Pardon My Dust!

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Friday, December 31, 2010

So long 2010...

It's been a rough'n'tumble, crazy, whirlwind of a year. We're ending the year in a new apartment, new ward, and--soon to be--new roles. If we can make some time to do our traditional E.R.B. Annual Report, we'll make sure to send it out.

In the meantime, here's a recap of the year, based on my blog posts. For the more personal side of our lives, check out Jill's blog. As you can see by my posts, I'm kind of all over the place...

January 2010

  • From all of us, to all of you. The E.R.B. Annual Report 2009.
  • Here She Comes! Some notes from our travel to Utah to attend Grandma Erb's funeral. The post title is a line from a poem my dad shared at the service.
  • FAIT An announcement for the FBI Future Agents in Training program.
February 2010
  • S.N.O.W. We had a huge snowstorm here in Virginia. Shared some photos.
  • More S.N.O.W. Some AP and WTOP pictures from our big snow storm.
  • Gear Getting ready to remove some more snow.
  • DC Snow Removal? Alternate Title: Traffic According to Jeremy. The snow removal aftermath, a week after it stopped.
March 2010
April 2010
  • The Rule of Three Interesting advice from HBR about when to confront someone and creating personal rules for dealing with different situations.
May 2010
June 2010
July 2010 August 2010 September 2010
  • More Good News We had been going over our budget, trying to get some things to work out, and looking for a new place to leave (going to be needing that second bedroom now) -- and I get a raise at work!
  • Stocking Up My mom sends baby stuff to start stocking up on. She just knew it was going to be a little girl before we told anyone and had been buying up pink stuff =)
  • A Life Update via Photos (and some text)
  • Bonus Points I awarded points for the first person to comment correctly with the explanation for a custom license plate we saw. (And the hobby begins...)
August 2010

September 2010

October 2010
November 2010
December 2010

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Hay Más Placas

HIM8NNZ
The driver, or the auto? ;-)

L1K2B1K
Just not right now...

JEREDR

ILV BABA
I Love Sheep, too :-p

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Aún Más Placas

B CULLEN

PAX2YU

JEDI07

1TL2NY

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Más placas

PETDR2B
Your vet drives a Pontiac GTO...

9STICK
On the Wildlife Conservationist (Eagle) custom plate

LV2FISH

NOIEDS
On the VFW custom VA plate

Monday, December 27, 2010

How About a Pic-i-nic Basket? Nah, More License Plates

G8TORS1

COUNZLR

HKY PKY
Hanky Panky ...

BLISSU

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Seriously. More. License. Plates.

CARM1

XAOC

THNK QIK

XLR80R

Saturday, December 25, 2010

We interrupt this broadcast

...of personalized license plates -

for a photo and video recap of our Christmas 2010!


We slept in until about 8am; Jill made yummy orange rolls; we opened our stockings; took turns opening presents and taking photos; Skyped with Mom, Lindsey, and Lauren and opened more presents with them; spoke with Dad and Candace; talked to some of the Erb clan; spoke with Jill's brother who's on his mission in Texas; snacked on all sorts of yumminess; tried a fruit cake ("in the fine Southern tradition") for the first time; took a nap; had a (somewhat) healthy dinner of salad with homemade ranch and some Safeway appetizers; drove to see some Christmas lights and saw an awesome show; talked and sang carols via Google Video Chat with the Walker clan; uploaded our photos and videos; ate some popcorn; and got ready for bed!


Here are some of the still photos from the Christmas light tour. It was worth the 25 minute drive down the road to go find the neighborhood. Hooray for Google, Google Maps, and Holly's Tacky Christmas Lights list of houses to see.

The videos below won't quite do the display justice. But, in addition to attempting to capture some of the awesome Christmas lights, it was the first time using our new camera for video instead of stills. (there is an HD version / 720p of each if you click through) I think you should watch them all - but if you only pick one or two, do the Grand Finale and the Narrated Neighbor.







Yep, More License Plates

NUM1JAY

LOTR-FAN
In the church parking lot.

ZAMBITO

SERENA-T
Serena T. or Serenity? Vote below

Friday, December 24, 2010

Wait for it.... More License Plates

DJMICKY
Pump the jams...pump them up!

1MOLE

BKK GRR
Initials or a message - what do you think?

SEVEN-8

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Yes, More License Plates

4DKIDS
40 kids? For da kids?

VRNON 50
On the Vernon Heating van

LUV LAMP
Not really sure what that means

MY WINGS

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

I Can't Believe There's More License Plates

TT4TIO

HEMALO2

EL VOLANTE

IKBP

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

There's More License Plates

NY ORIG

NY-BFLO

GUMBO

ELOHIMM
Feeling all high-n-mighty in his Mercedes 4Matic

Monday, December 20, 2010

Still More License Plates

NATV TEX

CIAOBB
We see this car most mornings

LOYLFN
With a Redskins custom VA plate and a Redskins frame

KGWD88
KGW Dates?

Depressing WTOP News

or
What is wrong with the world?

The headlines below were taken from the 41 WTOP news items (via RSS) from 12/18 - 12/19/2010.


Seriously. What's up with all that?

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Even More License Plates

GETEVEN
That's not very nice...

LUV42CB

HQMOP or
HQMQP
With a Purple Heart custom VA plate

MY-ABCZ2
I wonder where the OG MY-ABCZ is...

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Yet More License Plates

1BIGRUS

not a license plate, but a motorcade in Crystal City

GROCER

BELLA4

How fast is your Internet?

Speakeasy Speed Test

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