Ben’s Weblog

We’ve been on a roll the past week or two on the house.  Got all of the tiling and grounting done.  (It figures, I ran out of grout about 3 pounds before I was done and had to buy another bag and mix another batch).  Toilet has been installed, and once I get a diamond-crusted bit that can drill through the porcelain tiles, we’ll have a sink and the shower door installed.  Shower plumbing is already done, so in theory, with a curtain, the shower is usable.  Electrical’s done, so I’ve only go another day of work before we have a functional bathroom.  (nb: installing trim is not required to make bathroom functional, but more aesthetically pleasing)  Now, I get to move on to some smaller projects on the “honey-do” list.

Rolling right along at work too.  Nearly all of my work out in PA is done.  It’s been a busy year and a half, but Tassimo has been by far the best project I’ve been on in Kraft.  What’s made it good?  Really, a combination of several things.  First, the work I’ve been doing is exactly the kind of thing I like (process commercialization, with a bit of engineering work). Second, it was a change of routine from the work I’d been doing for the last 4 years in cream cheese.  Third, I’ve been working on Kraft’s biggest new product launch, which means that the work I do really matters.  Fourth, we had a great team of people working on the project.  I can’t say enough good about the people I’ve been working for/with on this.  A group that’s great to be around both on and off the job makes those long days more bearable.