As a homeowner you have to have projects to improve the house in some way. And the first project that have been on my mind since we moved in is the terrace!
We plan to have a huge terrace – 4 by 16 meters – that’s 64 square meters addition to the house! It’s gonna be awesome! 5 meters will be under roof, a cozy area if you will on those rainy august days.
My family will come out in force on saturday and help with everything from building to babysitting so we can hopefully get most of the building done before end of the weekend and I’ll spend weeks putting in the floor. Then it’s time to put up the roof on the sucker, fortunately Helenas big brother will help out with that!
You can follow the build in this photo gallery.
When I get off work on wednesday july 7th I’ll be starting my almost 7 month long parental leave and I’ll get to spend as much time with my son as I possibly can. Ofcourse I have no ambitions that I will have time or energy to have time to do anything else but spend time with my son, I do ofcourse hope that I’ll have some time between naps to do some things that I want, like catching up on the latest season of “24” or something.
But I can’t imagine what it’ll be like. Not only have I no clue what it’ll be like being with my son, but I have never been home for that long – ever! I had a 4 week vacation once but that’s as far as I’ve gone without working since I was like 14. But now I’m gonna be home 7 months. Yikes!!!
Let the countdown begin!
Ever used “Dropbox“? It’s a damn good little program you install on your computer(s) that points to a folder and everything you put in that folder is uploaded and stored in their server, backed up and safe, and then synchronized to all your computers running the program so the folder looks identical! And they even have a an iPhone App so I can access and view the files when I’m out and about. And you can also share files with the publuc if you want.
I use it for two of the features – getting my important files (like all my photos) safe and backed up elsewhere “just in case” and I use it to transfer files from home to work and vice versa. It’s awesome, try it! And please use this link so I’ll get some credit 🙂
As you may have noticed the past week have been terrible for this site! It’s been slow and unresponsive and I didn’t really bother to look into it until this weekend when it got really bad. I finally found the culprit – as you may remember over the years I have posted links to mp3s of good or funny songs or “what I like right now”. And somehow for the past week this place have been bombarded with downloads of those mp3s, I’m talking thousands of downloads per day! I don’t know who or why but they are gone now so it should run more smoothly now!
My new life as a homeowner and father is progressing pretty well. My son is growing well over the curve and our house is still standing!
The biggest effect has actually been my abstinence when it comes to buying new toys! A year or two ago I wouldn’t have hesitated to buy a new toy like a new graphics card or camera. But for the past months I’ve given it a second, third or forth thought and decided that my money was better spent elsewhere.
Until now!
After spending easter weekend with Helena’s family I got inspired to buy a new real digital camera, not a small cheap one we already have. A real one this time. We’d already decided we needed one and was gonna wait until summer but after that weekend and realizing how many photos we’d miss out on of our boy growing we decided to buy one now on credit. A Canon EOS 450D with a normal 18-55 lens and a 55-300 zoom lens. With accessories and stuff it ended at about $1300 but totally worth it!
Or what do you think?