As of now, i have:

Baked bread from scratch. many times over now. I love it, cooking, baking, it’s fun!! So i have baked white bread, wheat bread, and banana bread, and while i was still at my dad’s house, i had been baking the wheat bread on a fairly regular basis. very tasty! Not hard to do, just mix the ingredients, let the yeast make it rise, punch it down, let it rise again, bake it, and walah! bread! dash gone good bread too Now that i am in own apartment, haven’t begun the baking yet, but i do have the ingredients .

This year i did help immensely with the home garden, and i have been enjoying the fruits of labor since the beginning of summer. now that i am out of the house, i don’t have as easy access to the tasty plants, but i have tried to have some on every visit to my dad’s house. I also built several planters out of the same boards i made that crazy sled out of during winter, and have the planters set up at the new apartment on the balcony. haven’t planted anything yet… soon soon….

The learning of Russian hasn’t been a real hardcore thing, but i do feel like have learned a lot, and have become at least a little familiar with the language. i hear… like… every 3rd or 4th word .

At the end of this spring, i finished up an associates degree! word, not that it will get me far, but i am working on the next step here at OSU in the fall. New goal: B. S. in two or so years.

Remember that t-shirt thing? well, never did actually make a t shirt for cameesa, but did put that stuff on Cafe Press, and… have so far sold 2 tshirts!!!! woot woot! made 5 bucks… split between me and Oksana. wow, profits just rollin in…..

Totally made a white wings.

I was working on Learning the night sky pretty hardcore at one point, but then kinda slacked. I learned a lot, and feel pretty familiar with several of the major constellations, but i would definitely say my knowledge is incomplete. a little harder to keep up with here in Corvallis too, but i think i can handle finishing this one up in the near future.

Though i haven’t really reaped any profits from a website, i have started a project in the direction, in collaboration with my good friend Tom, with Goji Berries Facts. I may consider putting google ads here at this blog as well in the future. At this point the blog does get regular traffic, but not much, and mostly for insignificant and un-focused keywords. Certainly, won’t be pulling in more than a few dollars anytime soon, but money is money.

So, that’s the story. I pretty happy that i could say all that had been done actually. Perhaps the next blog will be an updated list and what i see for myself in the near future.

In other news, I am engaged! And getting married within the month! It’s craziness, but i am filled with Joy

Sooo, basic update:

Moved to Corvallis, signed up and registered classes for OSU in fall, rescued cat from shelter, cat’s name is Speck, Oksana is here at our new apartment, we have plenty of plans, apartment is nice, cozy (aka small), but nice and modern.  Went to North Carolina a month ago, saw extended family, was wonderful trip, everyone getting a little older, more grown up, except uncle gary, who grows down.  On the tail end of a very strong heat wave with temperatures over 110 degrees fahrenheit, put window air conditioner in sliding glass door and sealed with saran wrap.  very ghetto.  set up first online marketing site, Goji Berries.   getting a handle on the online marketing world, if i spam your blog, no hard feelings.  Oh yeah, this blog got spammed hardcore, lots of stuff about viagra etc.  had to change comment options, so now if you want to leave a comment, you have to register on the blog.   not a big deal, but i promise not to be offended if you just skip it, even if your comment was amazing.  also changed style of blog.  much cleaner, more professional, while still being light on dark, which i like.  have been playing with linux more, setting up old computer to be file server, and maybe web server, stopped using ubuntu and went to Debian.  I liked it at first, but starting to think that linux for brain dead idiots (ubuntu) may have been the way to stay.  so i might go back.  ummmmmm, got netflix! and… thats about all i got…

new russian words to know:

potom = later

moszhna = allowed

panyat = float in the air

beleeko = far away

zamoski = overseas

I don’t know how these words will come in useful, but i hear them in russian conversation, and it helps a lot to know them.

Peace out.