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Shine On You Crazy Dad

Animals have become a large part of our household. Between the chickens, goats, alpaca, bees, and cats there’s a lot to take care of. It also means some people have had to become more accustomed to putting up with all the animal shenanigans (a word I’m rather fond...
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The Twelve Things of Christmas

*Clears throat* *Tunes imaginary instruments*     On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Twelve eggs from ho-ome   Eleven colored windows   Ten boughs of fresh pine (from out backyard)   Nine Christmas bo-ows   Eight Christmas cookies   Seven(ty two) feet...
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Man On An Elevator

After two years, our day finally came. The day we would moved the elevator from the first floor to the second. This was also known covertly as “Project Get Rid Of Cat Safety Trellis” or “GROCST” since open elevator shafts and kittens don’t mix. Remember this? This was what...
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The Battle of Everboards

Moria. You fear to go into that crawlspace. The cold spread too greedily and too deep. You know what you awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dûm: cobwebs and dust… The air was cold and the wind harsh over the realm in the winter past, the Queen knew they could not...
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Of House And Dad

Sometimes you have to look around this house and look back while thinking, what in the world happened? How did we end up owning all this house? How did so much of this work get done in the last twenty months, with a wedding stuck in the middle...
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We’ll Be At Dragon Run For Christmas

So with the coming of December came the task that I had been dreaming of since October of 2013. Decorating the store for Christmas!   Then in the other window, my pride and joy! The Christmas town has always been one of my favorite parts of decorating and this year...
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Crying In The Rain (Of Paint Chips)

While there are many differences between California and Virginia in many different ways, the one that has most recently been causing us grief is the humidity. Not because it makes the world muggy and uncomfortable, not because it curls the pages of our books. No, because you will...
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Man in the Remodel Wilderness

By now, you and everyone else who’s read anything on this blog knows it’s been a lot of work to get this place together, especially with our wedding deadline coming up in July. But really, you’re seeing a fraction of what gets done every weekend, and I mean...
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Another Wall Bites the Dust

*Deep movie trailer voice* They decimated the walls upstairs…They destroyed every hint of the master bathroom…You thought they were done…Coming this summer, the sledgehammers are back to finish the job and this time, it’s personal. From New Plan Productions, you won’t wanna miss Demolition II, The Wedding Planner…...
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