This morning, we did our first load of travel laundry. The lodge is very nice; too bad its stuck in the midst of a bunch of farm fields with a busy-ish highway on each side. It makes it a bit difficult to appreciate the scenery and bird calls when another pickup truck comes by every … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 3 – 6/4/2011”
I got up at 5:00 am when my alarm went off and got right to getting ready for the day. Next I woke up dad around 5:30am. From there, the rest of the troops started waking up. I’m a bit of a task master when it comes to traveling and wanted to get a good … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 2 – 6/3/2011”
We decided to do the big family vacation this year with my parents and as many siblings that we could get to join us. I also had two uncles with us. Our destination was Yellowstone national park. We left St. Louis after work with the two back seats of the van folded down and tons … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 1 6/2/2011”
If you asked me a couple of years ago if I would ever outsource, I would tell you no way. I had seen an outsourcing project go quite wrong early in my career and never wanted to repeat that experience again. I should not have let one experience jade my view of outsourcing, but I … Continue reading “Rethinking Outsourcing”
I won’t post any photos for those of you that are squeamish, but Corvin had another accident. He was playing around and fell back, splitting open his head. This required a late night visit to the ER for 4 staples to close up the wound. Luckily, he didn’t start getting staples until he was well … Continue reading “6.16 ER Visit for Corvin”
It seems that I spent more time at the office this month than normal. Photos reflect mostly people at work. I took Demetrius for a hike over lunch where he fell about 10 feet after trying to walk across a tree that covered a ravine. He didn’t get seriously hurt and I have to admit … Continue reading “May 2011”