The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey April 10, 2022

10 April 2022

I managed a few hours in the sub-garage yesterday, doing some more cleanup and getting the tablesaw re-assembled and leveled. That's no mean feat, working solo. Next up is to either fabricate from materials on-hand (or purchase what I need) a decent 3' or 4' wide workbench that'll hang out at the back of the tablesaw. It'll be an outfeed table for the tablesaw, a miter saw stand, and a clamping and assembly resource. I'll probably mock it up with materials on hand just to get a sense of positioning and whatnot ... then decide how to actually build it.

Brian Bilbrey April 4, 2022

4 April 2022

In the last few days I managed a variety of outdoor chores around the new homestead. This includes stuff that should have been done during the Fall cleanup, but weren't since Lorraine was getting ready to move out, and we were not in, yet. By the time I got settled enough to do a small amount of yardwork, there was a tiny window of time before the snows started. So all I managed was to get the bulk of the leaves off the lawns, then. Now a couple of the front beds have been raked out, and the leaves blown…

Brian Bilbrey March 13, 2022

13 March 2022

Friday the thirteenth falls on a Sunday this month. Sorry for the lag in posts, but settling into a new house and getting a new rescue mutt makes for a busy time. Georgia is settling in pretty well. She's testing a lot of boundaries, and it'll be a few months of getting her expectations aligned with actual reality, we're sure. We are doing formal training with this dog, as Marcia can't walk her right now - Georgia would pull her over right away. But it'll all work out. Hardest thing at the moment: finding her toys that she can't destroy…

Brian Bilbrey January 31, 2022

31 January 2022

Snow days are ... different up here. It snowed 20" or so in our immediate vicinity on Saturday. The roads seem to have been plowed and treated by 7 AM on Sunday (and the plows were keeping things clear enough on Saturday). No schools are closed or delayed this brightly chilly Monday morning that I can find. I was up at 7 AM on Sunday morning. I got the coffee started on brew, and geared up. I moved the car back, shoveled out the front porch and a couple of feet in front of the garage doors by hand. Then…

Brian Bilbrey January 13, 2022

13 January 2022

Of course, a Friday the thirteenth that happens to fall on a Thursday this month is the perfect time to fix some broken things. In this case, I fixed the broken 2FA bits on all of our sites. Better yet, I fixed up the broken sites - once again you can delve into the deeper history of this place, probably by starting at https://legacy.orbdesigns.com/bpages/metajour.html. Now I can do silly stuff like point you at what was going on twenty years ago today: https://legacy.orbdesigns.com/bpages/2002/z20020107.html#sunday. You're welcome - I sure liked seeing a couple of pictures of our very first rescue dog,…