He’s only mostly dead

So as stated before, about a year ago really: I had to wait for the outside work on the house to be completed to finish my office. The outside of the house was completed a few moths ago. My office … Read More

Progress

10 months and we are finally getting the repairs for the exterior taken care of from the initial discovery of the water leak in my office window. 6 months since we found a contractor then most of that time trying … Read More

Washington DC Mall Sky View

Unwinding from unwinding

so this past week the wife and I finally had our honeymoon. It took awhile, but we eventually figured our where to go and could actually afford to go :-). It kind of doubled as a 20th anniversary trip, but … Read More

A Weird Normal Type Day

Thursday was the final day of training/schooling for the new job. Those of you not following along, it’s been six months. Now that it’s done, I am now even more aware of just how much I do not know, but … Read More

Busy being Busy

A lot has happened in the last few months. Friends and family may have noticed that I do not post often to facebook anymore. I’m becoming more like my father and do not have the patience for it all the time. … Read More

New things

I do believe I may have finally successfully left property management. I am on week 4 with my new job and thus far, I couldn’t be happier. There is sales involved, but it is more customer service and no pressure … Read More

Phase I, in which Doris gets her oats…

Phase one of the shop is nearing completion. It’s strange, as I unload my tools and such from the boxes and the temporary shelves that they were crammed into and onto, I kept thinking to myself “I have a lot … Read More

100 years ago this year

World War I started. I thought about memorializing this by building a bunch of little padded cubes that velcro together into a much larger cube that we would use as an ottoman for a few years then break apart into … Read More

Use for a First Act

Melissa and I are learning Guitar. Teaching ourselves mostly, with the help of online videos and such. A few years ago, with the help of a friend I picked out a larger dreadnought for myself to practice on. The size … Read More