Archive for March, 2009

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Weekend Update (without Seth Meyers)

Another AMAZING weekend!
I had a long list of Things I Wanted To Do this weekend. I’m thrilled by the number of them that are DONE. The painting in the great room? Done except for removing some tape (have to let the paint cure) and rehanging artwork. Welding class for three? Done [...]

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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

A Work in Progress

We’re going for a bolder look in our house… here’s the work in progress (as evidenced by the blue painter’s tape everywhere).

If we don’t like it in six months, it’s only paint!

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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

What a Weekend!

We went to the opening of TechShop where I made some tremendous connections and got to see the new 3D printer in action (can’t wait to find a use for it!). I wired the storage room for a new motion sensitive floodlight (which, unfortunately, is defective and must be replaced) and added an Insteon [...]

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Saturday, March 21st, 2009

What a Great Day

First off, it’s Christmas in March as TechShop is now OPEN!  I would write up a bunch about it, but I was too busy talking tech with folks while Elizabeth had the presence of mind to take lots of pics and has already posted a great article on the opening.  I’m raring to go!
Second… Dr. [...]

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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

One step at a time…

Why, yes!  The title does have a double meaning!  The steps are at the pace of a full run for Ariel, and a more plodding pace for me.
First, Ariel had her first track meet today.  She ran a respectable 800m and finished well in the pack ahead of 5 competitors.  She did not qualify for [...]

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Monday, March 9th, 2009

Weekend Project

It was a really busy weekend spent working on projects around the house and searching for a new sofa to replace the one Cali ate.  Painting an “accent wall” for our kitchen was the biggest project.  I love the result:
We also cleaned up around the pond, did some pond patio landscaping and generally enjoyed to [...]

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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Update: Work, work, snow and SHOPBOT

Wow, but I’ve been busy…
We went to the mountains over the weekend (which was fun but more tiring than restful). Sunday we had to beat it back home as fast as possible before the coming late-winter storm. Even with that we barely made it down the mountain before the roads became too treacherous [...]

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