Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Anyone know how big a cubit is?????

Let's see...more than a foot of snow in less than two days. Add warm temperatures and rain for a few more days. Then dump 3 plus inches of rain on top of that, mix thoroughly and you get Ark building weather. Even schools are closing due to flooding, power outages, and the like. I never remember this happening when I was a kid....going to school in a blizzard, up hill, both ways, without shoes or a coat. But I digress...again.

I should have started this blog off when we bought our house a couple of years ago. It would have made for some nice reading and even some good therapy for me after having to do all the work we did on the place. Now we are waist deep in a bathroom remodel. Thank goodness we have another bathroom in the house or all of this rain we are getting might have been the only way I was going to get a shower. The bathroom remodel is technically not a remodel due to the fact that a toilet leak has caused all of the recent headaches. The good side to this is that the money is being footed by our homeowners insurance due to the leak. So the bathroom will get its much needed updating and fixing and we will only need a small percentage of the money. The bad side is that we are finding all sorts of things that need to be done to this bathroom and I have now memorized my insurance agents phone number.

More to come as things progress.....IF they progress.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Woa...its been a LONG time

At the urging of my wonderful wife, I have decided to try this blogging thing again. Maybe I can stick with it this time, maybe not. I was actually, sort of, motivated by an ex-coworker of mine that also has a blog around here somewhere. Congratulations Rick!!!!! He was someone that I did not envision having a blog but then the last time I spoke to him was almost 10 years ago. People change as life moves on. One thing this slighty middle aged guy has learned.

Some of the things that have changed with me over the last 11 months since my last post? I have continued down the Information Security path. Got my CISM certification. For those of you who might not know, that is Certified Information Security Manager. Added to my CISSP I think I am done for a while. Continuing down this technology path I have also started up a small comsulting firm called RDB Consulting and we specialize in Home Based and Small Business Information Security consulting. Providing affordable security services to firms who otherwise may think its not affordable or attainable. This is very early in the startup stage but it is going very well, thanks for asking.

From a personal standpoint, things are a-changin there as well. My oldest son is pushing 16 and will be asking that all important question...Can I have keys dad? Another summer of baseball quickly approaches as my youngest son has already started practicing at an indoor facility. A few other things have changed as well. I have started back into photography as a hobby. I have made the all important switch (finally some would say) from film to digital. Once I feel that I have gotten a handle on this new fangled digital thing I might even post a pic or two. We also now have 2 wonderful little puppies, Buddy and Suzi. Not spoiled at all, mind you.

Check back soon...if you like....and I will post some more info. For now....later.