Hi all. This is Mark. Gina told me it would be okay if I posted something occasionally on her weblog (some call it a blog).

So last night we continued the transformation of Gina's new office (i.e. we cleaned up/boxed up all the crap that was all over the floor). Gina was nice enough to itemize the list of "to do" items for me so I could see just how much really needs to be done. Adding baseboards and crown, and painting (walls, new door, trim, baseboards, crown, etc.) were a few of the major items. Need to hang a new fan, still need to fix the phone lines (this is a great mystery to me as it seems so simple, yet I can't seem to master it).

I did notice while I was in the attic last night that we have a lot of boxes. It started as one of those deals where you say, "Sure, lets keep the box for that in case we need to pack it up or sell it." Well, since then we have gotten rid of so much stuff that I am finding boxes for items I haven't seen in years. I found the box for our kids' jumpster (you know, the bouncy swing chair thing that attaches to the horizontal portion of a door frame). Well, I haven't seen the jumper in a few years, but I just found the box. The pile of boxes is actually pretty impressive. At this point, I am considering collecting boxes just to see how big I can get that pile. Laudry detergent boxes, capri sun cartons, picture order boxes (my gosh do we have a lot of those!). I can just open the attic door and with a decent frisbee-style toss should be able to hit the growing mass.

I look forward to sharing random thoughts, good movie/TV quotes, sports trivia and opinions, as well as family, business, and family business updates with you, our loyal readers. Fortunately, Gina has disabled the reply function on her blog (a portmanteau of web log, for those of you who don't know). That way, I can keep pretending that what I write is of any interest to anyone.

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As always, thanks for reading ~ Mark

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Well I've done it again. I'm sort of remodeling my studio. It's 11Pm and I have Mark in the attic trying to find the phone line to connect to my new "office"! :) Yep, I kicked Sydney out of her purple room and gave her the bigger bedroom in the back of the house. I am taking over her room and have knocked out a wall into my studio! LOVE IT! So now I get to say, "Please pardon our mess!" :) We are not quite done yet, another day to finish the door, then its onto painting. The purple room is going to have to go, for sure!