A more extensive update
Well, I’m ready to order the wood. I probably won’t though, not until mid to late November. Frankly, I need a break from everything that’s been going on lately. Here are some of the things that have been going on which serve to be major distractions in my life.
Start with work. I’m the system manager for variable compensation at a large (> 100K employees) company. We use Callidus TrueComp to calculate the pay, and it’s about the buggiest software package I’ve ever seen. In addition, we’re horribly understaffed in my department. Well, over the summer we’ve been attempting a platform upgrade which hasn’t gone well. Did I mention that TrueComp was buggy? Anyway, I got lucky and was able to hire someone in August who started in September, and just got another req approved so I’ll get another person this December. That should provide the relief needed for me to relax a little more when I’m away from the office.
On to home, I finally finished the flooring downstairs and got some painting done. Well, finished if you don’t include the shoe molding, that is. Our house is in a neighborhood where nothing stays on the market for more than a couple of weeks. Ours was on the market for a few months, and I believe it was because it never got real maintenance. It’s just a great place and we love it, but LORD does it need some TLC. Before we even moved in my wife wanted the kitchen done, and that required new tile replacing the linoleum (which was on top of linoleum). Then I did the den in hardwoods (3/4″ red oak), and now I’ve finished the dining room, hall, office, bathroom, and closets. I still need to put shoe molding down, but I think I’ve done enough home improvement to buy me some serious hobby time. We also painted two rooms upstairs and the den, and are working on the bathroom now. The house is looking great!
Finally, I’m the proud father of a four week old baby girl! That’s been a pretty big distraction, so I can’t feel too bad about not getting started yet.
So, we’re starting to get a little sleep here, and the 2007 renovations are done, my finger is almost healed (stupid tablesaw!) and the only distraction I have going on is football. I’m looking to start getting in shape, I’m going to order wood, and I’m going to publish my football articles here as well as on the site for which I write them. In short, there should be some content starting to flow around here again.
Originally I planned on starting sometime in November, but early on things seemed to go so quick that I thought I would have a frame now at least. Well, I don’t but it’s all good, I still think we’ll be sailing this summer. 