09 Oct
When they say to play dead and the bear won’t hurt you…. Does this work against a car coming at you on the road?
I was driving home the other night with my two oldest daughters, Katie & Lara, when my headlights came across a possum trying to walk across the road. The possum was right [...]
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21 Jul
Today is Stormy’s 5th birthday. Man-o-man how fast they grow.
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06 Jun
Well I’m working on putting in a new patio and swimming pool off the back of the house and these trees are going to promote a problem. I’ve got so many of them that very little sun-light hits the backyard. And the swimming pool is going to go right on top of where a pretty [...]
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20 May
Our next toy for the whole family is available in stores tomorrow. I’m unlikely to get one as they’re probably going to be sold out before I get there. I’ll stop by the store an hour before they open. If there’s a huge line, I’ll just have to wait.
What I’m talking about [...]
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07 May
Tracy asked me to make a swing-set for the girls in the back-yard. So I put together a plan and headed to Home Depot. After a couple of days of back-breaking work, Here’s what I ended up with. The Ultimate Swing-Set!
This baby tops off at 15-1/2 feet high! It’s made of [...]
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04 Apr
This is a family event for us.
We all get popcorn, chips, or whatever and sit and watch twice a week and critique the singers, argue about our favorites, guess who’s gonna get the boot, yet never vote ourselves. It’s a good time to get Tracy and I along with the girls all in [...]
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26 Mar
Photo of Stormy with her Grandpa
Click HERE for a full resolution printable version.
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11 Mar
Well I finally finished the last of the Harry Potter books. It was a great ride and I had a lot of fun reading them. Hats off to J.K. Rowling for just an awesome series of books. I was extremely pleased with the ending and look forward to seeing the [...]
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03 Mar
This is just about the best clip from the movie I saw last night called “The Last Mimzy”
Tracy forced me to watch it. It wasn’t long before I was tied up in it and asking for her to pause it when I went to make popcorn or to go to the bathroom. It [...]
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03 Mar
I took a few hours on Saturday afternoon to spend some time with Stormy building an igloo.
It’s of the traditional design. Round and domed with the shoot-style entrance. This puppy took close to three hours to build and my legs are suffering for it today. It’s a lot [...]
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