Kyle took me on a sweet vacation for Memorial Day weekend. I've always wanted to see Leavenworth because the commercials made it look so beautiful and fun. So he booked us a room at this sweet little bed & breakfast lodge called the Mountain Home Lodge. We stayed in the Mountain View Room and it was absolutely amazing. I'm going to get Kyle to post ( Read more... )

Sooooo no one has responded to my previous post about the BBQ. So I'm assuming that everyone got the evite and no one can come. So sad! If this is wrong, please please please let me know! I'd really love for you to come!

We now have ( Read more... )

I knew being a home owner was expensive, but holy cow! Perhaps we're moving a bit fast, but I think it's a good thing to get it all done before we loose our momentum. Just so you know, this particular momentum has helped us acquire new Leaf Filter gutters, monthly landscape maintenance, a high efficiency tankless water heater and a high efficiency ( Read more... )

First and foremost, I am thankful I have a job. But there are times when that thankfulness isn't enough to make me feel better when I'm having a grumpy day ( Read more... )

My brother and future sis-in-law came this last weekend and brought a truck load of furniture I inhereted from various family members. Most of the pieces are almost 100 years old. They are really beautiful pieces. A dining set & chairs, sofa, rocker, chair, sewing table with pedal and an amazing china hutch. They also brought boxes and boxes of ( Read more... )

I overheard one side of a conversation between a crew chief and his tech talking about a job he and his crew were working on today ( Read more... )

I just learned that the odds of survival for something I've always wanted to do are 1 - 1,000. Meaning, 1 in 1,000 people die. I've also learned the proper term for this activity. It's called parapente, or para-gliding. It looks like so much fun, but I just got done talking to a co-worker about it and he said he's done it before and it's very ( Read more... )

When I have a rough start to a day, I can usually shake it off and turn things around. For some reason, my usual methods aren't working on this particular rough day ( Read more... )

At work this morning my co-worker asked me if I had a table by our door where we keep keys and things. "Like for your entry way" he said ( Read more... )