What a great weekend! Sure it rained most days, and my ‘new’ neighbors had their wedding in the back yard next door – but all in all it was still pretty tough to beat. Karen and I had lots of time to sit and talk, and lots of time to goof off alone. I even [...]
Entries from September 2008
Back to reality after the aniversary weekend
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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10 year wedding anniversary
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s hard to believe that only ten short years ago I was half a person. Since Karen said ‘I do’ we have had three houses and grown our little family by another two actual little persons. I am a very very lucky man. And I love my wife very, very much.
I wonder what the next [...]
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Excited about Winter
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
This year we will go sledding at least once a week! This year we will use the tractor to pile snow up into a quick start hill – and a jump! This year I will store my wood nicely in stages – the final stage inside the house! [...]
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Second to last golf Tuesday – Done
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Great night – par, bogey, bogey, par, etc. Now I’m back in the office – mildly hung over and feeling a bit blue. I get paid a lot of money to do some interesting technical things. But this morning I’m still bored…
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Gutters are up – family is down…
September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Nicky ran a fever yesterday after a stuffy head and crying all Sunday. Alex has been complaining of a stomach ache and I am right on the cusp of calling the doctor for my suspected hernia. On the plus side, I worked until pretty late yesterday and finished the barn gutter install! Those lengths of [...]
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My grass is greener
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Summer is truly fading into fall this morning with the temperatures hovering in the mid forties when I am woken (not unkindly) by the cat’ ass. I’m feeling a bit jaded maybe about my creativity and the lack thereof. I sat down and hammered out some blues on Saturday until my hand cramped. I think [...]
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Summers almost done
September 11th, 2008 · No Comments
And I have a lot of work to do – still.
On the plus side, the fence line is mostly cleared. There are a few patches of poison ivy to cut by hand (then spray, incinerate and salt the earth) and I still have to spray ground clear under the bottom rail (again – salting the [...]
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