Monthly Archives: April 2011

Day 117 – I get paid

Today was a nice easy (and productive) day.  The layout folks remain well ahead of design… which means that at some point, we’ll be doing a lot of rework.  It also appears that we’re quickly running out of room on … Continue reading

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Day 116 – bands, bands, and more bands

Last night’s Men’s Retreat band practice was awesome!  The band sounds great.  Prior to that evening event, I had decided to beat the traffic, and then have dinner so I scooted across the big valley and wound up near my … Continue reading

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Day 115 – an easy day

I took today off from work so I could concentrate on church things.  In the morning, I helped set balloons up in the ceiling for Sunday’s “party.”  They’ll be dropped on the crowd at the end of service.  It should … Continue reading

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Day 114 – crankin’ out the chip

Good thing I’m “off” tomorrow (working at church instead of company #1).  The layout folks are going faster than the designer is right now.  We need to let him catch up! My guess is that company #1 asked me to … Continue reading

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Day 113 – Co. shopping

Back at company #1 for chip #2.  Day one of this project started a bit slow, but ended well.  I feel good about my progress and I think this is going to be a good project.  It’s a “smallish” chip, … Continue reading

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Day 110 – A nice, easy day

I decided to spend my last day of freedom doing anything but semiconductors.  Instead, I created a quiz on Italian Renaissance Artists on Squidoo, analyzed my IRA, since I’ll be “rebalancing” it after the first of May, and I went … Continue reading

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Day 109 – a window closes on free time

I am suddenly feeling like all my free time is about to go away… and in fact it is.  I started feeling a window closing this morning.  After my talk with company #3 yesterday, it would appear that my work … Continue reading

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Day 108 – blessings from the tax man

Today was a good day. (Man, I wish I could start off every blog like this!).  Breakfast with friends was great, I got some chip work done, and then I met with company #3, which mostly went well. The reason … Continue reading

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Day 107 – joy after sadness

Wow, there’s a reason I do devotionals every morning – I learn more about God, and He speaks to me in the process.  He spoke to me this morning, and I got some absolutely wonderful advice.  You can find part … Continue reading

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Day 106 – sad

I spent much of the day being “sad.”  After spending the weekend praying about this job offer, God has made it clear to me that I should not, at this time, take the job.  On some level, it’s scary because … Continue reading

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