Yeah, I know summer officially starts on June 21…but we’re here in Texas and we know summer when we see it…hot, sunny, chance of thunder-storms…sweat pouring out of my salt-stained shirt…AC running overtime…temperatures at NIGHT not falling below 85 degrees… Yeah, it’s summer. Maintenance stuff more than rennovating stuff this weekend…I got all the tree [...]
Mood
Just a reminder…
We DID work this weekend…more about that later. In the mean time, just a quick reminder. Always remember…no matter how busy or frantic things become…Weekends aren’t just for working. Take the time for the ones you love. CUAgain, Daniel Meyer
Mood
Normalcy…
No work for me this weekend. Resting. Processing. Recuperating. Recharging. I putter. Watching some TV. Listening to music. Reading. Writing. Plotting my next project. Sunday I manage a nap…and for the first time in days, my dreams don’t wake me in a cold sweat, yelling for people to get down…to run…to get away from the [...]
Mood
Where’s the damn erase button?
I started this week as a juror on what seemed a fairly mundane case. The prosecution’s case was very carefully put together. He knew his business. The defense had nothing. There was no reasonable doubt. There was no doubt at all. The verdict was inevitable, and even with our diverse jury, quick and unanimous. And [...]
Electrical
Am I through with Home Depot?
I hope y’all (technical Texas term) had a great Thanksgiving. We did. We spent Wednesday stuffing family full of food! Friday…well…we spent Friday lazy-ing about the house, basically recovering from Thursday. Well, that and eating leftover turkey and ham sandwiches and pumpkin pie. Mmmmmm… BUT…we did head up to the Old Vic for the weekend [...]
Mood
Glutton. For. Punishment.
(deep breath) A project that’s related to the Old Vic project that’s not quite on topic but since it’s a project and I tinker on it and this one will definitely be related to the other one… There’s a tower ya see. (shrugs) What was I supposed to do? So, ya’ll (technical Texas term) may [...]
Mood
Casper the Maine Coon
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. – Isaac Asimov Read the rest here. CUAgain, Daniel Meyer
Mood
The Plant Did it…
One of the fun things about the first year or so of ownership of something like the The Old Vic is all the surprise plants that show up. At least one of them is an alien. See this thing? There was no sign of it when we bought the house…well, maybe a little sign…a small [...]
Events
R-O-C-K-E-D
The 2nd annual Clarksville Fine Arts Festival ROCKED! Lots of folks came out to see us, including friendly faces from the Dallas area (Hi Y’all!). There were dozens of outstanding artists, a Friday night gallery show, some fine Texas wines, beautiful sunny skies, great food, rocking music, and a lot of friendly people. Thanks for [...]
Mood
A sense of urgency…
I don’t know why…but I have this sense of urgency about the project…like I *must* get (insert whatever list of stuff needs done here) completed *right now*. Since there is a LOT to do about the house, you can probably imagine this is causing me some strife. I’ve got wiring to do, air-conditioning to install, [...]
Finances
Reality Check…
My company has announced some extremely severe cutbacks despite the fact that we are profitable. Wall Street demands more. Gotta pay out those executive bonuses afterall. Anyway, shortly they are going to lay off somewhere upwards of 500 workers…that’s an extremely healthy percentage of our remaining workforce. In addition, for any remaining behind they’ve reneged [...]
