Not as slow as I used to be

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Speed test

That was with 0 errors. I attribute it to Instant Messaging for several years.

Better than Mace

I'm not a big fan of forwarded emails, especially when I've seen them a few dozen times already, but this one was certainly worth my time. Janna has been concerned about taking walks and/or excercising in the neighborhood early in the morning or late at night, I think this might be a good solution to her concerns. I would like to get a couple of them actually.

Spring is Here

Last week I finished up my work at the CIS project. We had a couple of pours mixed in with a few poor weather days. It went from 60 and sunshine on Monday to blizzard-like conditions on Thursday which carried into Friday and Saturday. Sunday morning we woke up and it was back up into decent weather again with some wind.

Thursday I had a 4 hour training learning how to do onscreen takeoffs (actually a great tool) and then went back to the job and packed up. Friday morning I had another training at the area office and then moved my things into the area office. I am scheduled to be here until May 12. I hope that is accurate.

Last night we went on a walk with the boys down to one of the parks in the neighborhood. On our way back I took the double stroller with the boy in it and we went off-roading. They all thought it was so fun to go up and over everything and even Van was laughing hysterically. It was so important to them that we beat mommy home. Everything is a race for them. Lately one of their favorite things to do is play a game they call "Baby chase" where they run around the main floor and Janna tries to catch them. She is a good sport and plays over and over.

I am getting excited for the summer. I have all the days off that I needed to get for our trips to Newport Beach, CA and Coeur D' Alene, ID. It can't come soon enough. Of course, then it flies by and we are back to wishing it was still to come.

We are looking at doing a no-cost refinance to lower our interest rate on our house. We found an excellent guy to help us. The industry has taken such a huge beating that I think they are desperate for business. I tried the company who bought our loan, but they weren't helpful at all. We actually called in on a mailer and this guy has been fabulous. We will end up saving almost $60 a month, which is huge for us. We are trying to eliminate any unnecessary expenses where we can. If we can effectively do this I think we will be on the right track. If we can take a portion of that and spend it on food storage and put the rest into savings, then I think we will be establishing good habits and doing things we can teach our boys how to do as they get older.

We got our lawn aereated a week ago by the boy scouts. The timing was good because of all of the precipitation we received this past week. We seeded the areas where the previous owner's dog had decided to dig, and the grass has started to come up. We also noticed yesterday how the entire backyard is quickly becoming green. Hopefully with a week of sunshine it will really come into its own.

Our link to CR Trivia

So yesterday I got my marching orders. For the 2nd time since I transferred to the Building Group, the project I have been assigned to is having finance issues. Yippee. So in the mean time after this week I will be moving to the Area Office to help in the estimating department. It does have its upside, they don't start as early, I'm not on my feet quite as much, and I'll get some estimating experience until (if, when, should) the job starts.

We are finishing up a few more things at the CIS job this week and after Thursday I will be done here. I have a full day of training and reading with 3rd graders all day Friday, so Thursday afternoon will be the final hours for me here, for now. I will come back for about a week to do topping slabs but that won't happen for about 6 weeks.

We got box seats to the Rockies-Braves game last night. I was a little hesitant at first because the temperatures were low yesterday and there was a 60% chance of precipitation, but we decided to make a night of it. Turns out we spent as much or more time getting to and from the game as we did at the game itself. After scoring a quick run in the top of the 1st inning, both pitchers were very efficient. Until the bottom of the 8th inning, no one scored and most innings went quickly. There were a lot of 1st pitch groundballs. We got to see the future Hall of Famer Tom Glavine pitch a jewel of a game. Unfortunately for him his bullpen couldn't hold the lead. In the 8th, Tulo led off with a double, Helton struck out looking, and then Holliday sent the first pitch over the center field wall. It was awesome.

Luckily the game ended up being the shortest game in Coors Field history, 2 hours and 5 minutes. I think the boys thought it was still too long. They didn't take naps so they were ready to leave as soon as they ate their hotdogs. They always love the train ride there. The train was pretty empty so they jumped around like monkeys most of the way there. We had a fun time.