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I must say, this was probably one of the best Christmases of my life. I’ve learned some valuable lessons over the past year that I’d like to share with you throughout this post. Nothing crazy or anything, just some life adjustments that really made a difference during this holiday season. I think it was a […]

I got this idea that other day that I’d give making a Christmas wreath a try. I made a few of these years and years ago, but I really don’t think I gave it my all back then. Since we live among so many types of pine trees and since the whole endeavor would only […]

Happy Thanksgiving to all. What a fun day. Laura and I made the best of it and fell asleep last night very tired and stuffed to the gills. We went hiking, for a walk, ate, drank and watched a movie. We even saw Piper the horse. Piper is our favorite horse across the street and […]

I happen to be a man who loves tools. I’ve got a whole bunch of them and am always on the lookout for more. To be brutally honest, I’ll admit that I sometimes want to get rid of my current tools, just so I can somehow acquire new ones. I get bored easily and love […]

About a year ago, I picked up a roll of fiberglass screen from the hardware store. At this point in my life, I have no idea why I did that. What I do know is that the roll of screen has been sitting in the corner of our log cabin room since the day of […]

Yesterday was one of those days. I felt like I won. The stars were aligned and everything that could have gone right, did. Please let me explain. Laura and I have been wanted to walk on a new (to us) rail trail down in Farmington for a while. The parking for the trail sits next […]

I know this is a bit late. My apologies. I’ve been preoccupied with doing a whole bunch of random things. For example, yesterday, a tree fell down across our road and landed on the wires, knocking out the power. Someone came and cut up the wood and put the wires back together. After our power […]

Funny thing about Christmas trees. Around Thanksgiving each year, Laura and I start talking about when we are going to go out back into the thick and cut down our Christmas tree. During the week that follows Thanksgiving, we go outside and walk around the woods for a while in an effort to find the […]

Well, I finally bought them. Our recent frigid temperatures drove me to place an order on Amazon for my new Baffin Impact snow boots. And just as luck would have it, I made the order on Cyber Monday and received 30% off the price of the purchase. Isn’t that some goodness? These boots remind me […]

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always enjoyed making things out of wood. I’m talking about small things here – not large ones like sheds or houses or barns. More along the lines of tables, bed frames, small area fences, etc…The thing is, for as long as I can remember, I’ve never really […]