This article is about Becki's former brother in law. Our kids are especially sad as this was their youngest cousin ( Read more... )

I'm glad the snow wasn't followed by freezing rain. I saw one forecaster call for a half inch to go on top of  7 inches of snow we had at the time. That would have been catastrophic ( Read more... )

We all have something we treasure. Hell, maybe a few things. For some of my granddaughters, one of the biggest treasures they have are American Girl Dolls. For those not familiar with them, they are made in a variety of, hair color & styles, face moulds and ethnicities so the buyer can get dolls that resemble the girls who own them. My ( Read more... )

Every time December 7th rolls around, it makes me think of my dad. I've mentioned before that my dad was a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne during the last years of WWII. While I usually think of the few stories he told me of his time in Europe, this year I watched part of the movie, "Red Tails", the story of the Tuskegee Airmen ( Read more... )

Hey all,
I've sadly negelcted my LJ duties. Truth is, I'm not on the Internets much anymore. I d the occasional glance at FB but that's about it. Anyways, on to my post.( Read more... )

I finally remembered to order that damn side mirror! Once it gets here I'll hire my nephew to install it. My windshield is scheduled to be replaced this afternoon. I hope to have my car back to normal by the end of next week. No more ghetto cruiser!!

Well...that worked out really well! Becki and I really enjoyed that roast. Here's what it looked like...


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I had no idea what to cook for dinner. All I knew was that I had a pork roast ready to cook. I decided to try to glaze it. Here's where the adventure part comes in ( Read more... )

Where I work we have to pick all of our vacation time at the beginning of the year. When I got down to my last week, I didn't have any plans but there was still time available in the summer so I took it. I'm off this week and have absolutely nothing planned ( Read more... )

That's Otis on the left & Jack on the right. I had to stop Otis from rolling on a dead bird...


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