Hello Again

Hello Again – It’s been a while since I have posted.  This year has been absolutely insane.  My wife and I purchased a home.  It’s a great home but needs some cosmetics inside which we have been working on.  Who installed wallpaper recently?  The previous owners of this home.  I thought wallpaper went out of style in the 90's but I guess I was wrong.  There's even wallpaper on some of the ceilings.  In addition, work has been crazy for both of us. 

At my job we are working on a new $50+ million software/hardware installation that is on time and on budget but has had a lot of challenges which require constant re-adjustment.  

My 101 in 1,001 goals list is getting smaller although only slightly.  This year I hit my net worth Goal and my retirement savings goal, mostly due to the solid stock market since Trump got elected.  Say what you want about him, the markets are great right now.  I'm not sure it's all due to the Trump factor but I'll take it.

I bought something that I normally wouldn’t buy and that something was a house, or a game camera.  Take your pick.  So far, my game camera is yielding many results, mostly of deer, but the occasional fox as well.  

I hit my salary goal, and I even cooked a few dinners for my wife.  We purchased a new charcoal grill which is a great excuse to cook dinner.  I normally wouldn't have purchased a charcoal grill but after having gas grills die on me repeatedly, I figured I couldn't go wrong with charcoal.  It also tastes better and the entire grilling process is much more fun.  New grills come with new challenges and new recipes to try.

Lastly, to fuel my alcoholism, I grew some hops.  One of my 4 hops plants actually produced some hop cones.  It is typical to not get hop cones until year 2 I am happy that I was able to produce some hops.  I also learned 10 new drinks this year. 

I hope to blog a bit more although with things the way they are, I really have to carve out time to do it.