Got an aspirin?

Today was one of those days that simply didn't stop. I got up early and hit the ground running. Phone calls, meetings and more meetings filled my workday. The evening was when I did my real work. Some days go like that. All through the day I was almost on schedule.

If I was so inclined it was a two aspirin kind of day. As I finally relaxed for a few minutes as I watched the late news and reflected on the happenings of the day I was reminded of a matched pair of signs we made some time ago. This is the kind of day we had today...

One thing I wasn't sure of is how one would manage to choke down one of these babies. The pair of three foot pills weighed in at around 90 lbs as I recall.

Tomorrow I'm hoping for a little more relaxing day.

-grampa dan

A plan in flux

Planning a major project is never as simple as simply getting it right the first time. The reality is that the more you change it, the more changes become necessary. But the crunch is on. Today we did a bunch more planning and drawing. The plan is getting tighter each day and as that step nears completion we can begin the concepts of how the outside will appear. I think we are getting close but then again anything could yet change. Today's version looks like this...

It will be interesting to see where tomorrow's version will take us.  :)

-grampa dan

Catching the elusive butterfly

As we get into designng our new house for real there are so many things to consider and chices to make. As the design comes together we have to choose a theme for the house. Like we did at the Fox and Hounds this theme will go throughout the house. It will be routed into corner blocks and trim, into door panels and lots of other places. In commercial buildings this would be branding, here it will be merely decoration. I've been excited about doing this type of thing in a residential setting since we got our CNC router more than six years ago. Now a last we get the chance!

Janis has loved butterflies as long as I've known her, so we will incorporate butterflies as the theme of our house. But Janis is a tough customer. She definitely knows what she likes - when she sees it. My job is to discover exactly what that is. After almost thirty-eight years togeher I've learned it best to bring her lots of choices. She looks them over and then has the incanny ability to look them over, pick one, and then make a suggestion to change one little thing to make it perfect - and better than I could do it on my own. 

All that means these days I am doing design after design in the search for that elusive but perfect idea. The result will be well worth the effort I'm sure.

Chasing butterflies is fun.

-grampa dan