House and Home
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Great weekend!
Jenny and I had a great weekend. Friday night, we hosted a dinner party for some members of a prayer group we belong to at our parish. I made our taco bake thing…
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Springtime maintenance and history
Spring brings milder weather in our area, which is a good thing--especially since we now need to be outside more in order to get the yard back in shape and work on exterior…
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Taxes
It is always a lousy thing to do taxes and have to pay a pile of money to the government. One of our employer's has been historically bad at taking out enough taxes…
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A New Small Business Venture
I am enjoying making clocks, and I've been thinking about selling some at some local craft shows and through the internet, so I have gone through all the stuff to launch a new…
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Happy Easter!
For those of you who celebrate Easter, Jenny and I hope that you had a great one. We had a great time with Jenny's family yesterday at their house. We had a nice…
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Router table finished!
I have been working on a router table based on the design of the one on Pat Warner's Website. I liked the theory, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I had…
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Pocket screws and router tables
Jenny and I spent the morning today delivering bread baked by the St. Anthony Guild at our parish to some of the shut-in parishioners. We volunteered to do this with a number of…
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Sunshine-y days are gone
Me: (said while merging onto 28 southbound near Creighton) "Huh. That's strange. The car feels a little funny this morning." (noticing the rough wind) "Must be just the wind."Jenny: "Yeah, that wind is…
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Good weekend
I'm sitting in the living room, listening to some music. Jenny's taking a shower. One cat is relaxing with her blanket on the couch. The other cat is curled up next to me,…
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The heat works better when the furnace is turned on!
Today was a productive day. At lunchtime, Jenny and I went up to the mall to get some lunch at Red Robin, and then returned two boxes of flooring that we didn't use…