Yet another update
Ok – so I haven’t found time to post much that’s all that interesting, but there are all sorts of things going on just now.
William got his first tooth last night! They grow up fast. He’ll be wanting a car before you know it.
Dominic is in 4H now. Who knew that 4H did stuff besides agriculture? He’s in three different projects – Robotics, Outdoor adventures (aka Camping), and Shooting sports (with a .22). I’m actually teaching the robotics project. So far it’s just him, but the club leader said there might be a couple of more that wanted to join. I’m going to make him maintain a blog/journal as part of the project so he’ll be posting pictures of his progress. I’m really looking forward to it – very father/son, but also geeky.
The hogs are (finally!) getting butchered tomorrow. I’m glad for this, because they’ve escaped their pen enough times that I was ready to do them in weeks ago. On the other hand, it’s kind of wierd have a day scheduled for it. It kind of makes if feel like an exectution. I’m sure I’ll get over it with the first pork chop. :)
We’re starting a road trip on Thursday morning. We’re heading out to Nebraska to buy a LOT of yarn. Crazy? Maybe. But, we think we can make money with it by dyeing it and re-selling it on our Spindle and Wheel website. Anybody out there have friends/family that knit or crochet? We’re going to have a shopping cart up soon with lots of quality 100% wool yarn for sale. Spread the word.
Once we’ve got this yarn, I guess we’re “officially” in business. I’m going to make an appointment with the small business resource center in Springfield when we get back so we’ve got all the bases covered for taxes and licenses and what not. It’s kind of exciting really. This trip is the point of no return. After we make the trip we’ll have about $1000 invested in starting up the company, so we really need to make it official, and hopefully make some money in the bargain.
We’ll take pictures on the road trip. And not just of the grass, I promise ;). That way I’ll have a more interesting post when I get back.
Jerome said,
May 21, 2007 @ 12:04 pm
Hey the 4H building is one of my favorites @ the Iowa State Fair. They do a lot of great things in 4H – everythign from rudimentary marketing projects to rebuilding classic autos.
I’lll have to send my mom over to the spindle and wheel she knits afghans and stuff…… not often lately – but enough that I should send her.
Where in Nebraska did you go? I ask because I get over that way for work once in a while and if you are picking stuff up in linocln or omaha we could work stuff out if need be.