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6/4/2007 Taking Stock and Catching UpI haven't been writing here for a variety of reasons: general laziness (though I've had the urge to write a lot more, I haven't been writing much); embarrassment over my Mr. Overseas situation and a desire to have that story finished before writing any more about it (the story seemed to fizzle after about six months; I was hoping for something more interesting and blog-worthy at least); and a general lack of anything terribly exciting that I haven't told everyone I know through other modes of communication. But, it's about time to take stock of life and try to see where it's headed. Before I can do that, I think I need to catch up with what's been happening.
The house is actually coming along now. Slowly, but coming. My really good friend, Dave, moved back to town and is now living in my basement. He has started a contracting company and is paying rent in house projects. The upstairs is almost finished. It's textured and painted and the bamboo hardwoods are in. Most of the materials to finish the half bath are purchased along with the trim, so it should be done shortly. The rest of the house will probably wait until the cooler fall and winter months while Dave builds his business through the summer.
The yard is doing okay. I neglected it last year and have been focusing more on the back yard this year. I finally got some vegetables planted, which is pretty exciting, since I've been planning a vegetable bed for a couple years now and just didn't do any yard work last year. The spinach is about ready to start harvesting, I think, and I'm hoping that some peas show up soon. After that, there should be some beans, lettuce, carrots, beets, and onions. The fruit trees are doing fairly well, too, especially the peach/nectarine.
I decided that since I have quite a few fruit trees and other flowering plants, it might be cool to get some beehives to help with pollination and to get honey from. As strange coincidences go, a friend of a friend happens to be a supercool beekeepin' chick, so I now have two bee hives in the back yard, on the slab that was once the base for "the structure."
I've been cooking a bit, but my food blog hasn't reflected that. I think it may be about time to start updating over there, too.
All in all, life is going great. My roommate rocks; the remodel project has started up again and is going to be much cheaper and really high quality; I'm excited about the yard again; I'm cooking quite a bit; and finances are just about to start working themselves out (having free labor on a remodel certainly helps in that respect).
Work has become "interesting" in a variety of ways recently. I'm not sure exactly what's going on next week or next month at this point, but I hope it's fun. Suffice it to say that it won't be what I'm doing this week. I won't say too much more about it now, since I don't know much about it and since blogging about work generally invites trouble. But "interesting" is probably the best word for it--possibly ominous, possibly exciting, possibly terrifying. I'll let you know when I figure it out.
Not much more to report so far. Mr. Overseas never made it back across the sea, so that story is pretty much done. I hope everyone's summer is starting off well. |
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