I'll be the first to admit I'm a follower of the old "work hard, play hard" adage. I've modified it slightly though in that I tend to work harder in winter and play harder in summer. Summer, in Wisconsin, is good. This last summer's goal was to find air on my bike, rollerblades and wakeboard while I was still young and able. What resulted was a lot of pain and some good wipeouts, but it was still fun. For pictures, follow the links below.

I'm a water child - water makes me happy. I've always thought I would have been a great surfer, but living most of my life in the midwest has squashed that dream. Instead I've taken up sailing, skiing, scuba diving and wakeboarding, (among other water sports) which seems to be sufficient at least until I buy my mansion north of San Diego on a cliff overlooking the Pacific...

Considering you can only be in the water for 5 months of the year in Wisconsin I had to find something else to do, so I'm attempting to redecorate my house. My first endeavor was to build all my living room furniture, which is complete except for the staining. Phase II consisted of changing my all-blue guest room into a home office, complete with hardwood floors and fun furniture. Now I'm going to tackle the kitchen with it's hideous yellow/gray vinyl and matching yellow gray wallpaper. Be gone.

When I'm not in the water or woodshop or, god forbid, working, I like to spend my free time hiking, biking, rollerblading, shopping, traveling, putzing around the house, exercising and reading, much like the rest of the world. Pretty exciting stuff.