We’ve been busy, and sick, and busy
I need to apologize for the lack of entries here over the past week or so. We’ve been busy with family events and getting ready for Annie’s shower this coming weekend. Insert into that time both of us getting sick with a flu like thing, followed up with what is probably a sinus infection or something. Ugh.
We’ve been working to make the house fit for lots of family company, in preparation for Annie’s shower. We’re excited about hosting it, but we want everything to be “right”. I also have the soooper seeeecret project that I’ve been working on that is just about finished. Jenny and I have been putting a lot of work into things around the house. It’s paying-off in terms of a cleaner house and lots of organization, but wow–I’ve been putting away things that I had forgotten I had. 🙂 In the midst of all of this, we’ve been looking at getting a dog (a Basset Hound, in fact, from a local rescue organization), and I’ve been doing a bunch of one-day shows for various organizations. Oh yeah, and trying to get over these colds.
High points are the new smoker (see last past), my wife being absolutely wonderful, our cats being really nice, a happy new screen door in the back of the house, and the sooooper seeeecret project being almost finished. Oh, and maybe one of my favorite parts of the past week or so is my new watch. Jenny told me last year that she wanted to get me a pocket watch for our first anniversary. I had been telling her how I wanted to get a good pocket watch. Then it took me a little over a year to find one that I liked. I couldn’t find any “new” pocket watches that I really liked, so I started looking at old watches. I ended up doing a lot of research into pocket watches, and decided that I wanted a Railroad Grade (RG) watch, preferably 18 size, and something 70-100 years old. 
I found one last week: A 1909 Hamilton 926. Here’s a picture from the dealer that shows good views of all of the major features. It arrived today, and it’s ticking right now. 🙂
jonathan
