Our church does an event called “Trunk-or-Treat”. The basic idea is that members decorate their cars in the parking lot of the church, and kids come and trunk-or-treat from car to car in a safe environment where they’ll know most …
October 2010
One day, when I was about 12 or so, and my Dad was still a garbageman, he came home from work really excited. Dad would often find things of great value out on his route. Hey, one mans trash is …
I started on one of the projects I teased a couple of weeks ago; the range hood. I worked on this Saturday night, and then Sunday after church. My wife was getting a tad bit nervous, as we were hosting …
I got in a couple of trips to the County Drop-off on Saturday. I love going there, but I hate to see some of the stuff people throw away. Luckily, these trips were just to the brush drop-off. The previous …
My Kung Fu is weak sauce today, because I am really hurting after a day of:1) Homework. My night classes. They will not end.2) Fencing. The digging bar workout. It may not kill me, but I don’t think it’s making …
I’ve mentioned him occasionally in my posts, but never introduced him. Howie is the name I use for one of the early owners of our house. When he bought it in the 50s, the house was on nearly 40 acres, …
I had a blog, once. It was before blogger, livejournal, facebook or myspace (remember myspace?). I had a website where I had a blog running MovableType, and for a while, it was a lot of fun. Then spam hit. I …
Look what came in the mail over the weekend. This has been low on the priority list but high on the “need” list. We’re hosting Thanksgiving this year in our new kitchen, so there’s a number of things that need …
Hopefully, this blog will be useful to some people doing the same things I have done. Here’s a list of products I used in our kitchen, and where I got them. Pretty much everything else (tiles, drywall, electrical, etc) is …
I’ve been installing a fence over the last month whenever I can spare the time. Today, I worked on a double-gate to allow cars to get onto the lawn. This actually happens quite frequently. The oil delivery guy, gravel delivery, …
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