The weather has been real nice the last couple of days. Temperatures reaching into the 50s; Kids playing outside without jackets; Ladybugs spotted in the grass.

The soil in our backyard, still moist from the recent snow and rain, was easy to dig, so I started digging a trench from the west fence to the east. I’ll be running sprinkler lines and possibly some power across the yard in that trench. That trench also marks the approximate boundary between grass and some trees we plan to plant.

A new look for Jennie

Whoa. Check out Jennie’s site — she and Dave have been working on a new look. It’s nice... and it is definitely Jennie.

Christine’s job slave labor

Christine’s job at Sorenson Media is starting to bear the markings of a nightmare for her and our family. The product she has been assigned as a lead testing engineer on was scheduled to have a new version deployed this week. Christine had to be onhand for the software deployment Wednesday night/Thursday morning.

She got home at 4 a.m. this morning and went back around 10:30 or 11 a.m. expecting to stay until 3 or so in the afternoon. Well, it’s midnight and she still hasn’t come back home because the deployment last night didn’t go so well.

I realize this probably is not something anyone planned for, but it seems like it may be indicative of some internal problems the company has with its development processes and procedures.

That’s fine... if they can acknowledge it.

If Christine doesn’t get some kind of compensation for the sacrifices she’s had to make the last two days, I’m going to be very, very upset.