Monday, August 29 - A New Home

I still have a few more projects, but here are two photos of the house.

Friday August 26 - Tornado? or Home Improvement?

After too much delay, I finally started some major home repair projects.

First up was a new roof. That seemed to go pretty good.

Next up came the siding. Good company. Good product. Good price.

Then came the installers. I knew this was going to be different when I saw siding materials sliding down my new roof crashing onto my newly planted preimum mums in my front yard when I came home Wednesday night.

This is what greeted me Thursday night. Fortunately, I had to go to school and came back in the dark so I didn't have to look at this mess.

Friday the siding was completed but there's still debris left in the back yard. House looks good tho. Mums do not.

Gutters are still on order (where? from Uzbekistan?) .

Wednesday Aug 24 - Google Talk

Google has released a new open-standards messaging service. It's available at talk.google.com

You'll need a gmail username and password. If you need an invite for that, just let me know.

Like the other message services, gtalk offers text messaging as well as audio. To add me to your contacts, I'm at rjmans (at) gmail.com I also usually have MSN on as well: rjmans (at) hotmail.com

Wednesday, August 17 - Wood Badge

Last year, I enrolled in the Wood Badge adult leadership training with BSA. It was 6 days of outdoor fun, learning and adventure. I have been working on several projects and we're coming down to the final stretch. I plan to have everything wrapped up in the coming weeks so I can earn the final recognition.

I will always be greatful to Kathleen for allowing me the time while she was hospitalized to take this training opportunity.

More information on BSA Wood Badge can be found here: http://www.woodbadge.org

Aug 11, Groundhogs Day

Maybe you've seen the movie, "Groundhogs Day".

I feel like I'm living it.

After one year, now I'm repeating the same thing. End of summer. School shopping. First Day of school. Labor Day. Holidays. Spring break. Summer. End of Summer.

Or maybe I'm just a rat on a wheel.

Aug 2 - Going Swimming?

Jon is trying to stay dry this summer! He's front right in the photo. Jon spent a couple of days in SC rafting with his scout troop.