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Jeep-deal is done. $1,500 and it's mine all mine. Delivery this weekend by tow truck, since it doesn't run. My logic for that is "I can part it out and get my money back". I'll post pics after delivery and when I have a chance to figure out how to do it. I'll also be posting periodically on projects that I'm working on to fix/repair/upgrade the jeep. First projects include changing out ALL fluids and filters, probably the spark plugs and possibly everything under the distributor cap as well.

In-laws have finally got their RV back from the wreck it was involved in. For the record, it takes an incredibly long time to repair these stupid things.....almost exactly 5 months from the date of the accident!

Not too much to update at work. We are continuing to aggressively chase problems in the accounting software, rather than passively wait for someone to tell us how to fix, or that we need to fix. In addition, we are prototyping the sub-job functionality so we can see if this is something we really want to do.
Will also be signing the Salesforce.com agreement soon, so we can start that implementation project. Need to force our implementation consultants to cut their rates and get more reasonable.

Family is well, I was sick for the first time, so apparently the girls finally managed to come home with something I hadn't had yet. Actually, I'm still sick, but I'm gutting it out at work for the day.

That's all for the day

peace

Current Events

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!