Yes, Yes, I'm Still Alive

Ok, I thought I'd check in so that people didn't think I have fallen off a large cliff or something.  It strikes me a bit funny that there have been people who have not only noticed that I haven't updated the blog in a while, but some of those people actually seem to be visibly shaken by this.  Alrighty.

See, the problem is that nothing weird has been happening in my life.  Nothing remotely interesting has been happening, for that matter.

I spent most of last week painting portions of our house.  Going into this project I remember thinking that this would certainly spawn numerous blog entries for several reasons.  For one, I'm just not a handy person, and I've never painted anything in my life.  Surely, at the very least, I'd spill a couple gallons of paint down the staircase, creating a flowing green paint waterfall, and I could blog about it.  But, remarkably, that didn't happen.

I figured if I didn't create an Exxon Valdez-style paint catastrophe, surely I'd fall off my homemade scaffolding that I had to construct to get up to the highest point of our stairwell (I did make sure that Mrs. Smoot never saw that contraption in all of its glory).  But, defying all odds, I did not fall and maim myself either.

In the end, the paint stuck to the wall, and everything turned out just fine.  That just doesn't make for very compelling blog writing if you ask me.

I did get a new phone the other day, and I have to say that it is the most amazing gadget I've played with for a long, long time.  If I leave it on the kitchen counter, it does the dishes.  So maybe I'll blog about that sometime.

I am happy to say that the Smoots are leaving for Hawaii in two days, so one would surely think that something blog-worthy will happen while we're gone these next couple weeks.  The lady who organized our trip arrived in Hawaii last night, after having her connecting flight canceled in Phoenix.  See, she already has ripe blog material!