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Lewisburg and stuff
A few weekends ago, Emily and I were without kids so decided to take a trip to Lewisburg, WV. Lewisburg was voted “America’s Coolest Town” in 2011 so we figured we should check it out. There is a lot...
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The Greenbrier and the bunker tour
Where did the last 10 days go? It seems like we just got back from the trip we took to Lewisburg, but it’s been a while now! So, it turns out, the Greenbrier resort is in White Sulphur Springs, WV, a...
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Beach 2014
We go to the beach every other year or so and this is our year. This is weird I know, especially since I never went to the beach as a kid, but it truly doesn’t feel like Summer to me on beach years,...
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Pier pressure
I mentioned that we are at the beach and are lucky enough to have a house pretty near to one of the piers in the Topsail Island area. I have this thing for structures I guess. Every time I see a cool...
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The surfer look?
We’ve been back from the beach for a few days, but my head is sort of still halfway between home and the ocean. I was looking back over the pics I took and there are far too many of the pier. The...
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Eggs!!!
Well, really, so far it is just egg!!! On Sunday, I went outside to feed the chickens and let them roam around a bit in the yard. We don’t exactly allow the chickens to be fully free-range as there...
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20 Years Strong!
Today Emily and I celebrate our 20 year wedding anniversary! It’s cliche I suppose, but time has flown and I cannot be any happier to have spent this time with Emily. She is the best of everything I...
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What the heck is this…redux
Way back in 2008 (that’s 6 years ago…seems like last year), I was digging potatoes and found a big brown wormy thingamabob…I asked, what the heck is this? Someone answered it was a tomato hornworm....
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Spot the queen bee
Let’s play a game! Can you find the queen bee? Can you find the queen? No? Good…she isn’t in there…this was just a test. How about here…can you find the queen? One looks different… Try this one…a...
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Ab Challenge
Back in May, a friend of mine posted a “30 day ab challenge” event on her facebook. Isaac and I decided to give it a go. After losing a bunch of weight, I decided it was time to get back into guided...
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Bugs and stuff
Not much to say…just a few pics that I though were pretty cool. It is only early August but it feels like Summer is over. School starts on Monday and the temps feel like late September. This has...
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We have a credit card like just about everyone. We use it to buy pretty much everything so we can get points which we enjoy. Every month we always pay it off in full so it really works for us. It’s...
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Taters and maters
I just like saying that title…it is like so many words or combinations….it’s just a fun thing to say. What words do you have like that…stuff that’s just fun to say? A huge tomato! Anyhow, I’ve long...
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First day of school – 2014
I can’t believe Summer is over! Well, school has started anyhow…so Summer might as well be over. Since almost everything is about me, I have to lament that now, with the start of school, I have to...
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Hanging out
We’ve been moving very slowly at the deluxe shed lately. It’s all wired and mostly insulated. We are just finishing up the crappiest of the insulation now. Where the stairwell comes up to the second...
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Guess what it is!
We went to my parents’ house last weekend and they had a surprise for us…now don’t look ahead until you take a guess…do you know what this is? Guess what it is So you know, I have this thing for...
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Scout camp…a long time ago!
Way back when, I was in the Boy Scouts. My Dad was the scoutmaster for a large portion of my scouting career so it was doubly neat to be involved together. I grew up in the boonies, so scouting type...
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Math facts
Abigail is in middle school this year. Kids seem to get interesting starting in middle school. They think differently. Well, I guess most folks wonder if middle school kids think at all, but I like...
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Who is right?
Emily and I are having problems. We’ve been married for 20 years now, and this problem has festered beneath the surface for as long as we have been together. She thinks that she is right and I know I...
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Honey harvest 2014
It’s that time of year again. Each year around tax day, I add honey supers to my hives. It’s no exact science, but I like to keep honey supers on my hives from, roughly, Tax day to Independence day....
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