The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey April 13, 2020

April 13, 2020

We're continuing on the bored, stir-crazy, and physically healthy trend here. We hope that all is well with you and yours. Aside from working from home, and some indoor chores, most of my "spare" time has been given over to further yard work. During the week, I took half a day off. The first hour of that was conveying the dog to her second round of annual shots at the veterinary clinic. The rest involved picking up some veggies and a tray of flowers, then getting the veggies into the raised beds. I started by removing last year's landscape fabric…

Brian Bilbrey April 5, 2020

5 April 2020

Turns out that the seasons roll by regardless of stay at home orders... Late last fall, during the cleanup, it was clear that the spruce that adorned the left side of the front yard was just about done. By February this year, there was no green left to it. This weekend: last rites were administered. Using the pole saw and the small electric chainsaw, I took the tree and both small shrubberies out, along with doing a fair bit of other spring front yard cleanup. Today, my big hope was that the odd angle of lean was indicative of a…

Brian Bilbrey March 30, 2020

30 March 2020

As such things go these days, that's not a bad combination. I'm one of about three people going into my office for a few hours one day a week, to manage one part of our "essential" business that requires physical presence. I'm trying to keep the grocery runs to once every two weeks if I can manage it. Just about the time the weather gets nice enough that Marcia could consider going fishing, at least, the stay home order drops. A pretty good thing, frankly, but it's hard for her, I know. The extended family is, to the best of…

Brian Bilbrey March 22, 2020

22 March 2020

First, we're healthy at this time. Yup. Most folks I know hereabouts are working from home (WFH). Me, too, but for one day a week when I'm the only one in my department to go into the office for required onsite work requiring physical interaction - tape backups rotating offsite. I actually put in about 4 hours this weekend, too, on regularly scheduled patching activities that I would have done from home on a Sunday, anyway. Saturday was yardwork, roasting coffee, and some other chores. By next weekend, it'll be time to make a brief run to the store for…

Brian Bilbrey March 15, 2020

15 March 2020

Happy Birthday, Alex! The good news is that we already practice social distancing a lot. Hope y'all can manage that, too! Wash your hands a lot, keep the people around you healthy by keeping yourself as isolated as is reasonable and possible. We're both healthy at this time, and we'll do our best to keep it that way! I did get the shopping done today, which took a while, since there were lines. I also roasted coffee. Relaxing: Our condolences to the families and friends of these fallen warriors: