The Beginning of a Blogtastic Future
It’s about time I made use of the blogging and gave you all a glimpse into my immensely deep and intelligent mind. This is not a pompous statement, as someone of my level of intelligence is humble by nature and not capable of such ostentatious thoughts of ones self. But really, I am the greatest human alive.
I haven’t blogged seriously at all so here is a catch up:
Life is good in Northwest Jersey. I have attached a map of the state so you can all see our precise location. Feel free to Google Earth it. I cleaned off the roof when I heard that the Google bot was coming to take a shot.
Along with the house came great responsibility. Some we were prepared for and could see coming and others surprises. Having not been handy in the past, the house has given me a crash course in repairs. From drywall to copper piping, it has all been a great learning experience. I went from having hardly any tools, to setting up a workshop in the basement in about six months.
The area is very rural and not what one pictures when they think of New Jersey. The neighborhood is very quiet and there are only about 5 houses on our street so there is little traffic. Why do I mention traffic you ask? Well one side of our house is only about five feet from the road. There is protected state forest to our south, along with a lake for fishing and swimming. They stock the lake every spring with trout as some sort of DNR experiment, and everyone says the fishing is good. There is also the Delaware Water Gap about ten miles north that has swimming, fishing, hiking etc. We tried to go up there once last summer but it was shortly after major rains and was closed due to flooding. I consequently had to close my basement for the same reason. The house is old (built before 1900) and the basement is constructed with slate stone and over the years has felt the wear, letting a little water in when we get big rains. So if anyone knows how to build a proper French drain or has any other suggestions let me know.
Work is great. We had a successful 2006 and are looking forward to a better 2007. We revamped the web-site and have created many new marketing materials to aid us this year. We are currently developing a quarterly newsletter to distribute to clients and potential customers with industry news, tips & tricks, new technologies etc.
I have been reading the papers (online) quite a bit and that has consequently taken away from my book reading. I will hopefully find a good balance soon. I just started For Whom the Bell Tolls, so I will try to limit my news intake. Politically I have much to say, but I will save that for a future blog.
OK, that is enough. I will try to do dis thang once a week.
I haven’t blogged seriously at all so here is a catch up:
Life is good in Northwest Jersey. I have attached a map of the state so you can all see our precise location. Feel free to Google Earth it. I cleaned off the roof when I heard that the Google bot was coming to take a shot.
Along with the house came great responsibility. Some we were prepared for and could see coming and others surprises. Having not been handy in the past, the house has given me a crash course in repairs. From drywall to copper piping, it has all been a great learning experience. I went from having hardly any tools, to setting up a workshop in the basement in about six months.
The area is very rural and not what one pictures when they think of New Jersey. The neighborhood is very quiet and there are only about 5 houses on our street so there is little traffic. Why do I mention traffic you ask? Well one side of our house is only about five feet from the road. There is protected state forest to our south, along with a lake for fishing and swimming. They stock the lake every spring with trout as some sort of DNR experiment, and everyone says the fishing is good. There is also the Delaware Water Gap about ten miles north that has swimming, fishing, hiking etc. We tried to go up there once last summer but it was shortly after major rains and was closed due to flooding. I consequently had to close my basement for the same reason. The house is old (built before 1900) and the basement is constructed with slate stone and over the years has felt the wear, letting a little water in when we get big rains. So if anyone knows how to build a proper French drain or has any other suggestions let me know.
Work is great. We had a successful 2006 and are looking forward to a better 2007. We revamped the web-site and have created many new marketing materials to aid us this year. We are currently developing a quarterly newsletter to distribute to clients and potential customers with industry news, tips & tricks, new technologies etc.
I have been reading the papers (online) quite a bit and that has consequently taken away from my book reading. I will hopefully find a good balance soon. I just started For Whom the Bell Tolls, so I will try to limit my news intake. Politically I have much to say, but I will save that for a future blog.
OK, that is enough. I will try to do dis thang once a week.
