Colevault.com

Well, well, well. Looks like I had a bit of a false start with the blog! I put this together back in early February but wanted to flesh things out a little before officially “launching” it. I figured a week or so to get it ready, finish adding photos, tweak the layout, and finally send out an email to friends and family. Then start posting regularly. Lather, rinse, and repeat.

Well, after that initial flurry of activity, several things conspired to suck up every spare hour of the last 7 or 8 weeks. First, the remodel of our master bedroom and bathroom really ramped up and I had to manage various pieces of that process daily for several weeks, from specifying baseboards and crown moulding, to telling the plumber where on the bath tub deck to place the faucet, to coordinating the installation of the shower door, and on and on. Then when all that was finshed, the paint dried, the floor installed, and the lights wired up, we actually had to move back into the bedroom from our temporary quarters in the dining room. And when we had everything moved back in, I had to order blinds, rugs, closet organization stuff, photo shelves, a new A/V cabinet, and finally… the new TV, which will have its own post shortly. Then I had to install all of the above. Plus towel rods, some light fixtures, the in-wall speakers, the wall mounted surround speakers, and the hardware for the pocket door into the bathroom. And organize all our crap. And move all our clothes into the new closet from various boxes and other closets. And THEN we had to completely vacate the family room and dining room, moving everything into the living room. The living room is now basically a huge storage unit, packed from floor to ceiling, with a small area carved out in the middle for an office. (I had to drill a hole through the floor to wire up the DSL, there was no phone jack in the living room).

So you can see I’ve been a bit busy. Oh, and let’s not forget that during this entire period at least one of the three of us was sick seemingly every day, and for about a week I think we were all sick. Thankfully, Justin fared the best out of all of us, but it hasn’t been a good winter for us health wise.

And through all this I somehow managed to go to work every day (well, some days were at home when I didn’t feel like inflicting my germs on my coworkers). And this is the other main reason the blog has been backburnered for almost 2 months. As most of my friends, family, and colleagues know Vast.com finally launched on March 13, late on that Monday night. The run-up to the launch was pretty hectic with a flurry of last-minute activity, and the pace has actually increased since then. If you’re curious about exactly what we’re up to you can read an excellent overview here.

So, it is now April and Susan and I are happily ensconced in our nice new , Vast is live, the remodel has been on hiatus for the last couple of weeks due to the ridiculously bad weather we’ve been having, and I think I’ll be able to find a couple of hours a week to devote to the blog, even if it’s just a few short posts.

So here we go, after a false start Colevault.com is now off and running. You might want to scroll to the bottom of the page and read the earlier posts, and don’t be afraid to comment. I’ll likely be adding some cool blog widgets over time, like the Radio Blog player which you see in the sidebar. This is where you’ll see a sampling of what’s on my iPod during any given week. Just click on a song and the rest will play in sequence, or click on the Zap! button to skip to the next song. If you want the player to run when/if you leave the site, just click on the “Popup” button at the bottom and the player will launch in a separate window. The rest of the Radio Blog features should be self-explanatory so crank it up!

That’s it for now. Welcome to Colevault!