I am refinishing a coffee table in my garage. My garage is insulated with a foam core door, but after that last batch of sub-zero weather it has been pretty chilly out there. The polyurethane I am using likes it to be above fifty degrees to set properly so I set up my little propane heater in the garage. It is a little job, designed to screw onto ( Read more... )

Today a young lady cornered me to asked me if her idea to help improve her dad's relationship with her boyfriend was a good plan. It was. A young man looked me up today to tell me that he has decided what to do with himself after he graduates. He's joining the Navy. I had to tell a father today that his son, suspended for rule violations, is a good ( Read more... )

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I finally did it. I have been wanting to do it all year and I finally did it. Not exactly like Jim does it (ie; Office) but hey, CYB as they say ( Read more... )

Having plowed the driveway and shoveled walks from the deck to the path, path to the gate, gate to Chelsea's, Chelsea's to the front door, and the front door, I sat down to write the agenda for January's council meeting at church. The phone rang and it was Sossi from school. A parent called her as I was leaving (at a quickened pace, having ( Read more... )

There are a confirmed six baby bunnies with Amy (Amazon is the full name) making the seventh new bunny. Amy is a girl. Recently our neighbor girl (Conner's Protector) has reported unusual activity in bunny bin #2, Cowslip's pen. Today we decided that if we are going to control the population growth, not only do we need to protect Cowslip, but we ( Read more... )

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I am beginning to think that hanging out with my family might not be such a great idea. Most have aches and pains (doesn't everybody) but now siatica and other ailments are forcing my once active sibs and grups into convalescing shut ins.  Mom says Dad is "fading". What does that mean? Is he getting paler?...farther away?.... harder to hear? Maybe ( Read more... )

He knows something. He knows enough to find "The Price is Right". He knows how to turn it on. He doesn't know how to turn it off. His netzero program is "corrupted" and cannot be reinstalled as it came with the computer. I didn't think about recovery disks, I don't remember seeing them when M and I set up Craig's computer. He still has a hard time ( Read more... )

Bullet head, that rings a bell. My head, shaven by my father, did indeed resemble a bullet (morphed to banana over time) or so I am told. I do not have first hand knowledge of the fact since I never saw the back of my head until my near life experience of 1987.
I cried the day dad shaved my head. It was the beginning of summer and my long locks ( Read more... )