"Snick, Crunch..."

hear that sound?  that's the sound of a really rough gear change...

i was going pretty well with this blogging business for a bit there, but it fell off as things around me changed.  now i've had yet another change.  i'm home from afghanistan.  i will no longer be in the army (soon).  we're having another baby.  we're moving to a new state.  we're starting a new job... whew!  this is a lot!

anyway, with all these new shifts i figured what better time to press in the clutch pedal on this blog and try for gear number 2.  lets hope that this time around as my life shifts gears i'll be able to shift as fast on the blog!

here's to new experiences and learning to drive your life via "manual".

----EDIT----

Yet another gear change means this blog is only used as 1st Gear!  2nd Gear included the post you see above... but has since given way to 3rd Gear over at nateshoemaker.wordpress.com.