The Life of Kevin Hauge

I haven’t posted a blog in quite a while but I feel that this is probably the best time to start again.

My friend, Julie Morris, is an avid runner of half-marathons and half-triathlons. This year, she has made a commitment to complete the King’s Trail Triathlon in Maui, Hawaii on June 8th, 2008 with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training. This will be a challenge for her, not only because it’s a full triathlon, but because it has personal meaning for her. She is racing in memory of her dad, Jim, who lost his battle with cancer nearly 9 years ago. Of course she will also be racing in honor of others who have lost their battle, or currently suffering, from some form of blood cancer.

Julie has set a fundraising goal of $5,300 with a majority of the money that is raised will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for patient aid, research and education.

Make a Donation!

If you would be able to contribute to this cause, please do! Donations are 100% tax deductible and every little bit helps. No amount is too great or too small.

Client Axis Donation Discount

In addition to a cash donation, I am also offering a promotion for those interested in my Client Axis script. Anyone willing to donate will receive a coupon valid for 100% of the donated value off of the license price of Client Axis. A donation of $20 will entitle you to $20 off your Client Axis purchase, a $50 donation equals $50 off, etc. If you donate, please contact me with the confirmation and I will send you the details on how to redeem that amount during checkout.

Donate Now!

Thank you for reading and I hope you can help support Julie and the Team in Training! 

It’s been a while since I wrote anything and I took some progress photos a while back and thought I’d post an update for the house. This time, the living room and entry way.

Before:

After:

I didn’t have a great photo of the entry but I did determine that the wall was perfect for a gallery-style displaying of my artwork. As with the entire upper level, the walls were re-painted so they were not so “pink”.

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

The major changes here were primarily just paint and furniture / decor. My leather furniture fit pretty well in the space and the entertainment unit with the 53″ TV also worked out pretty well. If you look close at the shelves, you can see the style of decor I like … I have an old style typewriter in behind the glass, an old sewing machine, a clay saki set, some pottery, etc. Not much else needed to be worked on here for a while.

Before:

After:

Here you can get a preview of the Dining Room changes as well, but that’s another post.

I thought I would finally post some updates to the house since we’ve been working on them periodically since we moved in. The first is the master bathroom.

Before:

After:

The first obvious change was the wall color. We chose a blue color that was actually in my old bathroom … we liked it that much. There was quite a bit that was removed and updated, with still plenty to go. The major upgrades we made were:

• Painted all the walls

• Put up a shower curtain (they actually took the curtain!)
• Replaced the shower head (was an old hand-held that hit the back of the shower)
• Took out the ceramic toilet paper holder and towel rack, patched the wall and installed a new polished silver set
• Took down the mirror and replaced it with a Menards special
• Added some new towels, decorations and under-cabinet storage bins
• Changed out the light switches and outlet

Before:

After:

In time, there will be some even bigger projects:

• Replace the pink tub

• Replace the shower knob
• Tile the floor
• Change out the vanity and sink
• Replace the faucet
• New lighting
• Replace the toilet
• Add another outlet by the sink
• … basically everything

The joys of home ownership … always something to work on!

I am not sure how many people actually read my blog posts (or lack there-of), but for those who do visit will know that I have been very few and far between on adding updates. This is usually because I have so many projects and events going on in my life that I cannot possibly find time to write about business tips or news in the industry.

So instead, I am starting fresh and focusing more on updates of my life itself, my business, scripts and other bits of information I might find interesting. A major factor for this decision is the number of people that will email me or catch me on IM and ask for what’s going on, why I haven’t responded in a while, etc. Recently I have been very busy and find that I’ve been explaining the same situation to multiple people (which is very counter-productive) … thus this blog will explain it all.

Sit back, learn a little bit about me, why I tick the way I do and the reasons why it’s not as easy to “send a quick reply” … you just make learn something! (ok … probably not, but maybe you’ll at least get a laugh out of it).