Wednesday 16 April 2008

Moving Right Along...

Wow. It's the middle of April already. Just a couple weeks and it will be May. Where's the time going? I'm coming up on the One Year Anniversary of the blog. Wow. Seems like so long ago.

The snow is gone, and the yard is looking dismal. I need to get out and do some raking and cleaning up. A landfill run is in order for all the boxes that are still left over from the renovations. I plan on making a dog run in the back yard this summer. Mostly to contain the poop that Perse generates. Wow. You wouldn't believe how much accumulates over the winter...

The basement is on the verge of being completed. The only thing that is keeping it from being done right now is a bit of money, and some time (which I don't have).

Speaking of time, I was approached by my manager and asked to participate in a Health and Safety committee that will be doing Hazard Assessment over the next two weeks. Woo hoo! Two weeks of full time work, mostly in meetings? I can handle that! I'll be in Regina for most of the next two weeks, but I will be posting at least once in that time, as I will have my laptop with me also.

Friday 4 April 2008

Trudge, trudge, trudge.....

Bleh.

My computer fiasco is behind me. It's fixed... for now. I plan on doing a major swap around when the network attached storage module comes. I can move all of my files out of the computer. It will be accessible by the network, and everyone will have their own piece of storage on it.

In doing this I found that we didn't have enough Ethernet ports on the router and switch. So I got an 8 port 10/100/1000 switch. Then we found that there was no wireless access inside the firewall. When I'm done, the network in the house will be better than most small businesses!

Work is progressing. I'm feeling kind of ambivalent about it right now. I don't want to do any boat rocking for the next little while. Most of the time I like to be a behind the scenes kind of person. Lately I've been pushing myself to the front and sort of doing a little dance in front of everybody. While it feels good to do it occasionally, it's not really me. I'm a little tired of the constant vigilance it requires. Time to nose-to-the-grindstone for a while.

Basement is stalled again. I need to get some crap out of the way. It's going to be an awful shock to a couple roomies when they realize they have to help do some work. That or I'm going to start tossing the junk into their rooms. Seems like they are expanding to take up all the available space as fast as I can clear it to work. Where's my snow shovel?

Spring is coming. I can't wait to fix the barbecue and be able to do some nice steaks on it. The burner is rusted through and it won't light. Perhaps I'll fix it this weekend. There's nothing like the first spring/summer barbecue of the season.