See that crest over there on the right? That's the official crest of the town of Scherzingen, Germany (current population about 80), where the Scherzinger family originated. The crest was sent to my father, Earl, by his second cousin, Robert Carl Scherzinger, from California. Thanks, Robert!
Please feel free to roam around. There's a lot to see here, including our old Geocities site. Although it is extremely outdated and should probably just go away, I've preserved the photos, but note that the information is very old. You can access the old sites via the Family Links menu item.
Don't forget to sign our Guest Book while you're here.
See ya!
Bruce
January
Bruce and Eileen got new Android smart phones from Verizon. After all these years of just having cell phones that make phone calls (imagine that) we finally have handheld computers that, among other things, can make phone calls. Eileen can't get enough of the free games and Bruce is happy to listen to Pandora at work. We can also do email and Facebook while on the road now, which is also handy. We actually got these phones right after Thanksgiving, but didn't think to mention them until now.
The NFL playoffs were extremely exciting this year with the Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, and Indianapolis Colts in the running for the AFC title. Not surprisingly, the Colts came out on top. So now the Scherzingers will be rooting against the Vogels during the Super Bowl.
The big news this month is our purchase of a 2004 Yamaha Road Star Midnight Silverado motorcycle. Bruce had a Yamaha 650 when he met Eileen but had to sell it to get money to pay for that New York wedding. Since then he has longed to buy another one. Finally, 27 years later, the mid-life crisis is evident and the second childhood begins.
February
We are so tired of snow it's sickening! Somewhere I read or heard that the winter of '09-'10 set a record for the DC area of some 72" (that's 6 feet!). February brought us a storm that became known as "Snowmageddon". Eileen took a short video of us shoveling during the first day of this blizzard. You can see an appreciable amount of snow still on the ground from December's storm, which stayed with us through the entire month of January and had a couple fresh layers during that month. This is just nuts!
March
March turned out to be a pretty nice month, a stark contrast from January and February that gave us record snow. Bruce got his motorcycle learner's permit and was able to get the bike out on a few weekend rides with his friend Ken Kueny from Orbital. This gave Bruce some time to get reacclimated to riding before taking the Virginia Motorcycle Safety Course in early April. In early March the weather warmed with lots of snow still on the ground, but with the neighborhood streets dry enough to take the bike out for a short spin. On that day the photos below were taken.
