Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a bananna.

by John on May.19, 2009, under Personal

Over this past weekend a milestone went past mostly unnoticed by me (I was busy!). The milestone is that I’ve had my house for a year, as of May 15th.

When I bought the house it was everything I wanted in a house for this stage in my life, and it still is. I had almost no furnishings to put inside, no TV, no bed, and no things like towels, sheets, napkins, placemats, kitchen stuff, etc. I had no lawnmower, no weed whacker, no grill, no silverware, no home office trappings (desk, filing cabinet, etc)…. I essentially had none of the things I needed for a house.

Over the course of the past year I’ve made lots of progress (much of it with the help of my lovely soon-to-be wife, Ann). I have furniture, an entertainment center, a well-put-together kitchen, a very sweet home office, two lawnmowers (it was necessary…), weed whacker, wheelbarrow, etc In short – I’ve spent the past year turning this house I bought, into a home. And not a moment too soon, as in the very near future my house is going to become the home Ann and I will share.

Yesterday after work I stopped off at the grocery store and picked up ingredients to make barbecue cheddar burgers (turned out amazing, btw), then went home and spent the evening out in the yard mowing the lawn and finishing the tilling for the garden. Tonight I plan on pulling out unwanted plants (mostly things growing because birds dropped seeds in my planters ) and planting some flowers. I’m determined to get a handle on my landscaping this year.

I’d like to grill some chicken tonight, with a side of vegetables and perhaps some form of bread (rolls or something). That sounds yummy. Later this week it’d be nice to have spaghetti with a nice meat sauce, or something. Maybe that’ll be for Wednesday. I might see if I can find a nice red wine to go with it.

What is Missing Link

Missing Link is a personal blog of John Whelan.

John is a 28 year old husband, infosec geek, photographer and blogger. When he's not in front of a keyboard, he can usually be found reading, hanging out with his wife, Ann, or taking pictures.

Right out of college, John and his friend Brian started several mobile technology companies in the Indianapolis area - Proxito, Bouncepad and DeftMobile. The aims of the companies were to provide relevant information to people on the go via their mobile phones.

John has since left the companies and now works in the information security department at ExactTarget.