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I was itching to get out of doors and all this fresh snow wasn’t helping.  I made a few phone calls and had a small team ready to hike (a small mountain).  Matt was pressed for time on the backside of the day, so did him a solid, Nick and I drove down to him… Continue reading »

At work we have the opportunity to work above our expectations and be rewarded for it.  I’ve had a few chances to do this in the past, and had banked some points to spend at an assigned internal store. I like to “buy” things with these points that I wouldn’t normally spend money on.  Jess… Continue reading »

From a restaurant. In an attempt to keep better track of our expenses, we started a written budget this year.  We itemized everything we spend money on, set a budget for the item, and tried to stay within it.  We even had a column for Eating Out.  So I guess you could say we were… Continue reading »

So I spent my birthday allowance on the latest copy of iLife. iLife ’09.  It just came out on the 27th and I was late to pre-ordering it, but the tracking showed it coming on my birthday, the 28th.  Of course, FedEx needed an artistic yet pointless signature and didn’t leave it at the door. … Continue reading »

OK..  So this is the type of photos I was hoping to show here on the “Photo Blog”.  I haven’t dug my “real” camera out in some time (still haven’t).  But I try and snap a photo of something significant (read: artsy) every once in a while with my point and shoot. I’ve been meaning… Continue reading »

Today was another one of those days. Every year you get older.  But some years… some years you hit those “marker” years.  The big ones being 20, 30, 40, etc. And then there are the other significant years.. 18, 21, 62, 65.  Well, for me.. all the “divisible by five” years are significant.  It means… Continue reading »

Nathan turned nine tonight.  At 7:21pm.  You know me and numbers.  His birth information is easy to remember.  Born at 7:21p, weighing 7lb 12oz on… 1/27, in Room 217.. OK, I don’t remember the room number.. but still.. that’s a lot of 1′s, 2′s and 7′s. LEGO, $, Wii, Rockets, and a little more Yankee… Continue reading »

Consumed. I just tossed bag 101 into the stove.  I’m on my “last” [stored] ton of pellets.  I left the softwood pellets as the last ton.  Since I bought them first, I’ll see if that turns out to be a good decision or not.  These pellets don’t look as nice as the hardwood ones.  They… Continue reading »

Age old question..  Do you go sledding, or do you do go sliding?  It’s a sliding hill or maybe a sliding trail.  You slide down the hill.  But you do so on a sled.  Around here, sledding is generally the motorized type.  I know it’s always been a confusing subject, because.. well, let me tell… Continue reading »

I’m not as adventurous as I used to be.  Apparently now my adventures are lived out on the surface of a board game.  Nathan received a new board game for Christmas this year, The Dangerous Book of for Boys Game. He also has the book.  The game is impressive.  Very challenging really.  Tying knots, drawing… Continue reading »