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Missing: 25 foot Ash Tree
The city came by last Friday and cut down the ash tree that sits in the right of way in front of our house. I was sorry to see it go, but apparently it was infested with the dreaded Emerald Ash Borer. I got some paperwork from the city about purchasing a new tree. The [...]
The Luckiest Day EVER!
Please let me be frank on this, lucky day. (7.7.07, get it?) Anyway, I am in fact a lucky person. I have a perfectly lovely wife and two great children. My job is cool, it is a good job. Not going to work during the summer is good too… Anyway, luck, okay, back to luck. [...]
Train Trip Low-Down
Train Travel The reason we went with the train, Amtrak, was price and to ability to see the country as we went by. Turns out that most of the countryside isn’t worth seeing and the days it took to get out there and back might have been worth a few hundred dollars more to fly. [...]
That’s a lot of Hot Air
Balloon Fest was this past weekend. You wouldn’t know from me telling that it is fun to watch hot air balloons take off, but it is and I’d suggest everyone see it once for themselves. My mom counted 53 balloons Saturday evening, she was amazed. Mike noted over the phone to her later that this [...]
What kind of a Yard Sale is this?
This made perfect sense to Dawn at the time she wrote it, you know? We had soft-cover children’s books, 10¢. Hard-cover children’s books, 25¢. ADULT BOOKS, as priced. Yes, it was worth a laugh, although, there was only one adult book in the bunch, the rest where cook books and craft ideas, disappointing. Good news, [...]
Our train trip begins
This morning the family and I are off to Seattle on a train trip. It will take two days to get there this was. Of course it will take two days on the way back, with only a three day visit, we will be on the train more then with Dawn’s brother. I’m looking forward [...]
