A “Pyle” of Stories

I’m sure Chip is in her house this morning. Actually I think she has been in her house since about 9 PM last night. She has this giant igloo that makes her like an eskimo. Sometimes I go out and ask her to mush. And tell her that the Iditerod starts in a few weeks and that I hope she is ready. She promptly barks and asks for some cheese. What a silly dog.

I’m having a hard time getting out of bed this morning. I need to get out and leave, but these bamboo sheets are swallowing me up. Mixed w/ some Chris Isaak on the ole iTunes, and well, it is just a little tough. I’ve been so swamped at work these past few weeks that I just can’t get my hand/head/arms around all of the tasks. So I’m thinking about cutting back. Possibly trimming down to one job and then just picking up some side work here and there when I can use the extra money. Not sure if that is exactly how it is going to play out, but that is the initial thoughts that I am having. I know I’ll make the right call when the call is made.

So I’ve got some furniture coming in tomorrow. Yipee! Bought time. Once the house was emptied back last winter, I pretty much left things as is, and stuck with a bunch of empty rooms. But since I hired some house cleaners a few weeks ago, I figured, things are now clean so time to fill them out. Jennifer has been a great help up to this point. We still have a lot of work to do, but hey … it is progress. And there is nothing like a little progress to get one into continuing. I’l take some photos once it is all in. ALL I have left is … a coffee table, tv table, rug, artwork, greenery, paint the kitchen, recover the bar stools and buy a kitchen table … be done before I know it. RIGHT! It will be nice to have it all squared away and then I’ll move on to another room in the house. Prolly the guest bathroom.

I will end with this … there may be a team down South that thinks they are the real “UL” .. while no team is the real UL, since they both have the Monroe, Lafayette locations attached, I’d like for the better football team to stand up! And that would be the Warhawks. 3-0 in the Sunbelt! Way to get a W on ESPN. Nice job guys!

Until next time …

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Finally! The weather has turned to what seems more normal for this time of year. Not that it has been hot in this part of the world over the last 2 months or more specifically the last month, but my its been a little “tropical”. I think they said this is the in the top 3 of wettest Septembers of all time. I can attest that it is the wettest September in the years I’ve been here. This makes my 5th of these, and its easily number 1. BUT, my how it is nice outside today. Looks to be shaping up for some 40 degree temps tonight for lows for the next few days. I’m looking forward to more of this 70s and 40s pattern. the next 2 months are the reason I love it here so much.

So Chip made her second trip to the vet in as many months this morning. Seems that she shovels dirt and it gets up her large nose and clogs it, she then earns a trip to the vet. I tried to clean the nose and watched it all weekend, but it just didn’t look like it was doing much better. Vet said she cut it on the inside and removed all the excess dirt, and put her on antibiotics. Seems Cephelexin is her new favorite snack. She just finished a bottle 3 weeks ago.

I’ve gotten distracted this morning. I had more I wanted to say … so maybe I’ll finish this tonight. I’m out for now, but there will be more. Work — what a distraction!

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Wow, have I been this social networking kick and have totally neglected my blogging duties. Between Facebook, Twitter, and other sites, I’ve just lost myself in all of this other stuff. Part of it too has been all the changes that I continue to undergo in my life. I would have never thought in a million years that divorce would reek such havoc on me in all the areas of my life. Leave it to me to learn things the hard way. Oh well. I consider this space that I’m in to finally be the beginning of my “rebirth”. I’m finally getting close to being comfortable in my own skin and this new track of life in being single. Should be a lot of fun though moving forward.

Just some light updates, so that I don’t bombard everyone with a play by play of the last 4 months or so.

I did finally finish up on the house for the time being. The painting I wanted to get done is done. Which is a good thing. I’ve managed to get some cleaning activities lined up too so that maybe my house won’t be such a bachelor pad and disgusting going forward. Chipper is doing well. She’s a mini horse and very fluffy right now. What a great dog and friend she’s become. I left my previous job and took on a couple of contracts. I always wanted to get back to contracting. And quite frankly, divorce is EXPENSIVE! And the fastest way to build my bankroll back up, well start working by the hour ;-D Oh, and I managed to get rid of the Escape and get myself the car that I’ve wanted for a while. I landed a Mustang GT a few weeks ago. I LOVE it. I missed my old one so much, that I figured why not get another one.

Those are of course highlights into my world. I’m back to learning on the technical side of things in my professional life which is good. I’ve dived into ASP.NET’s MVC framework and doing quite a bit of work with NHibernate which is a slick ORM. And I’m working again with Steve. A long time friend that I learn a lot from and who I enjoy working with. We are putting together an online health and wellness portal. Should be fun. When it rolls out later next month, I’ll supply a link.

I’ll provide more later as we get back into this. I’m thinking I’m going to be less and less Facebook and more blogging again. I like having a little more control of things for some reason. I might still tweet, since it is so easy, but I do miss the interaction with everyone.

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So I’ve added some new photos of Chip. She’s currently in the mid 40s on weight and getting taller by the day.  I’m guessing she’ll be 2 – 4 inches taller and another 20 lbs heavier once its all said and done. But who cares … she will be what she is and it’ll be great.  I’m thinking real hard about having a litter with her sometime next year … she’s only 5 1/2 months right now, because I’d love another one.  If you or anyone you know might be interested, I’d love to share!

