The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey March 10, 2013

Many Things Accomplished

Our New Quilt of Many Colours But first, look at the lovely quilt that my lovely Marcia made for our California king. The colors and design are gorgeous (and they pick up some of the colors in the painting over the bed). Awesome! * * * I managed to get three coats of finish on the shelves over the two days. I patched some work systems remotely, and tested them once rebooted. I roasted coffee, went shopping, and gave myself a haircut. I walked the dog a few times. And Congress stole an hour of sleep from me, and the…

Brian Bilbrey March 6, 2013

Terrifying weather...

Everything is closed ... well, lots of things, including the "we'll not `close` the government ever again" Federal Government. Schools. Etc. Post office is working, and aggressively delivering in case the snow gets worse. Some will have to stick to the roads for it to be worse: I shot that just after 8 this morning. As of a few minutes ago (just after noon) ... no change. I'd be quaking in my boots ... but wait, I don't need boots, the snow isn't sticking ... and it's warmed up to 36 degrees F. Yeah. Scary.

Brian Bilbrey March 3, 2013

Quiet Sunday

After yesterday, all I managed today was the weekly grocery shopping, a bit of furniture painting, and the roasting of the coffee (a Guatamala Huehuetenango Finca Reglaito, from Sweet Maria's). * * * Further good news, no caualties reported in the last week by DoD. Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey March 2, 2013

Musical ... well, everything.

I'd say "musical chairs", but a lot more than chairs are involved. Marcia's got some quilting work coming up that is approximately a billion times easier (using Top Gear maths, there) if she is able to use all the power of her fully operational Death Quilter. Errr, or something like that. But the only place we can do the full build out of her quilting frame is the library, because the other choices are someone's woodshop, and the living room. So, here's what the library looked like at 10:30 this morning. The blue chairs, the occasional table, and the bookcase…

Brian Bilbrey February 25, 2013

33 Days

Last night, we finished our celebration of Marcia's birthday (which was back on the 15th) with a viewing of the latest Bond flick: Skyfall. Good movie, excellent action, good pacing, and while it's a tad predictable, it almost has to be with a franchise as venerable as Bond. The rest of the weekend was pretty full, too: woodworking, company party, shopping, washing of cars ... a long list. * * * 33 days - that's our interval since the prior casualty announcement from DoD. Wow! Still, today we got word that Staff Sgt. Jonathan D. Davis, 34, of Kayenta, Arizona,…