A New Direction

Thank you to those that have read my former posts.  I have decided to try to tell the story of a house by describing the construction process of building a home.  I plan on breaking it down in stages.  This is intended for the average person and I will try to keep from using slang or specific nomenclature.  I hope that this topic interests you, construction has taken up the largest portion of my life so far and I do enjoy it.  A previous post entitled “Slab or Crawl” does not start at the beginning, so I will repost that stage in the correct order.  Thanks again!

Next post:  Home design and drafting

The Tri-Cities, WA first Tweetup was held wednesday, January 14.  In all there 9 tweeple in attendance and we had a great time.  The even was set up by Craig Sutton, aka @craigsutton, and was held at Bookwalter Winery.  If you have a business meeting, or friendly meeting and want a relaxed atmosphere, definately check out Bookwalter.   As twitter’s influence grows we expect the amount of Twitter users in the area to grow making future events a must attend to meet the people you follow in real life.  This is a great way to meet new people and network.  More info about future tweetups will be coming soon.

For more information on Twitter, visit Twitter.com

Wine Tasting is great, but with a little creativity a person can make it epic.   Last Saturday it became the war of the 2005’s vs. the 2006’s.  They red table wines were great, but it really came down to the Syrah’s.  As a fairly big fan of Syrah and Shiraz both, this was the battle I was most interested in.  The fight wasn’t completely fair.  The 2006 was bottled very recently, but he came out looking sharp with a brand new label.  The 2005 with it’s familiar label and supreme drink-ability was the early leader.  The first two rounds were an easy win.  2006 came out in round 3 and said, “I may be new, but I go down smooth and look great!”  Round three turned out to be an upset for the ‘06.  The next 3 rounds went back to the reigning champion.  The ‘05 just kept churning out a smooth, full-bodied, splendid drought one after another.  This is where it got ugly.  Round 7 started off and ‘05 and ‘06 started to seem like they were pretty evenly matched.  They’re labels were starting to blur together and the judge become a little less choosy.  The fight did not make it past the 7th round when a ruling came down from on high that the fight would not continue.  It was an easy call to make, and the judge realized that the ‘05 would remain on top until ‘06 had some time to develop.  A rematch is most certainly on the horizon.  Thank you 360 cellars for an outstanding contest.

Everyone has heard of Rotary.  They do great things in their communities as well as on an international level.  Since becoming a member of Richland Rotary I have enjoyed many things especially knowing that I am doing more good as a group than I could ever think about doing on my own.

Rotaract is Rotary for the 18-30 age group.  Our local Rotaract group is doing amazingly well.  They have a strong will to grow their group, volunteer in the community, and especially have fun!  I have been contributing to Rotaract since I joined Rotary.  I am on the youth education committee in which we volunteer our time to help grow the Rotaract group and help the members get the most out of being a Rotary International sponsored club.

This last year our club is making waves.  The last president Lisa Lockrem won an award that no Rotaract member has ever won before.  A momentus achievement.  The club itself has over 30 members and is growing by the minute!  Rotaract is definately at the top of list of things I am proud to be a part of.

For more information visit their website:  www.mcrotaract.com