Tomorrow morning at about 3 am my little family will be departing ona road trip to Maryland. Most of my extended family lives there and I have not seen most of them in more than 20 years ( Read more... )

So. My vacation comes to a close and I have to go back to work today. We spent some time with some people and I got a lot done in the basement but I have to say I am left wanting. Last October I had a long vacation and I went back energized. Today I am just dreading driving in again ( Read more... )

Ok. So I have spenty most of my vacation working in the basement on the remodel. Pics can be found on my DA at ( Read more... )

So I have been talking for sometimes about my group working to get current. We are now on the verge of doing just that. It is really just in time also, as I am scheduling a week of vacation next week. I am at once releaved an ultra tense about my last day in the office (thursday) as this will be my last opportunity to have an impact on these ( Read more... )

I have had a time at work lately getting my people (some of them are twice my age) to understand the value of a strong work ethic. You can't really "teach" some things to people. In this case it becomes necessary to foster a change in culture. My people (like most people in the world) have a sense of entitlement. I need them to know the reason they ( Read more... )