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To Be Continued…

31 posts that were over 150 words each in 31 days.  That was the challenge, and I’ve succeeded.  But this has been about more than just the awesome pointsTM, this year I have managed to make this blog a purposeful place to share my thoughts and stories.  I am completing this challenge with more than [...]

Pumping Iron – the sequel

The first day of working out is easy. You watch the video, follow the steps, and then you go collapse. Easy-peasy. Okay, well, maybe not so easy, if my tweet last night is any indication:
Barely keeping it together. First workout in a long time. So weak. Ah, well. The journey of a [...]

Holy Cow

So, yesterday, I mentioned that I was looking into a fitness program that Shaun had mentioned his wife, Lindsay, was doing.
Today, I started that fitness regime in earnest.
Holy cow.
Chest and back, eh? I imagine that a lot more than that will hurt tomorrow. In fact, I might not be [...]

Electrical Optimization

Our house is tall.  Most of our day is spent on the main floor, the bedrooms are on floor 2 and the attic houses a playroom for the kids.  Sadly, while there used to be a radiator at the bottom of the attic stairs and one in the attic they had been removed a long [...]

Unschooling

I don’t spend a lot of time talking about our decision to homeschool Nick. I don’t even think about it much. He’s a bright boy, he picks his way, and he is interested in an amazing array of things, about which he knows a lot more than his old pappy, here.
Kim forwarded me [...]

No time to note time

Like all of you I would like more hours in the day, or more hours of sleep.  Unfortunately one is sacrificed at the expense of the other.  I can stay up late get the living room vacuumed, read the book that takes way to many brain cells (quick no googling what does the hypothalamus do?) [...]

The Home Stretch

This one month, post-a-day blogging challenge only has a few days to go, and likewise my summer “vacation” ends in a week.  Next Tuesday classes will begin and life will go back to more of a routine.  I put the finishing touches on my syllabus today and tomorrow it will go out to the printers.  [...]

The Dog Catcher

Just thought I’d take the time to quickly share a training session from Dash this morning.

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Summer Blog Challenge post #28

Jacob’s Story
Snowflake Method History

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Wizard
Hero
Lawman
Thief
Emeril Revisited
Barbarian
Knight
Princess

Design Edits
Step 4

Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five

Step 4 edits
Step 5

Doop’s Story
Gary’s Story
Emeril’s Story

Just when I was getting ready to cash in and call it a career, I got word that the big boss, the guy who got me into the business, wanted a job done. When [...]

Just Dropping By

Before we moved to Chicago we had a bunch of local friends and family and while there were a bunch of expected visits there was also the occasional drop in.  People would call, give maybe a 10 minute lead time and Erron and I would frantically get the worst of our mess tidied up.  I’d [...]