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labor day, w00t

so for labor day weekend I hopped on a plane and cruised home to Missouri to do a bit of work. Mom is starting a quilt shop back there called “Missouri Star Quilt Co.” and is very excited. Well we’ve purchased a 5000 sqft old brick building that has a block of windowed store front and just some great character. So we needed to convert the old car dealership (brick building) / antique shop into something usable. Saturday I got in and went over plans with dad and the the family and we settled on what we were going to do. Then I went into the old totes in my room and dug out a pair of jeans (there were so many adventurous clothes in there, to limit myself to jeans was tough, and then Monday we went to work. We were up before 7 to hit the sales at the lumber yard, going in initially in seth’s truck, we hauled back lumber to build the walls, sheetrock, and insulation to rock the casbah. We got back and got working, draining old oil drums and knocking out industrial furnaces from the land before time days. Then we measured for the boardwalk out front, and me and dad ran back to the lumber yard to grab deck supplies. Thinking it would be a small purchase, we just took the minivan. As I ran the math it turned out our order for lumber with the van was almost more than when we had the truck. But this is why I love Missouri. We bought 30 planks of 12 foot treated wood, stuck it in the van leaving a good 6 feet sticking out the back, strapped it down with baling twine and a half working motorcycle strap, then drove 30 mph down the highway home, and no one batted an eye. That is why I love this place. So yeah, we cranked out some serious work on Monday, I was very pleased, then did birthdays the last few days for Seth and miss Ella Jane who is now 4. w00t!

Sarah Beth blogged some pics of the day -

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Life is good though, I was reminded of why I chose the desk job as I went to bed Monday night aching, but it is a feeling I love. It really is so good to be home, love my family, though today I’m jumping on a plane back to Provo, back to Logan tomorrow, back to LA on Tuesday, I’ll touch base with you guys again in a few days. Life is crazy, work is good. On the work note, I’ve found my dream company to work for…. the X Prize foundation. If anyone knows anyone associated with them, drop me a line, I am dead serious, I want to work with those guys. I’ll be looking to change jobs in about 2 years, so we got time, but you know.