Ugh… other than a delicious shellfish dinner for my Dad’s birthday today (Happy birthday Dad!), and sleeping in late, what a day. Started nice, a lazy day around the house, get some cleaning done, laundry, maybe some surfing or gaming maybe, you know, standard stuff. I started the laundry, went upstairs. I knew that my […]
The last couple of weeks have seen a lot of work on the backyard and deck. Here’s a quick pano (pardon the split ladder in the middle 🙂 showing things. Note the barkmulch filled planting boxes around the perimeter, the almost fininished lower deck portion (center right) and now-we’re-starting-to-put-on-deck-boards top section with Firefly and FireflyMom
So Sunday I took off. IE: Not working, not doing any computer work…. it was great. Even decided to head out to Granville Island to wander around for the day. Great idea, or so I thought. First of all, I totally forgot that the Merritt Music Fest was on, and apparently at 1:30pm on a
My Take on a “Relaxing” Weekend Off Read Post »
A week or so ago I read this article on how to “relaxify” your workspace. Some good ideas in there, but as I read the article I realized that putting a fountain or plant in my office would do nothing, and would get lost very quickly. In fact, I think there is a fountain around
So I think that the latest (and last) contract project I’ve been working for is closing in on a finish. All features are there and work, and most of the things in the original spec are done, along with a bunch of stuff not in the original spec. I’m down to about 1 “oh this
An Odd Feeling of Relief…. Read Post »
A couple of days ago we noticed an odd bump on Corny‘s back. I didn’t think much of it, though it was odd. Anyway, the next day it was bigger, and he’d licked all the fur off that one spot, so I knew it was time to do something about it. It looked like a
So once again it’s 1am and I’m up doing client work because I’m too much of a nice guy to say no. It’s going to be billable of course, but I really have to learn to say “no, my evening is valuable, we can do this when I have time.” sigh However, I did find
Yay For Old Country Read Post »
An odd thing happened coming home from work yesterday. Out of nowhere about 5 minutes from work my car suddenly died. Just turned off. I coasted to the side of the side street I was on and thought “that was odd”, then started back up and kept on going. About 5 minutes down the road
Adventures With My Car Read Post »
I blogged about DJ SteveBoy and his PodRunner podcasts (xml) a bit ago…. well I loaded up my little mp3 player last night and headed to the gym. Well, they definately work. I have to say they work! I didn’t have a long run (only 15 min warmup to get ready for some weights), but
Yup, still standing after four or five days of the new schedule. I was tossed around a bit, starting at different times and also spending a day out in chilliwack. Other than the big adjustment in getting up time (and my lack of ability to actually go to bed before midnight), things are going great.
Survived the First Week of Work Read Post »