1/10th Scale Saturn V Launches in Maryland Yesterday

I was considering attending the launch of this, but it happened during the Ohio State Spring Game and was also on the Eastern shore (about a 3 hour drive). Football won out, but this is really cool.

It's an enormous 1/10th scale Saturn V, and had a beautiful launch.

As a father-son project, my Dad and I created a scale Saturn V (can't recall the exact scale, but it was about 4.5 inches in diameter and about 4 feet tall). In comparison, the rocket that lunched yesterday is 36 feet tall! (Ok, I guess I can do the math... mine was 1/90th scale.)

It had a beautiful launch, as you can see in this article and the youtube video below.

Homeowners -> Squatters -> Homeless...

It all happened so quickly that I didn't even stop to take pictures. Fortunately my Mom did (those pictures we'll be posted soon).

Holly and I are now officially homeless. For the next 4 weeks and 1 day, anyways.

We'll be posting pictures soon, but wanted to thank everyone who worked so hard yesterday to help us move out... Mom, Dad, Jenn, Matt, and Buttons. It took a lot of work, and Holly and I are so very thankful that we were able to count on you all to help out on what I think was the hottest day so far this year!

Also, out of respect to the new homeowners, I've taken down http://www.269Rainswept.com. However, I couldn't bring myself to delete the webpage entirely. We'll keep up http://gallowayohiohome.googlepages.com/home probably forever, as we have tons of wonderful memories of our time on Rainswept, and we hope that everyone reading this blog were able to enjoy the house when you were able to visit us as much as we did.

The one thing that you learn going through a move is that it isn't about the house, and it isn't about the stuff in the house. It's the people in the house that make a house a home, so we hope all of you will visit early and visit often when we do finally become homeowners in Maryland so that you can help us make new memories there!

What does Troy Smith and Holly have in common?

Besides both being my own personal idols, Holly and Troy will both be spotted at McDaniel College in the next couple of months.

Holly, as all of our blog fans know (Hello Moms and Grandma!), will be at McDaniel College in August starting in the psychology department as a professor.

Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith will join Holly at McDaniel College in July and August at the Baltimore Ravens Summer training camp. Yes, Troy Smith was drafted by the Ravens last weekend. Combined with the Browns continuing their streak of drafting lousy players (Miami's Kellen Winslow, Michigan's Braylon Edwards, and now Notre Dame's Brady Quinn), and Troy Smith following us to Baltimore... we may now be Ravens fans. Get back to us this fall!

Offer Accepted!

So I was getting a bit of grief about how I never update this blog... so my fellow blog readers (you know who you are), here is a hum-dinger of a blog post:

We just received word that a buyer has accepted our counter-offer on our house. If nothing crazy happens, that means we've just agreed to sell our house!!!

The details are as follows: our house closing is on April 30th (less than 3 weeks away!!!). We then have until May 9th to hand over the keys and move out. To where? Good question. Hopefully I will be traveling with work by then during the week. Holly has her Miami apartment, and we have a pretty full social calendar between graduations, weddings, and family events until then that will keep us on the move. Holly's lease is up on her apartment on June 30th, so we'll then officially be homeless as we head for Europe in July. When we get back, we'll get serious about actually making the final move to Maryland.

Our crazy year just keeps moving along. One more piece is falling into place, and the picture is becoming clearer and clearer!

Thanks to everyone for the positive vibes and well wishes that you've sent our way! We're very happy to have a few more answers out of this stressful part of our lives!