Archive for May, 2006
Today was fun. I woke up and did dishes. By hand since I get frustrated with pretty much any mechanical dishwasher’s ability (or lack thereof) to get dishes clean. After eating breakfast, I went out and dug up some rocks in the yard and watered our trees. Are we having fun yet? This afternoon Liz and I went to New Richmond to get wood and hardware for a workbench. Then we decided to be really ambitious and went to Hudson for a storm door. Not ambitious enough for you? We installed it ourselves this evening! Finally got that done and all the tools cleaned up around 9 o’clock. Oh .. that reminds me. I got a cordless tool set today too. It’s an 18v 4-piece by Rigid … includes circular saw, reciprocating saw, hammer-drill and flashlight. I even ended up using the reciprocating saw already to trim the trim for the door.
Anyway, bedtime for this bunny. I think tomorrow is going to be fairly quiet … mostly just trying to stay cool. Though I will hopefully get some work done on the workbench.
Well, I found out tonight how long it takes me currently to mow my entire lawn … about 3 hours. Ouch. At least I’m not doing it with a push mower. Right now there are a *lot* of dandelions … almost seems like more dandelions than grass. Anyway, the dandelions don’t bother me so much as the fact that the ground is as smooth to drive over as a hay field (which makes sense since it was a hay field before they put the house here) … meaning not very.
Work was interesting today. We have a new CIO now. This is the first of many changes that are going to come about in the next year. While I don’t mind change, hopefully it’s not an overwhelming amount of work. I just need to keep in mind that in the end this should all be worthwhile. Hopefully it will result in a more positive spirit in our department.
I went for a run this morning … didn’t go particularly far… just up to the county road north of here … so I think maybe 3/4 mile each way. It made it very clear that I’m not in the shape I’d like to be, but I think it could have been worse. My goal is to start doing it 2-3 times per week. Maybe if I’m lucky I’ll get some company (even if she just rides bike).
Well, time for food.
Well, we’re all moved in now and I have Internet access back! Yay!
