KW> I'm finishing off a landscape project in our back yard. Our back yard now
KW> is 1/3 unfinished dirt and gravel with a new shed that's a little
KW> retreat/sitting area, 1/3 leveled artificial grass, and 1/3 pea gravel
KW> with a table/chairs/umbrella.

Nice!  Yes, there are always outdoor projects in play.  I need to re-work the
expansion gaps between our concrete sidewalk and driveway.  Also do lots of
scrub trimming - some with a chainsaw.  

KW> On the home front, I'm playing with maxxing out my homelab (Proxmox
KW> running VMs and LXC containers, and an Ubuntu guest running k3s), my
KW> router running DD-WRT, a Pi running as a reverse proxy, and watching as
KW> many how-to videos as I can stand.

Cool!  I'm still running ESXi 6.7 here.  I have also been doing lots of work
with Home Assistant and crypto mining.  

KW> Kids are getting ready for changes in school - my daughter is going into
KW> middle school, and my son starts college. He's been on an extended trip
KW> with his mom and her family, when he gets back he needs to practice and
KW> pass his driving test, get his license, find a job and move stuff from
KW> his mom's house to ours as he'll be living with us full-time in the fall.
KW> Then, start as a freshman, I don't think he knows how hard it's going to
KW> be compared to remote schooling his senior year.

My son starts 8th grade this fall.  Both my daughters are way past school age at
this point.  One is turning 28 and the other is 25.  

What has been odd the past year is not having to work on my cars as much. Mainly
because they don't get driven much.  I work from home almost everyday and in the
summer, will take one of the Harleys if I have somewhere to go.

We are going to be re-working our basement this fall because I want it to be a
100% fun area.  Fish tank, pinball, games, pool table, huge TV, fireplace, the
works.  It is going to be a fun place.  I enjoy doing those types of projects,
so looking forward to it.

- Mark

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