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I am back in my home state of Michigan and happy to be here.

Driving six hours with an eleven month old in the car is a bit of a challenge, but we made it up here safe and sound.

I thought my BlackBerry was going to catch on fire as the emails burned up the wires.  As I was was leaving Ohio McCain was heading to Dayton to announce his VP pick!  Lisa agreed to drive so I could read email.  Speculation was followed by amazement followed by debate and discussion.

Once we arrived Ella wanted to swim right away and I joined her in the water.  We then had a lovely meal and peach gobbler for desert.  Then finished out the night with a soak in the hot tub.  Ah, vacation!

Hard to believe that college football has started.  I will nervously be watching the University of Michigan Wolverines game against Utah this afternoon.  I am hoping that they can get off to a better start than they did last year!  The start of the Rich Rodriguez era will finally be under way.

Hope all of you are having a great Labor Day weekend.

You ever feel like you are drowning in a sea of information?  It is like the old saw about trying to drink from a fire hydrant.  That is what I feel like these days.  There is so much information that I want to consume: books, magazines, blogs, emails, etc.  But sorting through and prioritizing it is not easy.  I often feel paralyzes by information overload; as if I can’t process it all and so do nothing.

Just wondering if anyone else felt this way.  Of course that would mean that someone read this blog . . .

Monday morning we packed the station wagon and headed to the great state of Michigan to spend some time with my parents - Dad and step mom.  It is a festive week as today is my lovely wife’s birthday, Friday is my parents anniversary; Sunday is my birthday, and of course Monday is Memorial Day.

The weather here is gorgeous and we have had a great time already.  Once my dad got it running we took the pontoon boat out on the lake.  It was windy and cool but beautiful.  While he was getting the boat ready I took Ella for a paddle boat ride and dipped her in the water a couple of times.  Each time she was surprised by just how cold the water was.  She is attracted to the idea of swimming but the reality of the cold is just too much.  But the idea of swiming makes summer real and an exciting prospect.

Each time I return to Michigan and to the lakes I contemplate living here.  But outside of the financial challenges - lake houses aren’t cheap obviously - there is the matter of leaving a town where we have a church home, friends, and stability for our children.  Hard to give that up.  Which is the very reason we decided not to move to Texas last year.

Still, the state of Michigan calls to me every time I return.  I envision life on the lake and I can see myself staying here a long time.  I guess I have a goal for retirement . . .

If you ever wanted to know what I sound like on the radio here is your chance.  Below is an interview I did this morning with WRVA Richmond, Virginia with Jimmy Barrett.

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I have joined the world of Blackberry.  I got one today.  I had a Razor for the last few years but the battery was running down and it was going to cost me $40 to replace it.  They had some good deals plus I had my new every two deal so I took the plunge.

I have been wanting to have something where I could access my email, sync my schedule, etc. for awhile but didn’t want to spend the money.  I was intrigued by the IPhone but it was to pricey. The BlackBerry is realiable and very usable so I went with it.  Email is a critical part of my job now and it is handy to have access to it wherever I am.

So far I have had a few technical glitches but I am getting the hang of it.  Maybe if I could blog with it I would post more often . . .

For those of you interested in Holtsberry family photos, I have updated some recent photos to my flickr page.  The image you seen here is one example.

Ella had read a book where a young girl sleeps out in her yard in a tent and wanted to try it herself.  So I got the tent set up in the backyard and we spent the night in it.  In the morning Lisa came out and snapped a picture.

Ella slept remarkably well.  I was a bit cold and distracted by all the noises.  But it was fun sharing it with her.

I hope to do some real camping this summer.  Particularly when it is warm.

I was finally exposed to the Wiggles tonight and I have to say they have rocketed to the top of my most hated kids videos list.  For the strong of heart here is an example from the video we watched tonight:

 

We may be springing ahead tonight but we are far from Spring in the weather department:

Joshua Radin’s We Were Here

 

Everything’ll be alright (will’s lullaby)

way down in new york town
thinkin bout the way she loved me
there’s a hole in my pocket that’s about her size
but i think everything is gonna be alright
yes i hope everything is gonna be alright
a smiling face is trade in l.a.
the gifts are found at the bar
well i wish my car
could drive to her tonight
then i’d know everything is gonna be alright
yes then i’d know it’ll be alright

the rain in new orleans
forgot to end
but the mouths of the people are dry
and we watch and wait
and do nothing but sigh
and hope everything is gonna turn out right
but i don’t know if it’ll be alright

but i look at you
warm in your dream
while your mobile dances above
and i think to myself
it’s a beautiful night
and i know everything is gonna be alright
yes now i know it’ll be alright

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