June is going to be a busy month. This is primarily going to be a post about the house. Delays with the house have stretched our move in date for as long as we're able to. Our lease normally would have ended today, but we were able to keep it going on a month-by-month basis if we needed. After feeling end of June was safe, we notified our landlord who showed it right away, and now they have a new tenant lined up to move in early July. This means we no longer have an option but to…
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As with last month, this update will be short. Between work and making all the final decisions on the house we barely have time for much else. We do think we'll be able to get Certificate of Occupancy the third week of May. Move-in time is coming! House Construction Update Everything is coming together. I don't have any shots of the inside, but next month I'll have some without all the protective covering for the floors so things really look finished. Outside, we have a back patio now along…
March was a blur. My days were mostly juggling time between getting work done and having to do something related to the new house. We were able to sync up with my brother-in-law and his wife down in Phoenix for one day while they were visiting friends down in Tucson. House Construction After reminding our builder that our lease is up in May this year, we think he realized time was ticking. We've had a flurry of activity both in and out. We had our hot tub, purchased last summer, finally del…
February has come and gone. It's already a short month, but it seems to have been even shorter this year. But maybe it feels like that because I was a away for a whole week to attend a wedding. Before we get to that, I wanted to chat about something a bit more technical I've been thinking about. My CMS right now is Ghost For years I've been using Ghost CMS, self-hosted, for my personal blog. I still love it, except for one thing, which can be a pain, which is updating the software.…
It was well into December by the time I realized I never posted anything for November, so I've got two months worth of updates for 2025's year-end post. Friends of the Forest Award Last year, I volunteered to be on a tech committee for the Friends of the Forest here in Sedona, who help the National Forest Service with projects in the Coconino Forest, including the hiking trail system. My wife and I have volunteered our time as trail ambassadors (tracking trail usage data) and on the graffiti…