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20 Oct 2007

Awesome or Stupid?

Anyone who has been here on a semi-regular basis will easily realize that updates have been sparse over the last month or two. There are a couple reasons for this - first, the work to recover from getting hosed by Gisol. Second, I have been working on another site with a friend of mine - The Awesome Theory. It is a humor community site that is pretty hilarious. Please go check it out.
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20 Sep 2007

Explanation of recent downtime

Recent visits to this site may have been met with an "account suspended" notice. Well, the cause was sinister and the reason very lengthy - read the full story. The quick summary is that my old web host tried to scam me and I had to leave for a reputable company. You can never be too careful, and I was not careful enough. As I type this, Kelley is on her way to St. Louis for the Joyce Meyer conference. Other than this scam problem, everything has been going pretty well. The Lions are 2-0 and Michigan finally won a game. The Tigers are just about out of the playoffs, though. Stardust was an amazing movie, by the way, see it when you have the chance.
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20 Sep 2007

Do Not Let This Happen to You

If you have visited this website lately, you probably noticed that it was down for a while and then when it came back up, it was somewhat messed up for a while. This is a story of why that happened and I hope it serves as a warning to anyone who hopes to start hosting a web site in the future.
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25 Jul 2007

This summer is just nuts

This summer has been the busiest I can remember and it is not slowing down anytime soon. Since the last update, we went to a pool party, had three large gatherings at our house (one was a BBQ), went to an all day concert event for the 4th of July, several movies, and we just got back from a weekend at Ranch Camp Timberlake, 130 miles West of Omaha. It was a great time that included a camp fire, friends, pizza pies, s'mores, an obstacle course, horseback riding, swimming, the blob, a water slide, and some amazing church services. It was awesome. The summer is not over yet, though, much more is to come. This website is coming along nicely; the picture database is up to 900 pictures, and I added a Contact Us form to make feedback easier. Look for the ability to comment on pages and rate photos soon.
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19 Jun 2007

Vacations are exhausting

Kelley and I recently got back from a vacation to Ohio to attend her brother's wedding and gosh, it was exhausting. We drove over 20 hours there and back, went to an amusement park, a baseball game, a museum, and a wedding during the course of five days. To read more about the details of our trip, check out this blog entry. We also got new cell phones, Kelley had a group lunch with ConAgra's CEO, I got moved to a new office and found out that I missed my next promotion. It was pretty close, though, and my first time trying - almost no one makes it on the first time - so I am ok about that. This summer is going to be very busy, but I am going to try and keep up with updates as best I can. Wish me luck and drop us a line sometime!
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19 Jun 2007

Vacations and Recent Happenings

Vacations sure can be draining, especially when they are like the one Kelley and I recently took. Her brother got married on June 9th, so we traveled to Ohio to attend. We figured since we were in the area we would try to pack in as much extra fun stuff as possible. I would say we succeeded.
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29 Mar 2007

A New Website is Born

If you had been to this site before the redesign, you must have noticed that it looks a little different. There are many changes, both cosmetic and behind the scenes, and there are many more to come.

In case you do not know what the site looked like before, I will summarize some of the chan
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17 Mar 2007

It has been far too long

I can not believe it has been nearly 4 months since my last post. So much for having more time after I graduate! Over the last week I have been working on a redesign of the website - look for that to go live very soon. I am in the process of making this website run off of a database instead static HTML. We had a nice birthday party for Kelley earlier this month - see the picture of the month. We are now the couples' small group leadership apprentices for our church, The River. Check out that link to see the website I am creating for the church as well. There will be more frequent updates from now on, I promise.
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28 Nov 2006

Finally finished

We are finally finished. Finally finished with college classes at least. Kelley and I finished up our classes for our Bachelors degree about 10 days ago. It was very trying and mentally exhausting, but we made it. I am looking to spend a whole lot more time on this website getting it up to date. I am so far behind it is silly. Look for hundreds of new pictures and plenty of new features in the coming weeks and months.
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4 Nov 2006

New addition to the Flees family

We love our cat Bonus so much that we wanted him to have a friend. DJ and I adopted a black kitten on October 7th. She is just two months old and her name is Fumblina AKA Fumble. We are slowly adjusting to this new addition. We are truly blessed. The family is staying busy as we finish up our last course for our degrees. We are counting down the days and will officially graduate on January 20th.
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26 Aug 2006

A Website is Hard to Keep Up

Over the last year I have discovered just how difficult it is to keep up this website. Before starting school full-time, I already felt that I did not spend enough time keeping this site up to date. Now that I am in school full-time, it is far, far worse. My last blog entry was around eight months a
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11 Aug 2006

120 inches of awesome

Check out the picture of the month for August - that is a 120" home theater screen powered by an Infocus IN72 projector. We are loving it. Our basement is transforming into the gathering place we have envisoned it being. Watching football and movies, and playing computer and video games is an entirely different experience now. We only have a little more than 3 months of school left as well - we are so excited!
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6 Aug 2006

We moved!

Yes, that is right; DJ and Kelley are proud home owners! The move went great. The Lord truly blessed us. Bonus is adjusting well. He was scared of every little noise at first, but has found some favorite spots and we know where to find him if we want. Send us an email if you need our new address. I am visiting Ohio for the weekend. I look forward to seeing my family and friends, but most importantly Buckeye. I love that dog.
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19 Mar 2006

Searching for the Right Job

Lately, I have been dealing with the search for the right job. I have not had much experience working a full-time job. When it came time to look, I took it seriously. I did not want to jump at the first opportunity that came by. There are many jobs available for people to work. The key is to find th
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4 Mar 2006

Playing the waiting game

It has been more than a month since our offer on the house was accepted, but it still seems like forever until we move in. We must continue to hurry up and wait. Kelley is doing well at her new job and we continue to do well in school, though. The picture of the month for April is a visualization of what a male child of ours would look like. We got it done in one of those special picture machines at a Dave and Busters around here. Yet another reason why we might not have kids - don't you think he would be freaky looking?
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