Hi All!
It's hard to believe this is the 200th blog post we've done. Lots has happened since that first post on November 30, 2014. What started out as a blog about our sailing adventure turned into a travel blog and then a blog on building our house in East Texas.
Seems fitting the 200th post would contain another change in direction of sorts. I have a job! Shortly after the first of the year a friend of ours called and asked if I could help him out at his oilfield services company. For those that don't know, Kilgore (we live about 10 miles outside Kilgore) is home to the world's richest acre. Back in the 30's when oil was first discovered in East Texas there were no restrictions on how close one oil well could be to another. Kilgore was covered with oil wells, 1,200 within the city limits. Since 1930 oil wells on 1.2 acres within the city limits have produced 2.5 million barrels of oil. There aren't nearly that many wells anymore but you still see pump jacks pumping all around town. Chili's painted the one in their parking lot to look like a chili. All that to say, oil is still big business.
My original job was to do inventory of all the pipe, fittings and other assorted equipment (flare stacks, seperators, sand traps, plug valves) the company uses. It took me to Midland, Pleasanton and Carrizo Springs- all here in Texas. That part is finished so now I'm working on a couple of IT projects, something with which I'm a bit more familar. (I wanted to say "something I'm more familar with" but Susan wouldn't let me end a sentence with "with". There, I did it twice.)
No, the house isn't completed but the estimated completion date of 2024 is still achievable. While I've been working at a J O B, Susan has been finishing up the Crack House. For all intents and purposes, it's ready to rent.
That's it for now. Sorry, no pictures this time. There weren't any in the first post either.
Take care.
Brian
