Posted in Family Things on June 27, 2006 | 3 Comments »
For those of you who haven’t already heard of my whining, I mean accomplishment:
I quit smoking! As of right now, my official stats (according to my quit-meter) are:
One week, three days, 6 hours, 2 minutes and 58 seconds. 512 cigarettes not smoked, saving $41.01. Life saved: 1 day, 18 hours, 40 minutes.
Posted in House Construction on June 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Dang. We’ve been building this house for 2 years now. Just… Dang.
Anyway, the house is moving along. The floors are now all stained and sealed. I mixed up some ironite, copperas, and a big ol’ can of coffee grounds with some water. We all slopped it on the floor [...]
Posted in Garden on June 18, 2006 | 12 Comments »
We ate the first two ripe tomatoes today! Just had to rub that in for the northerners.
Posted in House Construction on June 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Side wall finished.
Gooping the front wall.
Front wall done.
The future play area that the kids have been working on clearing the past few weeks. It’s also where I have planted the apple trees, pear trees, and one lone mulberry tree. More fruit trees, as well as nut trees, will be planted further beyond the [...]
Posted in Family Things, House Construction on June 14, 2006 | 2 Comments »
This kitten LOVES snuggling up with Nellie every night. (Oops, guess I didn’t get all of the supper off of her. Just noticed that.)
Marvin Perkins, where are you? Later edit: MarLin, not MarVin. Doh! How could I screw that up?
Now, on to the house…
Check out the view we’ll have [...]
Posted in House Construction on June 12, 2006 | Comments Off
The temp wall is completely done! Well, except for a few minor details to completely seal it in. I came inside with the kids while it was only half up so you’ll have to settle for pics of it half done until I remember to take up the camera again.
The back half of [...]
Posted in Family Things on June 12, 2006 | 1 Comment »
This pic is SO Nellie.
Our new disco floor.
Duke showing off his skateboard moves.
Isaac is practicing to be a convict (noticce the self-applied “handcuffs”).
The pink pool is what Nellie got for her birthday. The “big” pool is what the kids all got for a belated Christmas present (along with a fixer-upper boat that I forgot [...]
Posted in Genealogy on June 8, 2006 | 6 Comments »
For those of you fortunate enough to not share genes with me: Doug, a cousin of mine…or is he a half-cousin…or…something like that, emailed me this pic tonight. I am the spawn of one of these oh-so-hip cats.
(For those of you who are related to me, my condolences.)
Adding in another one from Doug [...]
Posted in Family Things on June 5, 2006 | 3 Comments »
http://davemx.com/life/movies-speeds-052006.html
So if you’ve ever had a hankering to see us in motion, here’s your chance! David, brother o’ mine, took some video while he was here at the end of May. Yeah, I’m in there, too–avert your eyes during that part unless you want to be blinded for life. David will [...]
Posted in Family Things, Garden on June 2, 2006 | 8 Comments »
First, a couple of kid shots just because they’re so cute. (They’re my offspring–could they be anything other than cute?? I think not.) I missed a pic of Cody because he had already gone into the house.
After a month of no rain, we finally got about 1/2″ the past couple of days. [...]
