it’s another snowy day here in colorado… the above picture is from a CDOT traffic camera just a few miles from our house. it’s stayed pretty cold, so the 6 inches from earlier in the week was still around, and now there’s another good couple inches, with a bit more expected by tonight. it’s supposed to clear up after midnight, so i’m guessing once the plows hit, the roads won’t be too bad tomorrow. it’s going to get crazy cold tonight (5 degrees for the low), so what slushy junk stays on the roads will certainly ice over… that will be the biggest danger. we’ll just take it easy on up to the mountains tomorrow.
i realized this morning that my last post was awful whiny, and the cold/flu i was feeling really never materialized into much of anything. go immune system go! i’ve been working like mad lately… between the church up in eagle and some of the web projects i have going on, i’m suddenly very busy. this kindof came as a shock, because i wasn’t really expecting it. the networking i’ve been doing is starting to pay off, i think. it’s time to take the design side of my business seriously, though. i haven’t printed cards, so it’s hard to expect much referral business. i’ve been asked for cards enough lately that it’s time to get them done. i think i’ll model them after the design of this site.
speaking of the design of this site, i’ve let it sit long enough to get a good feel for what i need to do to change it. i think one round of revisions and it will be good enough to release as a ‘public’ theme. one thing i need to do is change from grey to white text, and increase the size by a pixel or two. it’s amazing how much difference one pixel in font size can make. here’s a question to the web design capable among you– what’s your preferred method of defining text size — px, pt, em or %? i’m not clear on the benefits or drawbacks of each, and i’ve just been using px because it’s easiest. speaking of design questions– any advice on optimizing for safari/mac? i can do the firefox/IE balancing job… i hate it, because i end up just using an IE specific stylesheet… but it’s the best method i’ve found. but i don’t want to do the same for safari, if i can avoid it. advice?
the nice thing about having so much work, is that, believe it or not, there’s a corresponding increase in the income coming into our household. this last month was rather dicey… paying bills on time was really not an option, and rent almost didn’t get paid at all. but then all that work i had booked out broke through, and it looks like we’ll be able to take our vacation to the NW without concern for utilities or rent getting left unpaid. and i probably won’t even have to do much work at all while we’re gone– a 3 week break! this excites me.
speaking of– next wednesday, we’ll rouse our kids at the lovely hour of 5am, gather all our crap, and meander to the bustling sea of humanity that is denver international airport at holiday time. our flight leaves at roughly 8-something-am, and we’ll be touching down at PDX somewhere in the 10:45-ish range. our plan is to attend compass on the 23rd and 24th, and head down to bandon on the 26th through the 2nd. we’ll have all kinds of gatherings and stuff on the in between days. then from the 2nd through the 7th we’ll be back in the ‘couv. we leave on the afternoon of the 7th, and will be back in denver by 7-something that evening. the next morning, i’ll head up to eagle, so i effectively won’t be back to normal life until the 10th… a full 3 weeks away! our calendar will be filling up, but rather fluid at the same time, so please be in touch with us if you want to hang out. i can’t guarantee we’ll be able to call everyone, so to avoid missing you, please bug us! we want to see as many people as possible… but even 3 weeks is filling up remarkably fast.
so today i’m sitting at caribou coffee, trying to put the finishing touches or sufficient progress on a few projects, so that when we leave next week i don’t have to fret about unfinished work. it’s been a busy morning, and i’m sitting too close to the door. i get blasted with 22degree air everytime someone comes in or out. it’s finally emptied out here, so perhaps i’ll move to the other corner.
if i don’t get a chance to post again before christmas, i hope you all have a wonderful christmas. peace out.
