Diametral Pitch

Found some images which Kham and Dan will enjoy I think. We spent far, far too many hours on this game one summer…

Things are looking up around here. We’ve managed to find some sanity, which is good. One really exciting recent development was finding a framer to take on our house. He’s a General Contractor that did the framing for some good friends (Gavin and Lisa), and was the General for Gavin’s mom’s house. [...]

A good weekend. The Cowboy was getting dressed Saturday morning, and put on a shirt with a frog on it that says “Go Climb a Tree”. He came out and asked me if we could go to our property, because he saw the shirt and it made him want to go climb on [...]

So remember the whole “rest” thing that I said I was learning about a while ago? I didn’t really learn the lesson. I’ve been flailing this week – stressed, frustrated, not very pleasant to be around. Its a good thing that I have a wife that is patient and wise. A [...]

Off to Pismo in an hour or so. We’re renting a place for the weekend with Sarah’s family. It’s going to be a bit chilly, and pretty chaotic (1 baby, 2 two year olds, and 3 older kids, along with 8 adults) but hopefully it will be relaxing too.
We’re going to [...]

People I’m trading calls with right now:

The septic engineer

The septic contractor

The well contractor

The engineer designing our culvert

The truss company

The plumbing contractor

The concrete contractor

The tractor contractor

Crikey. I guess General Contractors really do earn their money!
But we are making some good progress, so that’s good. I really hope to submit in a couple [...]

Went yard sale-ing this morning. The big, several times a year, Stanford Ranch yard sales. Hundreds of houses in a couple mile range. The friend that Sarah used to go with moved away, so I was the designated driver. The kids came along too (duh). They got lots of cheap, [...]

Monday was a holiday the way they’re supposed to be. We had fun as a family – and wow was it refreshing.
Took off in the morning and went out to the property with stakes, string, and a measuring tape to nail down exactly where the house and garage will be. Heavy rode in [...]

Maesie had her first day of preschool on Thursday, something she’s been looking forward to for about two years. She has been counting down the days until she got to go. We had some worry that she would clam up and get shy when she got there, but Sarah said she did great. [...]