A few errands a visit to the hospital. Cousin still in critical care but opened her eyes and said Hi Billy. I take that as a good sign. Collars and Co Navy cotton silk polo over tan Twillory performance shorts. Beckett Simonon suede loafers. Kitty Hawk blue dial watch and Versace Dylan Blue. Also my Stetson Aficionado hat!

Monday madness! Lots going on at work and at home. Family arrived home super early so Logan could spend the day both doing his final packing for the dorm and see his girlfriend before heading out (she's a senior). It's an emotionally tricky day for him, no doubt. Navigating a complex HR issue at the office where I am working to turn a potential release of one employee into a welcomed management challenge for another new hire. The character of the challenging employee is upstanding - he's just very new to working in a professional setting and needs someone to work with him on how to excel in an office environment. More of a relaxed outfit today to try to help with the potential intensity of the meetings. Summer blues with classic preppy texture for a video-conference workday: • Jacket — SJ-015 (Brooks Brothers): A lightweight white-and-mid-blue cotton seersucker jacket with a matte finish and partially lined construction. Its pronounced stripe supplies the outfit’s summer character while remaining polished on camera. • Trousers — SL-026 (Suitsupply): Mid-blue straight-leg trousers in a summer-weight wool, silk, and linen blend. Their understated plain weave grounds the stronger seersucker texture without resembling an attempted matched suit. • Shirt — DS-040 (Charles Tyrwhitt): A formal white, non-iron, two-ply cotton-twill shirt with a classic point collar and rounded French cuffs. Use approximately 2.5-inch collar stays—an estimate because the stay size is not recorded in the shirt data. • Undershirt — US-002 (Ralph Lauren Polo): A simple white cotton crew-neck undershirt that remains discreet beneath the opaque white twill. It adds comfort without affecting the visible color story. • Tie — NT-050 (Paul Fredrick): A steel-blue and gray silk herringbone tie with silver-white and gold accents scattered through the pattern. Its texture bridges the solid trousers and striped jacket; use a balanced Half-Windsor with the classic point collar. • Suspenders — SB-001 (Kirby Allison): Navy silk suspenders with white polka dots, black leather button loops, and silver hardware. They reinforce the blue palette while remaining largely concealed and appropriately business formal.

Walking both girls down the road, Eldest to catch her 0730 bus then the youngest to be at school by 0830, plus Tuesday’s regular chiropractic appointment and today a Dr appointment for a new script for my medications and to get the tip of my middle finger checked as it seems to have developed and internal blister where the lower chopped it 4 months ago. Also a quick photo shoot between appointments as it would be ridiculous to drive home to then turn around and leave again. I did take over 20 photos and will try to get the best and add the most with the outfit, but J am only on my phone. I also tried something a little different with the cap matching the suit and shoes and not the overcoat this time. Today’s outfit consists of: Brixton Brood Snap Cap in Oatmeal and Charcoal houndstooth M.J.Bale Pascal Navy Peacoat M.J. Bale Collins Suit in Brown OTAA Beaufort Riviera French Cuff Dobby Shirt OTAA Bondi Navy Blue Pinstripe OTAA Shining Silver Tie Clip Mitch Dowd Monkey Cuff Links (chosen by my youngest) Van Heusen Sky Blue with Royal Blue Flowers Youngest daughter made me a colourful band bracelet OTAA Jack O’ Cups Shattuckite Skull Bracelet OTAA Dark Coffee Brown textured socks Sparrods & Co Oslo Double Monkstrap in Espresso SOTD - Azzaro Wanted by Night with Mancera Amore Caffe overspray. WOTD - Erebus Ascent 41 Blue MoP

Hey guys....it's been a minute since I came on here, but I wanted to show one of my current projects. A couple of months ago I had to put down my 14+ year old pitbull. It was not easy, but it was definitely time for her. Anything longer would have just been extending her misery. Everything was getting difficult for her, and the past few weeks she was eating only sporadically. I put some much into her that I even had a dedicated bedroom for her to use as a bathroom. I put down a large piece of leftover vinyl flooring over the ratty berber carpeting that was already in that room when I bought the house. I had been using the room for storage, and even painted some of my project toolboxes and whatnot in there. I told my girlfriend that when Spooky (my dog) was gone, we'd turn that room into a walk in closet. We did all of the work ourselves, which included ripping out vinyl and old berber carpeting, then using Nature's Miracle on the particle board subfloor where urine had soaked through. Let me tell you, that stuff is AMAZING! Once the subfloor was treated with that and it dried completely, I put 2 coats of Zinsser BIN shellac primer on the subfloor, then we bought and installed vinyl plank flooring. The original owners just had 1x4 material as molding along the floor. I used a bit in my router table to give that a nice top edge and not look so blocky. I also patched all the walls and painted them. The original owner had created this room by encroaching on the original garage, then built a full 2 car garage onto the existing garage. Kind of wonky but it worked. They didn't however have any ceiling mounted lighting, choosing rather to mount some wall sconces on the one wall which were inadequate and pretty redneck to me. I re-routed those wires up into the attic and then drilled holes into the plasterboard ceiling for ceiling mounted lights. To explain the ceiling situation.....there is a drop ceiling they installed, that's about 2" below what used to be the old garage platerboard ceiling. The drop ceiling is only 6'8" tall, and because of the limited height and limited options, I went with some very slim LED panel lights that I managed to wrestle into the drop ceiling grid (that was not a super fun part of the job). The lights are adjustable for light color (3.5k, 4k, or 5k) and have 3 different lumes settings. That was the basic shell of the room.