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This day seems to have been going on forever. Time moves slowly in the workplace ( Read more... )

Time is drawing near. Last year I participated in the National Novel Writing Month. I had a blast! I'm planning on doing it again this year. I've got to get busy thinking about a topic/outline/characters. Yes, at least one of them will speak Esperanto ( Read more... )

Just a quick update. The counters are in place! My brother in law has done a fantastic job (though I did help). Now we just have to wait 2 days to remove the forms. The centerpiece is the island (continent?). It measures 9'2" long by 36" wide. The last 14" are an overhang for a little breakfast table. The underneath part is 1/4" steel plate ( Read more... )

OK, who out there is sick of hearing about the kitchen? Yeah, me too, but we're really moving now. My brother in law, Dave is here, and we've got the cabinets installed, and he's building the forms for the countertops. We're going concrete counters throughout the kitchen. The really cool part (other than being done very inexpensively), is they ( Read more... )

The floors are all refinished. We did get a couple of patches that bubbled due to the high humidity - the workers are coming by this afternoon to take a look ( Read more... )

It's been a busy couple of weeks. Let's see ( Read more... )

Well, I decided that it was time to get a more sturdy shoe due to the fact that I'm riding the scooter to work every day now. My usual semi-dress shoes are low cut, and way to slippery. So, based on recommendations from a friend in the Kymco group, I went to Zappos They're having a great sale on these Dr. Martens. They arrived today (free ( Read more... )

It's actually happening. There are workers at my house ( Read more... )