Jack has been alive now for 1 year. Pretty amazing to watch the development of an infant and how fast it all happens. Jack can say "Ma ma", Da da", "uh oh", and "va vo" which we take to mean Volvo, since that is what Shawn drives.

We got a late start today, but did manage to get the two doors hung last night, and cleaned up the nastiness which was sanding, and fixing a door so that it would properly shut (a little planing and sanding). The major thing that I did get done was to remove the awnings!!! Sherry and I love the house without the awnings but Pearl is still not to happy about it. Good thing it is our house :) I personally thing it makes the house look a little bigger and shows of the dental molding under the roof line. Although it is dirty from the lazy people not painting under the awning the last time the paints (I didn't think you were suppose to paint aluminum, but whatever.

A large part of Sherry's family came over to see our progress after Jack's birthday party so that was fun. Everyone seemed to like it.
I will be getting some pictures up shortly and plan on organizing the existing ones to show before and after better.

After taking a month long hiatus from working around the house, Sherry and I have decided to pick it up again. Mainly because we were inspired by Sarah and Heidi's house.

I just got done chipping off all the old paint on the stairs and sanding them (with my new sander). I was going to sand the whole thing but even with 60 grit sandpaper it was taking forever so I used a razor blade scraper to get it all off and then sanded it. Tomorrow I am going to fill the badly chipped wood with wood fill, resand, prime and then paint.

Jack's first birthday is also tomorrow, so we will be heading over there around 2 tomorrow.

I always wondered why society things that some rent-a-cop slacker could protect us from a serious threat. Do you think they would catch a smart terrorist?

I remember talking about this concept a long time ago with Drew back in the Telinet days... looks like someone finally did it. I don't think that anyone would ever want to pay $300 to smell an odor that someone else has e-mailed you

The daily email feature of my site wasn't working, but I have just fixed it... so if you want to get emails on days that I post my hilarious rhetoric, just enter your email in the box to the right.

Here is an interesting link from some Cal Tech student playing around with Flash and history:
Billy Joel's We didn't start the fire (with pictures)

Mike Wolfensperger got in to Norfolk last night around 7 and then came over to check out our house and go to dinner with us. We went to Machismo in a section of town called Freemason. Then we went to Jack Quinn's (an irish pub downtown) for a drink and to catch up.

Sherry and I are going to see Sarah and Heidi this weekend in good ol' Kennett Square. We are really excited to see their house and see them. I talked to Sarah yesterday and she asked me what I thought was a funny question... "What do you guys eat" ... so I guess it is as hard for vegetarians to find food for a carnivore as it is for a carnivore to find food for a herbivore :)

I will make sure to take some photos and post them to the website so that everyone can enjoy the trip. We are driving up the Eastern Shore on Saturday morning, and I will be screaming GO JACKETS all the way through Maryland (unless the Terps manage to pull an upset on the jackets tonight at 7 pm on ESPN2)

Mike Wolfensperger is coming into town on Wednesday night for two days of work in Franklin, VA. It will be good to see him... and we can show him that Norfolk is actually a pretty cool town, and get to show off our new house.

Shelley and Mike got married this weekend and it was a wonderful wedding! Sherry and I wish them both a lifetime of happiness and were honored to be there for their special day.