Category Archives: Life

What am I celebrating? Well my frickity taxes are done. This past year was extremely ooky in the tax department but I’ve got them done and two weeks early to boot. Whew! How am I celebrating? After all that, I am kicking back with one of my favorite beers, Duvel. I love Belgians and thisContinueContinue reading “Time to celebrate”

Well it actually sprang a few days ago. I’ve updated my site header to a nice spring tree, although the dogwoods are not in bloom here yet and most likely won’t be for another month or so. You can see the state of my Dogwoods in pictures below. My cherries are starting to pop though!ContinueContinue reading “Spring has sprung!”

I am currently in L.A. for work. Actually the work week just ended and I am now free to roam. Luckily in this instance L.A. does not mean the crazy city that I normally associate with it, but rather we were doing workshops at a seaside hotel in Redondo Beach. During the week the oceanContinueContinue reading “Unraveling”

I’ve been traveling a lot lately. Between client consultation, workshops in Providence and a trip to hammer on book writing with my fellow Lullabot, Angie, in Montreal I was away more than home the last four weeks (away 16, home 12.) Luckily I am back home in time for the autumn leaf show to beContinueContinue reading “I love being home”

Yay, I am at home again! It is a short-lived visit home from New York as I go back next week but the best part about being home today is that it is mine and Colleen’s seven year anniversary. I’ve missed her a ton while being in New York so much and it feels goodContinueContinue reading “The seven-year itch”

Well I haven’t written very much this summer. I have been tumbling around in the whirlwind that is my new life. Ever since the jump into a new career I have been bouncing through many, many changes. I have been in a constant state of challenge both mentally and emotionally. I can’t even really beginContinueContinue reading “The summer of growth”

OK, so I was looking at my site stats and came across a hit to the site that came from a Google search for tar papered home. My first reaction was WTF? I clicked on the search and sure enough I am the number one hit on Google. It leads to the home category onContinueContinue reading “Google is weird”

I’m on a train to New York City. Yesterday was my last day working for the Federal Government. I am leaving the safety of the civil service cocoon after ten years. I had it good there and never thought I would leave. But then a dream job materialized before me and I was faced withContinueContinue reading “Making the Jump”

We are so very close to being done here. All of the electrical is done and we have one more trip out by the plumber to finish the bathroom and switch us over to the new water heater. Then it is mainly clean up and punch list stuff along with us finishing up painting andContinueContinue reading “So close”