Monday, August 22, 2005

Graceful things

Hook News:
Finished!

The baby afghan is done. I'm pleased with the edging—guess I should be since I had to work it 3 times. LOL. For a full view ... click that link.

Crook news:
My reading list took a slight turn the other day when our copy of "Shadowfall" by James Clemens (aka: James Rollins) arrived at the library. This is the first in the Godslayer series and is very good—although a bit complicated. I have to ready quickly as I can only keep the book for 2 wks, with no renewals.

Speaking of books, I stopped at my favorite used book store the other day and was able to pick up "Beyond Suspicion" by James Grippando. This is the second in the Swyteck series. I also picked up copies of "2nd Chance" and "3rd Degree" from James Patterson. I'm in for some sweet reading the next few months.

Geeky stuff:
I've been a Mac aficionado since 1991. I swore nothing would move me from my Mac. Now something has—Linux and open source. We used a laptop loaded with Linux on our recent travels and it was totally sweet. I'm considering reformatting my second drive on this computer and installing Linux. In my not so spare time, I'm searching for good open source html software, so that I can update our site once we reach Oregon. It would be totally cool to find something that cross platforms so that when I go back to using my Mac I can continue updating the site using the same software.

The house takes shape:
Well the lot is showing signs of life anyhow. Our realtor sent us pics of the foundation. I've put them up if you are curious. They may take a bit to load, so be patient.

Picture 1
Picture 2

I've also added the floor plan, and the drawing of the front of the house. Please note that any all oddities like specks or lines where they shouldn't be, or the jpg being tilted is my error when I scanned and then tweaked in photoshop—no fault lies with our contractor.

Renting
We may have found a place to rent. We'll know more by weeks end. If none of these pan out, then they weren't meant to be.

Finally ...
Grace be with you all. Amen.—Hebrews 13:25

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now that the house is going up it's getting really exciting!! Love the pix!!
Luv ya,
Sandy

Anonymous said...

I like the floor plan, it's not only nice but reasonable/liveable as well. So many houses being built now seem to be monsters that would own me instead of me owning them. Yours will give you a nice place to live and time to live your life as well.

This is getting exciting!