Category: Things at home

  • Slowing down, to get more things done.

    Slowing down, to get more things done.

    If you have been reading along, or know me personally, it is no surprise that I go from subject to subject, project to project. I’m a consultant for that reason. I normally on a project for a short time, from two weeks to three months, and then I’m off on the next one. It suits…

  • DIY perils, why whatever do you mean?

    DIY perils, why whatever do you mean?

    This weekend was certainly a full one. With the help of my parents, my father in the yard and my mother watching the girls and helping around the house, and Erin, I was able to get more work on the deck done. Forty nine, 49, 4 * 10 + 9, bags of cement were mixed,…

  • Pick of the Day

    Pick of the Day

    So this last Saturday, before the rain here on Sunday, we performed a annual ritual around my house. That ritual? Going apple picking. We’ve gone several years running now, and it’s always been a great time with the family. We don’t go in for the corn mazes, or the other bits and bobs that many…

  • Scattered, but for the right reasons.

    Scattered, but for the right reasons.

    So when I sat down to write this, I wasn’t sure what I would be writing about. A lot has happened in the last week and a half, and it has not been easy to come to grips with all of it. I’ve been working on the deck, and the new laser cutter/cnc platform. I’ve…