Quite a lazy old day, as advertised. I slept in - Ollie joined me in this endeavour, which just makes it better and cuter - and then spent much of the day puttering around doing not much. I did dishes. I watched more of a birthday gift. I looked at wedding.xls (our wedding is now largely planned on a 9-tab excel spreadsheet). I monitored weather to the north ahead of our trip in that direction tomorrow. I talked to Dad. I talked to Robin. I talked to Jenelle. I played "My Humps" on the stereo just to hear the bass thumping.
Results from the trade show rolled in this afternoon and confirmed my fear: people were a little too into the product class to consider which products stigmatize users, which they'd like on their counter, and which represents the best value to an actual person. So, high five's hedge against this didn't go too well. I guess this is something about an artificial trade show that is hard to judge, making it hard to predict demand. All-in-all we did OK because of high margins and low sales expectations.
On a totally unrelated note: the fourth floor (fifth, really) isn't high by architectural standards, but for a residence it is pretty lofty. I really like living at this level because the tops of trees bend just below line of sight and the weather is a bit more perceptible. Birds glide by on the wind, which rips around the corner of the building and creates a great howling on a cold December day like this one.
Friday, December 01, 2006