Lathe to Order!

The past couple of weeks have flown by and filled with lots of activity! This past weekend T helped out some friends build a grid that will hold solar panels for a house that will go to a low income family once completed.

A can officially take the GRE book out of circulation since she took the test last Saturday. While she may not be a member of Mensa, she felt good about it and purchased a new plant for the occasion.

A and her office intern have also been busy the past couple of weeks designing and coming up with a new marketing scheme for the office. T makes a great model for the t-shirts, check out the website www.coffeelids.com to see the totes and other fun details. Note - the site is still under construction at the moment but you get the idea.

T had a friend build him a hammer to use on sheet metal and the result was amazing! It is so fantastic I wonder how much metal it will really see...

Have a great week!

Happy 4th of July!

It was great to have a three day weekend and fun things scheduled. The temperatures had lowered slightly and we have been giving the car a break, so we filled up the tank (ouch!) and headed south to check out Houston and the route along the way.

Highway 71 proved to be a great find for T as it was littered with various salvage yards containing old cars and rusted out treasures. We didn't stop this time but plan to go back for a more in depth look at a later date. The landscape changed several times and we found ourselves thinking at one point it looked like Flagstaff, AZ...must have been the pine trees. When things completely flattened out we knew we were close to Houston, plus the highway turned into 6 lanes.

We had heard various things about Houston from various people, not all good and not all bad. We kept an open mind and had a really great time. First, the museums are free! It has been a really long time since either one of us has been to a city where this is the case. Second, the museums have great art. We were lucky enough to see work by Picasso, Monet, Klee and Basquiat just to name a few. Finally, we were able to eat Indian food. All in all it was a great tropical, art filled, delicious and memorable good time, even when A stepped in dog doo and a monsoon struck on the drive home.

Have a great week!