhillips job. Looks like it might make it into late January now. They've been letting me work an extra 10 hours a week, so I'm trying to stuff aside the extra OT $$ for the lean months that may be coming behind this project.

I'm doing lots of research on the best way to preserve a bunch of home movies. Looks like I'm probably going to go with a Hauppage PVR-350 card to do my capturing. Although I've not played around with Linux much, I'm getting very excited about setting up a MythTV system that I can use to capture video and TV shows, as well as play my MP3s, play/rip/burn DVD movies and lots more (even runs MAME!)...kinda like a TIVO on steroids. I've heard that it's kind of a pain to get set up and configured, but it such an inticing project, I'm sure I'll have to try it out.

Griffin has finally reached the stage where he is asking about everything, and getting a lot better at identifying things. He absolutely LOVES the snow, which we finally got last week. It's truly amazing to watch him grow and learn. It seems that every week he gets smarter and smarter. I only wish I could spend more time at home with him. I'm so thankful that Amy is up to the challenge while I spent much of my time either working or sleeping.

I gotta get back to work for another hour or so. Have a great season...I'll check back in soon.