:mattLandia:

It's been crazy hectic in mattLandia the past three weeks. I have much to report:

Ataricharm is done! -- I've been tinkering and rebuilding my alter-ego site for MONTHS. Everytime I started to make some headway, I would get pulled a different direction and all momentum would be lost. Mucho props to Chad at Cityline Media for hooking me up with a logo that I love, and for giving me some help with ideas for layout. Most of you know that I've been doing freelance web deveopment for the past few years, and more recently, some free lance photography. If you enjoyed the photo galleries I used to have up on my site, you'll find some great new galleries on ataricharm. Let me know what you think!

My brother's wife Julie was in town for a week (he's chilling at mattLandia until they can sell their house in S. Florida while working up here too). It was great to have her back in the neighborhood, and we can't wait (especially Jordan) for his whole family to finally sell the house and move up here! Extra large "do-what-you-have-to-do" props to both Jordan, Julie and kids for putting on a happy face while they are so far apart from each other!

But my biggest, hugest, largest, "can't believe I finally get to say this" news is: I HAVE A NEW ROOF! I have been stressing over this for about three years now, patching what little holes I could, waiting for the day when I would have enough cash to have it fixed. I don't know what would have happened if I had waited another month, because the last rain storm induced tropical waterfalls in various areas of the house that are decidedly non-moisture areas. Howe Roofing hooked me up!

See my shingles. Hear me roar.