What are you doing today?

Herdfan said:
My daughter went to college to be an Architect. Will end up graduating with a degree in Advertising. Well, they both begin with "A", but that is about the only thing they have in common. :)
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Ha! I think you have a wise daughter! 🙂
Architecture can be fulfilling… but projects tend to run years.
IMHO, Advertising is great as things move rapidly.
 
Alli said:
You have a new follower.
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It's really terrific, and shipping from overseas isn't even that expensive :)

Wouldn't this look great at our new place in DC?

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The level of detail in this work is astonishing ... :oops:
 
citypix said:
An almost similar story here, having moved in two years ago. And then my wife and I went on a rampage putting up paintings and photographs just about everywhere. Feels like home now.

Most of the photographs I make are of strangers I hit up for conversation and then a portrait, on streets in different San Francisco neighborhoods. The majority are from about ten years ago for a couple of projects. I now have my office walls covered with them. In one sense it's a little eerie. In another, even though they're not friends, it feels like it seeing them on my walls.
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None of my photos are of people. The one subject I never shoot.
 
Busy day in the garden. Finished (well almost!) the fences. Will need to get some more stain before we can finish off.
Then did a tip run. It was closed as I’d forgotten they close at lunchtime on a Saturday.
Drove to the next nearest one (about 3 more miles).
Got some petrol on the way back as I was on fumes. £88 in total. I wish they’d hurry up and deliver my EV.
So now enjoying a sit down before dinner after my shower. It’s lovely and warm. But due to change tomorrow.
 
Apple fanboy said:
None of my photos are of people. The one subject I never shoot.
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For me, being a female, shooting photos of strangers, especially in an urban area, just isn't a safe thing to do, especially in these more volatile, hypersensitive times. No way would I go walking around streets in DC and attempt to photograph people. I will shoot casual candids of friends, though, but that is a different type of situation, as it's usually at a group gathering of some sort: parties, photo shoots, etc. Haven't had that opportunity in rather a while now, though.....
 
citypix said:
Right now (9:30pm Pacific Daylight Time), I'm soaking in there's roughly 2,700 airplanes over North America. Seems like a lot. But maybe not.

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Well, here's a screenshot taken by me just after midnight on January 1, 2000. I wanted to see how many planes were in the air after the dreaded Y2K bug reared its ugly (non-existent) head. Long-time Mac users will note that I was running Flight Explorer in VirtualPC, as this was before such things were made available in browsers. I believe that's a Conflict Cather icon in the menu bar.

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Looks like today i am taking my teenage daughter to the mall to meet her friends. I may cross the street and hang out at Santana Row while they go do their teenage girl-stuff.
 
Arkitect said:
That is a "not so good place" to be in… been in similar situations decades past. And like you, probably why I am not a finance guy. 🙂
Just be calm and up front. Mistakes happen.

Good luck!
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DT said:
What's the nature of the project? Tech related?
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The conference call went well. Especially since I was the only one to join on time and have my info ready. The finance director faulted himself for my mistake since he should have never suggested that I/we futz around with the numbers. It went from a two year initial project, to a four+ year project. I forgot to add the numbers for years 3 & 4. No biggie as the FG did the math and we're still well over budget. So the proposed project -- it's a new nonprofit specializing in workforce development with other nonprofits, city, state and local governments, and Labor-Management Collaborations -- had to shift resources, cut proposed positions and move the admin office out of NYC (just too expensive). Sadly, a proposed position for myself was eliminated. TBH, I was never really on-board with the position and probably would have turned down the offer had it been funded. I'm still pessimistic about a large Federal grant and I'm canvassing for grants and awards from other entities. So little time with a ton of work to be done just for the paperwork. If we're lucky to get to Round 2, I think the project will get the green light and be successful. But that's a big got-damn IF.

A couple long-ish walks to clear my head. Wanted to hike through the local trail, but it's too muddy and too many A-hole dog owners with unleashed dogs. The local community was finally opened, but I was getting too many confused looks and I'm in a place where I don't need to confront bigots... for now.
 
went on a 30 miles ride trying to get a good workout. saw two big dogs get lose and have a fight after I passed then I had a squirrel who thought it was invincible try to run between my bike tires he become a speed bump. dont know if I ran over his body or tail I was going 20 mph. they always turn around when you get close. but it ran off the path so hopefully it learned.
 
It's showtime!

Daughter has the big show tonight, she's in theater, does all the tech stuff, stage management, costumes, set design, hahaha, even standing in for a few acts to supplement the cast. It's a pretty major production, there's like 50 kids in the theater "club" (she's also taking it as an elective).

I suspect lots of running back and forth to the school this afternoon :D
 
We had our carpet ripped out of the living room and new tile laid down, we've had to move everything into all the rooms and have been living in tight quarters for the last week or so. Today we finally get to move back in.

Here's a before and after.

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That looks great! When we first moved in, we left the tile as tile, replaced the carpet with carpet, and put hardwood in a couple of locations (also replaced carpet). However, we're planning* on replacing the carpet with more hardwood. It's in very good shape, it was very high quality product, but 15-something years still adds up, and we just really dig on a flooring that's basically stain/spill proof, and can easily be embellished with rugs (that can be easily changed as needed/desired).




* We also plan on moving constantly so maybe not ... as is baby!
 
Eric said:
We had our carpet ripped out of the living room and new tile laid down, we've had to move everything into all the rooms and have been living in tight quarters for the last week or so. Today we finally get to move back in.

Here's a before and after.

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A big improvement. I also like the staggered tile layout.
 
citypix said:
A big improvement. I also like the staggered tile layout.
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Thanks. Well, the direction was sort of an issue for us, we thought it should've gone lengthwise as opposed to sideways the way it's shown but the rest of the house was already that way so we had to stay with the pattern. Not sure why the builder opted to go that direction to begin with. 🤷‍♂️
 
Eric said:
We had our carpet ripped out of the living room and new tile laid down, we've had to move everything into all the rooms and have been living in tight quarters for the last week or so. Today we finally get to move back in.

Here's a before and after.

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We have tiles throughout. Much easier to keep clean and the most efficient with our underfloor heating.
 
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