Fairweather Zealot

Marty May 22nd, 2007

Well, it was a quiet weekend overall, but one where we got a lot done. I had wanted to do a birding trip on one of the the two days - preferably to Cape May, Sandy Hook NWR, Great Swamp NWR or Garrett Mt., but the weather conspired against us. First, the weather reports were fairly dismal - wet and chilly throughout, so we decided (and by ‘we’, I mean the fairweather wife) against taking a full day trip in the rain. But it turned out that both days were beautiful almost throughout the day - meaning we should have gone. Oh well. At least we got a lot doen around the house. Saturday, we got the lawn mowed, finished building our shed for the back, trimmed some trees, took the dogs for a short hike, got some errands done and filled the bird feeders. Sunday was the bigger tasks, l put up the hummingbird and oriole feeders, put up a new ornamental hose hook, installed a new fence section (the forever ongoing transition of our fence from chain-link to lattice, one section at a time), and cleaning out the garage so that we could actually walk through there and get to stuff. Actually, Shari did much of that, as I did the various other jobs around the yard and the heavy lifting when needed. But when it was finished, it was awesome - she’s a great wife.

a SIDE JOB

On the side, I started to work on a side job I got through a friend of ours. It’s a small job, which is good for my first private project in a while. It’s not that complex, but the timeline is a little tight - the whole thing needs to be delivered - user flows and wireframes through final product - by June 5th. It will mean quite a bit of work in a short period, but it will be nice to do a soup-to-nuts job again - and a nice paycheck, too.

Audubon & JoePa

• Study puts values on NJ Natural Assets - Wait, Camden isn’t a negative value?
• Endangered White Storks Hatch Egg
• South Africa Battles Alien Fish
• Paterno Takes Out the Trash - Go JoePa, go JoePa!

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