Wednesday, March 11, 2009

3/8ths Down - 9 & 5/8ths to Go

Yes 3/8ths of an inch was the sum total of rain we got on Monday. Since our average annual rainfall is 10 inches a year, we are well on our way. We may see some rain again tomorrow

Work has been super busy. We have been preparing a plan for reviving a company that is nearly dead (Sales have dropped from a $7 million a year rate to a $3.5 million a year rate in just three months). This is a Native American owned business and there is a long, long history of mismanagement. Short story is after a long couple of weeks of building out a plan of action with two choices (liquidate it completely or liquidate it partially and start a new business from the good pieces of the old), we gave the presentation to the tribal council yesterday. This involved primarily me present to the 21 person council and then field lots of questions. Took three hours but to our amazement they gave us approval for our restructuring plan.

In the meantime, the work on the house is pushing to the finish line. Carpeting when in upstairs and there are pictures below. For those asking Wife for when she will post her trip pictures, she has been overwhelmed dealing with the house and then was kidnapped by the Visigoths and left trapped in their mountain fastness to care for their young while the elders escaped to Cozumel.



9 comments:

Mike said...

The house is looking pretty snazzy. I like it a lot! Congrats on the business deal as well - that's awesome. I do wonder, though, how you guys manage to stay alive with ten inches of moisture a year. What do you drink? Do you have trees? Do you flush your toilets? Where does the water come from?

alexis said...

holy crap, starting to look llike a house.

And mega congrats on the deal!

WeaselMomma said...

That's my carpet! I better go check in the family room to see if it's still there. BTW ~ is there an update to post for the Rad Kill Challenge? I still have 0.

terri said...

Congratulatiions on the deal! Sounds like you've worked your butt off for this.

The house is looking great. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Lakeview Coffee Joe said...

That looks like a ton of extra space up there. Sweet!

A trip to Cozumel? The economy isn't hurting the raiding Visigoths apparently.

stef said...

Carpet! Holy cow that is amazing. I wonder if Mom is feeling better about the sitting now that she knows that they are leaving?

Unknown said...

Way to go! Happy for you on the latest deal...you have worked hard !!!
Also, it looks like Mrs d-I has made some great decisions on the house....the pictures look great!!! What a transformation!!
Can't wait to see it in person soon!

Anonymous said...

that is so cool that you get to work with american indians. if i believed in previous lifes, i'm sure i was an indian. the house is looking great! you better be careful or you might find me on your doorstep one day. it looks like you have plenty of room for visitors :)

Battle Ground Boyds said...

The house looks great!
I was going to ask a similar question to that of weaselmomma on the roadkill thing...being twin to Aimee the Huntress and all. I must say I can't compare,as I have no roadkill to my name for a very long time!