I know, late again. Go figure. :p
What can I say? Life has been a little busy, so I'll try to catch up.
First off, Baby's Birthday! Aiden turned 1 this past week and we had a party for him on Sunday. All Grandparents and adopted Grandparents were in attendence. He loves the attention. Good thing he's humble like his Daddy. (not!) No toys! Just send money! ;) haha!
Wife, Baby and I went to Ruiodoso after Christmas! LOVE the snow. Love it! Not enough at the time we were there, but we got our skiing "fix" in and had a good time. Aiden didn't know what to think of the snow. I put his hand in it and he looked at me like," what the hell is THIS stuff?!" Cute little bug!
Work at Darrell McDonald Realtors is going great. LOTS to do in Midland, these days. We have people moving in, Investors swooping in and buying up tons of houses. Other investors buying houses to "flip." And if that wasn't enough, new construction as far as the eye can SEE! Some examples:
Ashley Furniture is up and running now, big nice store.
Comet Cleaners and Jack & Jill Doughnuts are building a new store (building) on Briarwood in NW Midland. That should be up soon.
There is a new strip mall going up by my office on Midland Drive just west of the Town & Country (also on Biarwood).
The Marriott Courtyard is going up by Sam's Club and Clear Spring's Cafe. Also over there will be Permian BMW, if my sources are correct. They should be breaking ground this year.
Also to break ground: Gander Mountian. They are an Out Doors type store with hunting, fishing and boating equipment. I think they will be a welcomed addition to the Permian Basin.
Wall Street's reconstruction is more than half way through and with it, condominiums are planned for a building at the corner of Wall and Main, just west of the main post office. These are anxiously looked after by many people in Midland. I'm very interested in them myself!
I'm sure there is plenty I've left out. It's nothing personal, it is just busy around here!
Things to look forward to in 2007:
The New Engineering building on the UTPB campus.
The New Fine Arts building and Performance Center out at 1788 and 191 (C.E.E.D. Building)
Casino news in Texas? May be a possibility
La Enterada industrial park building being filled? More than likely
Condo's all over downtown and other buildingS (Plural) coming down!!
More residential construction
More commercial construction
More investors from California and elsewhere
More oil being pumped out of the ground
and more of John being late with updating his silly blog. ;)
Anyone interested in being my secretary? I'm cheap, but funny! :P HA!
Take care and stay warm!
