Sandbox update

For those of you keeping score at home....
There is a saying in the house ("house", when used by folks in the medical community, often refers (as it does here) to the hospital. as in, 'is there a doctor in the house?')anyway....there is a saying in the house that we "all need to play nicely in the sandbox". many of us are getting very tired of this analogy. reasons are numerous, and of course opinions are like @$$holes....everybody has one....
Well, our group, being the most..shall we say 'outspoken' group, decided to bring our own REAL sandbox, complete with toys, into our office. since it's arrival about 2 weeks ago, it has been quite interesting to watch how different people come in and rearrange the toys, the sand, and even what gets added or taken away from the box. i have been in charge this month (May), so i have spent more than my fair share of time in the office.......eager to observe.
ANYway, when i came back after this past long weekend, an anonymous coworker had parted the sand, in the process burying all of the toys. the sign above was placed in the box....interesting to see how things change when no one is around.....
well, that sign didn't even last very long. soon enough it was destroyed, the toys uncovered, and life returned to the sandbox.
but not for long. it was interred again. and again. then uncovered. castles were built, a new civilization took hold, and once again cars, trucks, and even spongebob and friends are frolicking in the sand.
who knows what fate awaits the play area this weekend!

Say goodbye to the sink!

So we are redecorating the bathroom. Saturday morning found us taking the stuff out, then pulling up the floor after we removed the sink and counter. We scraped up the linoleum, but ended up leaving most of the backing. Waaay too hard to remove. Good glue.
So then T filled all of the holes, patched some rather large mistakes, then sanded. We exhausted the dust outside with a fan in the window, which seemed to help. B, of course, was in and out all day and into the night.
T primed and painted, and she is quite the perfectionist. It looks great in there!
PRoblems arose when we went to put the new sink in...as it turns out, the OLD sink musta been a custom jobbie....the drain (standard, store-bought sink/counter) does not line up with the piping.....OF COURSE NOT!
BACK in with the old sink/counter. Then the hot water supply line is busted. All of the goo that I had to take off in order to get the line off was actually holding in a leak! We have the new lines, but have not put them on yet....
OH!
here's a kicker.....when we took the interior trim off of the door....IT FELL INTO THE ROOM!!! That's right, boys and girls, the door was being held in place by the trim, and ONLY the trim...

Needless to say, we are VERY much looking forward to finishing the project this weekend when Weeb comes down.

Blue phone booth is already rented and will be delivered Friday. Stay tooned!!!

Ouch!

This happened while geocaching with Z and B. B was in the "BACKPACK!", and he and i were walking down a hill that was way too steep. shouldn't have been there. but we were.
B is fine. i will have some scars. no biggie.
anyway, hope ya'll have a nice day.
peace, yo!

gene

New Bouldering Site

New bouldering site!

Here are the rocks. keep the location a secret!!!

15MAY08 run, cache, climb. kinda....

5 may run & cache

went for a run out near DHMC (www.dhmc.org) today. found two geocaches, and then looked for some boulders to climb. didn't find those.....oh well, some other day, right? well, as i was getting back to the truck, one of our surgeons was getting out of his car, on his way to go bouldering! he gladly led me to a wonderful looking wall of stone. can't wait to get back out there and actually climb. didn't have time today, as i had to get back to the house to get M from school.
rock on....
gene

picture of sandbox toys in our office. we are constantly being told that we need to play nicely in the sandbox with the other departments. this comment ususally comes on the heels of us 'griping' about having to cover just about every department in the house.
ugh.

Test from cell phone. N

Test from cell phone. N 43 38.796 W 072 15.771

in the spirit of Employee Recognition Week

We have been asked to contribute something about ourselves that most people do not know. There will be a sort of human scavenger hunt to match people with their secrets. I am going to share mine here, so that anyone who plays and also reads this blog will have a sure bet for one of the answers.
Ok, get your best Cliff Claven voice in your head...

"hey there, Norm! Little known fact, Normy-boy. I once sang Tokyo Ondo to Paula Abdul and Emilio Estevez. In Japanese."

so there you have it.

yoi, yoi, sore!


peace, yo!
gene

testing the ability to post

from email. this could be very interesting, and might save some frustrations about being able to post when i want to post.....

peace, yo.
gene

sitting in the evening sun....

as the sun sets on yet another day off, I am wandering the web, looking for inspiration for more photos, opportunities, and the like. T is outside, too, cleaning up the last of the flower beds that need attention from the winter. summer is almost here! M is inside on the gazelle, z and b just had some ice cream and are getting ready for bed. tonight is a big night for B, since he will be sleeping in a 'big boy bed' for the first time!! yay!!! i don't expect to get any (much) sleep tonight. s'okay, though, since i have a VOD movie queued up.....some jean-claude van damme thing.
ok, time to go empty the wheelbarrow....

more later. just learned how to send a post via email, too. this could be fun!!!
g

taking some time

to explore 'better' ways to store my photos online. the picasa thing has become a bit too cumbersome, and i am checking things out.

B had a fever tonight. T gave him some meds and got him all set. he is sleeping now (as is everyone else), and I just can't seem to get up the energy to go to bed.

getting close, though.

ok, have a great night!