Today is the Clarks 2nd annual Summerfest party.. the best party of the year.. when all Beta folks and their friends and family get together  to celebrate ,  eat drink and dance.   This  was to have been Fluffy’s public debut.. but as late as last night, the weather was predicting a deluge…     We made the tough call not to bring Fluffy out as she’s not entirely rain proof.. (the backs of the clouds are masonite)…  (Is Fluffy a she ?!)

As it turns out the weather was great.. after morning showers, it become clear and cool .. The issue was mud !..   Made us all sad that Fluffy wanst there.. but everythign else was. It was a FANTASTIC party.. everyone dressed up and having fun.. 

 

Thanks to  Kyle , Katie their  Family and all the Beta folks for putting this together. What a great family.. what a great company !

 

Nite all, nite sam

-me

I woke up and realized that I began working at IBM 42 years ago this day.. I can still remember going  in to work on that first  day wearing a sweater.. in August !!!  What a long strange trip its been !

Spent the day celebrating by working on the house with Diane. Cleaning always involves some interesting heartstring moments… Today wasn’t bad.. .. What to do with this workbench that all three boys began their ‘maker’ experiences… Too much love and skill in there to through it away.. guess we’ll keep it !

 

 

 

Nite all, nite sam

-me

We are in full prep mode for the Clarks party on the 4th.> Today was our second dry run on mounting and wiring clouds. Each time we learn something and get better at putting the thing together !

 

Mid afternoon Wiki and Shawnsy  brought AJ in. AJ is part of Zeno Mountain farm and is a really cool guy. He gave Fluffy’s wheel chair lift a try !

Getting closer !

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

Today is Aug first and I officially start my ‘John-battical’  Its an idea i’m borrowing from my freind Ben who coined the name of his pause as a ‘Benbattical”.) We’ve got so many great things going in our life right now.. fluffy, italy trip, my moms birthday and kids visiting that I need to step back from work a little.  With the blessings of my boss Katie, I’m going down to about a day a week of work (from a 3 day a week normal)..   It feels kinda strange to be stepping back like that when there are so many things calling me from work.. but there are always things pulling at us.. and my sanity is worth it 🙂

Wish me luck !

-jc