Monday, September 07, 2009

Business Launch Official

I made my first two sales in the first two days in business! I will be designing 6 mobile-websites and QR code signs for some local real estate agents. W00T!


Oh and for the record I am coining the term "QRL". It's a combo of QR and URL and it refers to those QR codes that link to the web! I know, I'm an UberDorkus.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Enormous Fishes

So I went fishing with Kelli's dad and his friend today up by Woodland bar and guess what? I caught my first Slammin Salmon! He is ugly, black, and huge. We estimate him to be around 35# and I can't wait to eat him. He is a Tule and depending on what the meat looks like he may get smoked or if he turns out to be pink inside I will make steaks out of him and grill him up, YUM!



I had my line in the water for a third time after losing my first lure on something 40 feet below and getting snagged a second time requiring Kelli's dad to get my line free. Anyhow, I was trying to let out a little line because the current was pretty swift and my line kept on going out. I thought that was weird and I stopped letting line out and tried to reel it in a bit. Well it wouldn't come in and I thought I was snagged again so I asked Dale for help. By then my line was starting to cross the other guys' lines and when Dale took the pole he said my line felt funny because I had a fish on! So with lots of coaching I got the fish up to the net and yippee! I got myself a gigantic Chinook. That was fun and I look forward to doing it again.


p.s. Go to Schimelpfenig dot com to see the actual size of the fish. The photo above is a little camera trickery courtesy KDHS. He's a huge fish but not 4 feet long, duh!


Monday, May 18, 2009

Finished product coming soon

Kelbel helped me with my design so it looks all crispy now. The new laser printer I bought works great on the waterproof decals. I will reveal more about the mysterious and exciting world of QR codes the closer I get to the official launch of my biz and website.

Work is busy, I'm in training in Montesano all week... sort of. Today I left here at 0630 (that's 6:30AM for you non-military types) and got home at 1830 (6:30PM). Whew, long day... had my head crammed full of telecom industry standards and protocols and lots and lots of other telephony (yes that's a word, and no it probably doesn't mean what you think it does). I'm video-conferencing tomorrow and will drive back up Wednesday for lab, video-conf Thurs, and back up for testing Friday. This is all to get a certification that is only important to my company and really not anyone else in the Telecom industry. ROFL... not.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Wayyy behind...

Since Kel is doing such a great yob keeping the Flickr page updated I haven't felt the need to post anything new. Our lives are very baby-centric and I like it that way. We are starting to incorporate a little time to ourselves into the schedules since we seem to be getting the hang of baby rearing ("You hear that, Ben? Don't let him near the kid, he wants to rear your child!")

Other than that I will soon be adding a couple of pics of the nearly completed, giant pole building behind our house. I am having a good time imagining the possibilities for our new space.

-R

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Spoiled.



Disclaimer: This is actually Kel's post, Flickr sent it to the wrong blog. Just in case you thought it was odd I was so enthusiastic about hippo fabric from Ikea...

Aunt Ruth created all sorts of cool things for Ruary. First she made us an AMAZING quilt (I really need to post a picture of it), a big, awesome diaper bag (which holds everything, by the way!), and a newborn-sized boppy for tummy time. But she also created our crib bumper, where she used some sock monkey fabric along with the cute hippo fabric I got at Ikea. I want to sleep in the crib now, I wonder what the weight limit is?

Anyhoo, Ruru enjoys talking to / laughing at / kicking at the animals on his mobile after he gets his diaper changed. He is at his silliest when his rear end is clean and dry. Really, aren't we all?