Entries Categorized as 'Home and Garden'

A Number of Small Steps

Author: , June 28th, 2010

Things accomplished today: Install the faux rocks over the pipe ends on the back lawn. Have entire front yard cleaned and scrubbed by the landscapers Got two of the three lanterns in the front yard working again, third one removed for restoration. Reorganized hanging tools under my desk. Solved a bug or two in YouCake. […]

Landscaping

Author: , June 28th, 2010

I always liked the word land-scape. Today Alex Vega and his crew are here cleaning up the front yard. He will also cover the septic tank cover area with fresh sod, since it is just dirt now and looks like a scar. Hopefully James will be here today and we can re-install one of the […]

Humpday

Author: , June 23rd, 2010

What a busy day. Rolled out of bed and started working on YouCake. Was at KB&R by 10am. Did the monthly Clinton Group maintenance, met with Matt at KB&R to review user interface design, and added a second display to an iMac there. Got home and worked on the YouCake code. Resolved some issues there. […]

Good Morning, Internet Surfers!

Author: , May 2nd, 2010

Already made some progress on coding this morning. Heading to Elements Princeton for 11am brunch reservations. Going to break out the power washer today, since the high temperature for today is predicted to reach 90 degrees. It is already 78 degrees at 10:20am. YUK! Then it is back to the code.

Wonderful New Garage Stairs

Author: , May 1st, 2010

Our old garage stairs were rather dangerous, and i have wanted to have them redone for some time. The difficulty was to find the right person for the task. Fortunately for us, salvation has arrived in the form of our friend James, the 6′ 3″ Jack of All Trades. A sharp man, he knocked this […]

TGIF

Author: , April 30th, 2010

James is here again today, and is building us new garage stairs. This makes me very happy since the old ones were very dangerous. The weather is heating up, and the azaleas are still blooming. No plans for the weekend yet – maybe we will get some rest!! Making rapid progress on code, too! YAY!

Let the Sun Shine In

Author: , April 27th, 2010

YAY the rain has stopped and sunshine is breaking out all over! Our landscapers just mowed the lawn, the azaleas are still in bloom and the yard looks great! Going to get an estimate for some mulch tonight from Alex Vega. Next Wednesday we get our gutters cleaned. Coding is going extremely well. Just about […]