Well, the NFL draft is over and my guys from LSU did all right. 7 players drafted, although only 1 in the first round. Nice run starting in the 3rd round, although I doubt Matt Flynn (Green Bay) and Keither Zinger (Atlanta) will stick around for extended periods. The Matt Flynn draft is weird when you consider that they had drafted Brian Brohm earlier....maybe some kind of trade bait going on with Brohm?
Onto more personal items....I can now pull a car into my garage. It was so weird, I had to pull the Jeep right in just to see what it was like. It's the first time since I moved to FL that I've been able to put a car in the garage.
Still no (old) jeep on the horizon. I've even thought of going to get the rust bucket previously mentioned in this blog, but decided against it. I guess something will pop up. I'm eyeing some items on ebay. None extremely close, but you never know what will happen. One project vehicle up in Jacksonville might be interesting, but I think I'm too cheap to hit this guys reserve. We'll see what happens, bidding ends today.
At work: work continues on the financial statements. Discussed with CGC updating some of our reports. May be a chance to get away from doing everything in spreadsheets. Again, we're too big to keep doing things in this way. Need to drive some change into this organization. We now have tentative approval to move forward with salesforce.com CRM. Looking forward to using this, as it will allow us to consolidate a number of spreadsheets regarding sales, estimates, and contract awards into one spot with the information visible to a lot of people.
Anyway, that's enough for one time. See ya later!
Showing posts with label Jeeps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeeps. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
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!
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!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Friday 03/14 Post
Some general thoughts on the housing/credit markets. I'm a little behind the curve now, because I didn't update earlier and I think the WSJ is running an article now declaring the US in a recession. I have to say I'm glad they figured it out! From my perspective, and mine alone I would say we've been sliding toward a recession for a year and have possibly been in one for 3 - 6 months. I know the technical definition and I don't care if what I say matches. At least in this area of the country, we're in a tough spot. I got a pretty good price on the house I purchased last year after moving here to SW Fl. I was convinced that I had purchased near rock bottom pricing...there's at least one house in the development already thats for sale cheaper. This wouldn't worry me except I moved down here to work for a local builder and so watching this economy and especially the local building economy scares the crap out of me.
On to happier thoughts. The new puppy (Katie) is doing very well. Clearing up an eye infection and she's rapidly learning about going to the bathroom outside instead of on the carpet. Very cute little thing and if I can figure out how to do it, I may post a picture some day.
Still looking for an old Jeep. While I drive a TJ every day, I really enjoy working on the old ones because they are so simple.
My beloved Tigers got knocked out of the SEC tourney in the 1st game yesterday. Couldn't watch the game (damn that work!) but didn't sound like they played well at all. Lots of turnovers and poor defense. Still, after losing the coach mid-year and having had such a poor record, they at least made things more respectable.
Big Question now is Who is going to be the new coach? Smart money says Anthony Grant from VCU, but there are a number of other options. I'll post if I hear anything interesting....mostly for myself, but you never know, someone may stumble on this thing and read it one day.
On to happier thoughts. The new puppy (Katie) is doing very well. Clearing up an eye infection and she's rapidly learning about going to the bathroom outside instead of on the carpet. Very cute little thing and if I can figure out how to do it, I may post a picture some day.
Still looking for an old Jeep. While I drive a TJ every day, I really enjoy working on the old ones because they are so simple.
My beloved Tigers got knocked out of the SEC tourney in the 1st game yesterday. Couldn't watch the game (damn that work!) but didn't sound like they played well at all. Lots of turnovers and poor defense. Still, after losing the coach mid-year and having had such a poor record, they at least made things more respectable.
Big Question now is Who is going to be the new coach? Smart money says Anthony Grant from VCU, but there are a number of other options. I'll post if I hear anything interesting....mostly for myself, but you never know, someone may stumble on this thing and read it one day.
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