It's been an incredibly long time since I last updated about life.  I have another daughter, and a son on the way in December.  I started working on a second degree in Engineering and purchased a vacation house near Charlottesville.  I'll post more details later when I get time...

My god, I'm so behind in updates that it's embarassing. I'm going to pat myself on the back by noting that thankfully my life actually hasn't been filled with work exclusively. I've had travels to Vegas and LA and I've spent so much time with the girlfriend. There have been many nights of watching TV or movies, cooking with her kids, helping ( Read more... )

So, I'm doing fairly well yesterday when I get a call from Vegas. They hate the fiberglass job on the drum and it needs to get fixed. There is a local company that they may get to fix it...only thing is that it will end up costing us an additional five to ten grand...no freakin way! So, I'm up early and about to head down to the shop so that I ( Read more... )

So, this past week has been a little busy. We got a job this past week on Thursday to make a 10' tall Conga drum for the Treasure Island casino in Vegas. So, we worked about 14 hours a day over the weekend to get it finished, but we got done with the skeleton and shipped it over to the body shop to put the shell on it Monday morning. Well, they ( Read more... )

Work has been fun this past week. The sales have been pouring in, everyone has been in a good mood, we've had fun jobs to work on and I'm really starting to fall for the girl that I've been seeing. As we've been so busy...I have to run into work (and it's only 5:45 am :-( ) but I did want to share a few pictures...and I'm even in a couple of them ( Read more... )

So, I got the pictures back from the WWII memorial dedication today...and I got a couple of pretty good ones (two to three good pictures out of a roll and I'm happy). Unfortunately, I forget them out at Tiina's place, so I will have to wait until I scan them in . I may have a bowling league starting up...and I think that it would be really fun to ( Read more... )

Just a few ( work related pics )

So, Saturday at the WWII memorial dedication was awesome. It was so nice to see so many people who were genuinely thankful for the country for taking time out to recognize them. And it was such a pleasant atmosphere...people gladly moving out of the way for wheelchairs, being patient at lines, thanking service people and police officers for their ( Read more... )

So, tomorrow should be fun. I was invited to join my dad and one of his Vietnam buddies to the opening of the WWII memorial in DC. Our tickets are at the Reflecting Pool, and it should be pretty happening (even if it was identified as one of the best terrorist targets of the summer). It should be interesting though, since I am such a buff of ( Read more... )

Well, today was fun...but most people probably wouldn't think so. I went in early today and jumped right on the task of cutting out bronze letters for a sign that we're creating. It's so fun because it looks like something that you would find in old world Europe, large scrolls connecting it to the building, a large knife and fork forged out of ( Read more... )