Touching the High Points

Damn! Has it really been a month since I have updated this Blog thingy? Hmmm..... Let's just hit some high points that have occured over the last month.

1. PGS, Inc. is slow. I'm doing everything I can to bring in work to keep the guys from losing too many hours. It's hit and miss. Someone said it might be tied to this sucky economy.... maybe?

There were 121,000 job losses among professional and business services providers
in January on top of 106,000 that were eliminated in December.

That's even more jobs than the construction industries lost in the same time period.

Or maybe I just need to take responsibility and work harder at bringing in business through creativity and superior service.

2. Casa Edmonds is coming along nicely. We now have the home fully enclosed with all of the windows and exterior doors installed including those fancy glass garage doors. The mechanical ducting is completed, most of the electrical wires are run, and plumbing should be finished with the roughing by the end of next week. Exterior siding and soffits are going up and is looking fabulous. The flat portion of the roof is finished and they flooded it yesterday to check for any leaks. It passed.

We should be getting started on the large retaining wall extending north from the house for the patio area next week. The PUD will start removing the power pole and dropping the lines underground in the next week or so. And no, they don't do that for free! As a matter of fact, it costs way more than if you were to hire a private contractor to do it but they won't let you do that. Gotta keep all those PUD workers employed. Insulation will be going in and interior walls should be getting their finishes soon.

3. The KTM 990 and 530EXCR are gone

and are now replaced with the BMW F800 GS and G650 X-Challenge

Got a good sell on the KTMs and got a really good deal on the BMWs. Hopefully my stable of motorcycles is now complete, especially since I couldn't find enough money to buy a bicycle much less a motorcycle at this point.

4. Marathon training is still moving forward albeit not at the level that it should be. I've been definitely fending off injuries and I am still not totally healed from the little "incident" that took me out last year. I really do need to get serious about the miles now or I will have to blow off the Vancouver Marathon in May. It would help to shed a few pounds too but that would require a decrease in alcohol consumption..... damn, that's some kind of drastic options.

5. I can feel the days getting longer once again. That helps keep the blue periods shorter. I can't wait for summer.

I probably should spend some more time getting everyone up to date on my life happenings but it has been a long day and I'm going to have to work tomorrow so I think I'll just call it a night.

Cheers!

Ron