Been a while

since I posted and I was feeling a little cranky so I thought I would let it out....

I've got to be honest, and this applies only to the Naples/Ft Myers area of florida, but this construction and especially housing market scares the shit out of me. We have way too many people in the company that look at some of the small projects (commercial mostly) and say "we can't do that, it's too small". Well why the hell not? I can name 4 other GCs that seem to be making a nice living building commercial/retail all over this area and sure seem to be making some money doing it. But if you look ahead, the big projects that we've been feasting on just aren't out there, which makes me wonder how much revenue can we drop before we start REALLY cutting people including senior people as well, or taking pay cuts or other more drastic measures. Hell, I just got here...I don't want to give any f'ing money back!!! If anyone is interested, check this link for some interesting analysis on the florida home market. Not sure I buy all of this gentleman's arguments and I don't have the time to do in depth anaylysis, but I know he's very convincing.
http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=43327&t=01000603789045326844


While I'm pissed about my above topic, might as well continue to rant about irritating things. For example: I've been looking for a CJ-7 pretty much since I've moved here and if you can find one for less than 3 grand, it's pretty much a piece of shit. Plus, add my worries from above to that and I really don't think I want to spend much money on a Jeep that is a minimum of 21 years old. Oh well, I'll find something good sooner or later. In fact as long as my job stays stable, I might have an opportunity to pick one up cheap if the economy continues to decline. We shall see and I will update if anything pops.

on to some slightly better news. All is well with the new puppy. She is a pretty smart little thing and has picked up house training like she had been living indoors her whole 16 weeks instead of in a cage. If we can get her to quit chewing on my wifes shoes, we'll be in good shape.

Peace!