We slept in and then started the cooking, we had ribs, baked beans, something that was supposed to be au gratin potatoes but came out like cheesy mashed potatoes. But a good time was had by all.
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Merry Christmas!
It’s Christmas eve and we just got back from my sisters where we had filet magnon with baked mashed potatoes and broccoli and carrots. Mom, Sandy, Cortney, Garth, Jason and I had a wonderful time.
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Permit Acquired
This should be a celebrated moment in my adulthood! I actually got a permit to build the shed! Now mind you the only reason I went to the trouble with this is because the shed is on the back of the property and there’s an easement back there and I wasn’t sure how far away to build. I don’t generally support or even condone the government getting in your business as to what you do with you’re property by requiring permits but made an exception in this case because I don’t want to have to move it:)
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Christmas Cookies
Tis the season for Christmas cookies and our household has them aplenty. Here Sandy is messing up the kitchen.
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Friends Passing
Even in this day and age you can still miss the passing of an old friend. I found out my old roommate Bill Adams passed a couple of years ago. Brain cancer of all things. It makes one stop and think. The older I get the more I’m stunned by the revelation that life is finite, it will end one way or the other. And given my age the ride is well over half way done. I really don’t like to think of it but it’s the looming iceberg ahead and there’s no way to change course, no way to avert.
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Sandy’s Rock Art
So I married a girl with an artistic streak, talk about opposites attracting. I’m completely left brained seeing beauty in logic and science, my career in and addiction to computers is convincing evidence. Sandy is solidly right brained, social worker, loves beach sunsets, likes art and can paint. I can draw a pretty convincing stick figure… In any case I thought I’d showcase some of the art I see laying around the house, enjoy!
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Lumberjack Day
I’ll be the first to tell you I HATE removing trees and shrubs. It has nothing to do with the labor, it’s easier than moving the friggin bricks and it’s fun to play with chainsaws. It’s the fact that it’s green vegetation and I love trees. But in the name of progress and reclamation of the outdoor area the tree and shrub had to go. Looks amazingly more open now.
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Autumn Sunrise
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a morning person. But for whatever reason every now and again God sees fit to have me be awake to witness dawn breaking over this beautiful creation. It reminds me to try to make the most of the new day and that if there wasn’t darkness, you wouldn’t get to see this.
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More Bricks
As I was hauling more of these it occurred to me that they are going to have to be moved again, alas but only one more time. And I’ll have a skid steer to load and move them then. But I’m down to two pallets left so we’ve past half way mark. I’ll eventually get the stuff over to the city for the permit shortly, hopefully. In any case we made progress on the new patch.
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3D – Print – AAA Battery Holder
So from yesterday, we were discussing how to rotate your AAA batteries when you’re changing them out. While I love the idea of this item, it really doesn’t work as cool as it looks, if the battery slide is empty and one has to slide all the way down it tends to get sideways and you have to open/shake it around to get it where it needs to be. The cover doesn’t fit right either, just not tight enough. But despite the lack of a wow factor, it does the job we need it to in that if you put your dead batteries in the top, they will properly rotate assuming you take from the bottom to full the charger.
