Monday, December 31, 2007
I can honestly say I have bitten off more than I can chew when it comes to prepping the new house for our move in. I have developed a new hatred for wallpaper. Pulling down wallpaper and prepping the walls for priming is a very time consuming process. But with luck I should be ready to start priming walls by Thursday.
posted by
Kirby
|
December 31 10:10 AM
|
comments (1)
Thursday, December 27, 2007 2007 is winding down and I return home later today from my final trip of the year. I started a travel log this year to see how much I actually travel. 46 trips in total for 2007. Too much in my opinion. I hope to see a lot less travel in 2008.
The travel log idea is cool, and I plan to do another for 2008 even though I'm hoping for fewer trips. I wish I had travel logs for past years. I think the biggest difference I would see for past years compared to 2007 is the diversity of trips. Vermont and New York City were my most common trips in 2007. In past years, I traveled more with Melanie on flights she worked and got to spend more time in places such as France. I made only 1 work trip with her in 2007, to Belgium, and I missed out on trips to France and Ireland this year which really disappoints me.
Even though I hope to travel less in 2008, I'm hoping to join Melanie on more work trips (as soon as she returns to work). And the best part of work trips in 2008 with Melanie will be bringing Baby T with us. posted by Kirby | December 27 08:35 AM | comments (0)
Thursday, December 20, 2007 Some might be wondering why I didn't post a blog entry announcement that I'm a father-to-be. After all such big news rightfully deserves a posting. Truth be told, I didn't want to share the news publicly until after the closing on the new house for fear that the mortgage company might find out and decide not to provide us the loan for the house. I'm sure I was being a bit paranoid but given the current state of the leading market I did not want to chance it.
I did, however, post a slight hint on July 23. The posting title is "Excited About Expected New Arrive" and while the posting talks about arrival of my new MacBook Pro, I was actually more excited about finding out I'm going to be a dad. July 23 is the day I found out. posted by Kirby | December 20 08:13 AM | comments (0)
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
It should be illegal to sell a house with wallpaper. And the punishment should double for those who wallpaper the ceiling too. The wife and I are working like eager beavers to get the house ready for a January move in date. And while January is still a couple of weeks away we only a have few more work days left this month for house work due to the holiday. And the task that is slowing us down the most? You guessed it. Wallpaper! posted by Kirby | December 19 06:49 PM | comments (0)
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 I know. I know. It's been a very long time since my last blog posting. I have never gone this long between posting since starting this blog back in March 2002. The longest delay between postings until now was back when I made the move from NYC to Salem. The delay was almost 2 months, but this most recent delay has been just over 4 months. Way too long to go without a posting, especially considering all that has happened in the last 4 months. Needless to say, though, with all that has happened over the last 4 months my schedule has been unusually busy which is why I haven't had time to post. Staying in hotels without Internet access hasn't helped either.
So the 2 biggest events that have happened are:
1) My wife and I are expecting a baby boy at the end of March!!!! I can't begin to tell you how excited I am about this. Already it seems like I discovery something new about being a daddy-to-be on an almost daily basis. For instance, just the other day I could see the baby moving around in my wife's belly. I heard this was possible and I thought it would be freaky, like watching Aliens or something. But it turned out to be really cool. And the movements seems to be more frequent and more visible each day. I'll be posting more about being a daddy-to-be / new dad. Meanwhile, check out our baby blog.
2) We bought a house! Yep, after living most of my life in rental property and all of my adult life in rentals, I can finally say I'm a home owner. I still don't think owning a home is a wise financial investment, but I can say I love the idea behind owning a home. There's nothing quiet like it. The freedom to do what you want such as paint, remodel, etc, to make the place your own is awesome.
And on the business front, White Peak Software continues to grow. Yes, I know I have fallen behind on release the next Killink CSV and SMTP Diagnostics updates and for that I apologize. But it has been very important to me to put certain "ducks in a row" so I can focus on time on these products in 2008.
So that's it for now. posted by Kirby | December 18 02:45 PM | comments (0)