I’m contemplating some format changes. I just LOVE this blog … http://chroniclesofkimi.blogspot.com/ .. and since right now, I’m currently single and my life is not exactly “clean” enough to blog about , I might convert this to life from Chip’s point of view.  Just a thought … I’m still mulling this over.  Of course my life will be in there too, but it will be from my goofy Airedale’s point of view.

Enjoy the photos! They are at the back of the gallery up under the Chip button at the top.

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More Chip. She got a haircut. Click on the link below the title that says Chip. Yeh, I know, no updates for 2 weeks and it appears the only thing in my life is her. Well looks like outside of Mom, Amy, Jennifer and Courtney (all family), she’s the only girl in my life that can make it more than a couple of months or even 7 years!

Here is to the Chipper!

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Just a note to check out the Chip gallery. We’ve got some new wet toy chasing photos this morning. Hope you enjoy. Click on “Chip” up there next to the About link below the Blog Title.

Enjoy!

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Things are on a roll this morning. I’ve got no AC at the house, I shipped our Death Cab for Cutie tickets to my old apartment, my car is in the shop, and I still have a little bit of fallout from last week’s big changes. Nothing major I guess, just a lot of little things that add up to either cost time and/or money. Such is the way life goes though, and honestly, I’m not upset, because then I’d just be upset and dealing with this mess. I have to deal with it regardless, so whats the point of being mad

Pretty good weekend. I helped M & J’s family do some demolition on their new house on Friday night. Nothing like swing a crowbar for a few hours. I can honestly say I was extremely sore on Saturday and Sunday. Then proceeded to have a very laid back weekend after that. I did my usual yard work and chores, and then went to the Franklin Main Street festival on Saturday night. We had a really good time. I think we stayed for about 2 hours? And then went for Mexican food. Just a very good afternoon and evening. As for yesterday … more yard work and hedge trimming, followed by some household chores and grocery duties. Without AC, it gets awful hot up in the bonus room, so I tried to stay outside with Chip and lay in the grass until it at least got down into the 70s in the house. I think at one point, it got up to 84. Not that cool, to say the least …

Nothing major so far lined up this week. I actually don’t have any plans for any night, so I guess I’ll just play it by ear and see what kind of shakes out. I appreciate all the comments lately, and I’ve got some pretty cool emails checking up on me. Life is really good these days, and I’m so pumped for summer. I think the pool will be open soon, and I can’t wait to get in there and splash around.

That’ll do it for the updates … I may get some more Chip photos up this week and of course, I’ll have some more content as the week rolls on.

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The door is open and I’m sitting at my desk in the living room. Living room you say … yes, I have no furniture in the living room, and since the desk is too big to fit in the guest doorway, I’ve put it in the living until I can take it apart and move it again. So here I sit, enjoying the fresh air, some Ray LaMontagne, a glass of Bourbon, and some Chip laying at the base of the chair. I tell you what, doesn’t get too much better.

Strangest thing has been occurring lately. I’ve been so future driven for so long, so much a planner that I think I’ve stifled myself from enjoying the things that are right in front of me and going on right now. I used to be this way. A long time ago … And over the past 3 or 4 weeks, I’ve been transitioning back towards that person. I’ve always been relaxed, no doubt, but now its a little more than that. Its relaxed and care free. Who cares about what happens at 35, 40, 50 … who really cares about what happens tomorrow. The fun is going on right now, and if your not careful, you might just miss it. Well not me. Not anymore.

I just scored some Death Cab for Cutie tickets for 2 weeks from yesterday. I cannot tell you how stoked I am for that. They are at the Ryman too, which makes it all that much more exciting. And its also on a Monday night. I love weeknight concerts for some reason. I just enjoy getting downtown on a weeknight. It is going to be a blast. Nothing like “I will Possess Your Heart” echoing in those acoustics. On the opposite side of that, I’ve got Metallica tickets for September. JRoy, you know your out there, and I’ll do what I can to help make that happen. I’ve got two my friend, and the other one has your name on it!!! I love me some live music.

How many of you guys have checked out The Work Institute’s new website? There have a been a few little glitches along the way. But all with older code and systems that were moved. Nothing with the new application. Can’t say how happy I am on that one. The other stuff, I knew it would be there, and I’ll just work through it. If you haven’t had a chance yet, cruise over there, and signup. There are some good blogs and forums going on, and it would be nice to have some of my readers participate.

So in the spirit of this post, and to match the title, I’ll leave you with the following image …

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Hey there everyone.  I know its been some time.  I hate when I see bloggers start of with, I’m so sorry I haven’t posted, I’ll do better in the future.  Well, I’m not really sorry I have not been blogging … I needed a break.  I started this a few years back as something fun to do, and it just wasn’t fun for quite some time.  And so I just stopped doing it.  But with all seasons in your life, they do have an end.  And that season is done.  So lets get this started!

I welcomed a new addition this weekend.  Her name is Chip.  She’s a 4 month old Airedale Terrier.  She is without a doubt the sweetest dog I’ve EVER had.  And I have had some sweet ones over the years.  But she is just amazing.  Take a look over in my gallery at her.  Photo Gallery

Work has been good.  We had a huge rollout of our new website and community platform this past Friday.  Phew, am I glad that is over.  I’ve got a real supportive crew, but none are technologists, so they are there if I need to vent, or push some buttons, or do some testing, or order pizza, and they do a great job at all of this, but at the end of the day, its on my shoulders.  Good thing I’ve been working out Take a look when you get some time.  The Work Institute

Time to get ready and get Chip settled into her spot for the day.  Have a great one and I’ll see you soon …

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