Bachen it . . .

Last weekend was great and relaxing.  Cassie's Mom was headed to Houston for a week of Bridge playing and we were looking forward to it.  She made it in around dinner time and we headed over to the Grand Luxe, it's one of Candy's favorites and we usually eat there at least once while they are in town.  We had a great dinner and had the chance to meet one of Candy's bridge friends who came to be her partner for the week.  

Not much was planned for the week, Cassie was planning on leaving on Wednesday for a wedding in San Angelo, but we were still working with Highland to make sure we were not slowing down the progress on the house.  When we signed all the paperwork last weekend, Mike encouraged us to get in to the design center and make all of our selections ASAP so we would not be holding up the paperwork they needed to release our house.  I talked with Mike and since the designer was out Monday and Tuesday and we didn't know if she would have any openings later in the week, Cassie decided to leave.  She had set up an appointment with the music coordinator who is gathering the different musicians for the wedding and they needed to make some final decisions.  

Thursday I went and picked up Candy at the hotel and took her to get her car.  We left it at the apartment for the week so she wouldn't have to worry about parking it downtown.  After she left I had a easy going relaxed evening.

Work has been going pretty well.  Thursday we had our monthly PM/Superintendent meeting and it was shorter than last week.  Harvey is taking a very strong stance on safety this year, some of it is because we have had a few bad years safety wise and we are trying to turn that around.  The other reason is because in our line of work safety is so crucial to our clients and it needs to be our focus as well if we want to continue working with those clients. The meeting went well and I didn't have to write a check back to the company for any safety violations so all in all it was a good meeting.  

Friday I had a meeting at the 99k House.  Harvey has taken on a challenging project, building a residential home for less that 99 thousand bucks.  The main challenge is that were not residential builders.  We have been relying on our relationships with commercial sub-contractors to build this hose, these are businesses that are used to having 2 million plus contracts, not 2 thousand dollar contracts.  I volunteered at the beginning of the project, thinking with my residential experience I might be some help and it's been interesting.  We met for about three hours to discuss where we are on the project and where we need to be in the next four weeks.  

This weekend I have been chilling.  This morning I got up and went for donuts, come home took a nap, ate lunch, and I'm still sitting on the couch.  It's been a great relaxing day!  Cassie is out at the wedding and I don't think she's having too much fun without me, but it's great to be doing nothing for a change.  

Tomorrow Cassie is coming in to town and we are going to head down to Texas City for dinner with Mom, Kimberly and Jeremy.  Cassie is going to spend the week with Mom going to school and observing for the week, something she needs to do for a class.  We are meeting with the designer one night this week to make the selections so it should be another fun filled week.