Down to San Angelo for a meeting then back to Lubbock after that. Lots of windshield time today. - black short sleeve button down with company logos - Brown leather belt - Slim straight blue jeans - Brown oxford shoes

Well today I finally semi got to tie a bow tie and wear one. After 20 minutes and help from my brother @Floyd Bailey Jr. who sent me a video and also @Chad Smith who also sent me one, I finally was able to get one semi looking decent.

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.

Monday may be my new beginning each week, but Tuesday is usually when I start putting that beginning into action. Today is an office day spent with my accountant and finance team — which somehow makes “the details matter” feel particularly appropriate. 😂 With a warm and humid August day outside, I kept things relatively simple: blue trousers, a light checked shirt, brown suede shoes and coordinating socks. Comfortable enough for a summer day in the office, but still put together in a way that feels appropriate for the work I’m doing. And, of course, a watch to finish things off. 😎 One of the things I continue to enjoy about this journey is realizing that being intentional about how I dress doesn’t always mean being more formal. Sometimes the intentional choice is knowing when not to add the sport coat. For me, being a gentleman has never been defined by a jacket, tie or particular pair of shoes anyway. It is much more about the standards I try to hold myself to — how I present myself, how I treat people, how I conduct my business and whether I pay attention to the little things when nobody else particularly cares. Clothing is simply one visible part of that. Today’s outfit isn’t complicated. But every piece was chosen for a reason. And sometimes I think that is what intentionality really comes down to: The details matter.