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Bum Shoulder

Somewhere in the February time frame I noticed an ache in my shoulder. It appeared that the more I did push-ups (every day), the worse it got. At one point I started taking my prescription strength Naproxen to see if that made things better. It did. It made things a lot better, so I continued […]

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To Do List 5/28/14

  Task Priority Description Date Completed Have fun. Play with kids. High Clean garage gutters. There are weeds growing in them High Fix broken umbrella High Spring 2014 Replace Grandma’s Light Switch High Replace Lauren’s Light Switch High Fix the Subaru door lights High Open Pool High Spring 2014 Anchor Lauren’s shelf High Spread mulch […]

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Pool’s Open

Got the pool open this weekend. By the end of Sunday you probably could have swam in it, though it would have been very cold. Had a little air leak in the beginning, but it seems to have fixed itself. Just need to finish cleaning up around it and get the area looking nice. – […]

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More New Neighbors

It’s official. We have new neighbors to the right of us. They have two little girls ages 3 and 1. We knew the house sold a while ago, but weren’t sure if a family had bought it or flippers because it sold so cheap and they didn’t move in right away. Nice people. Nice kids. […]

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Dud Nights

My original focus for having this website/blog was to keep track of what we did and where we’d been. Now that I have kids that’s still important, but there’s a new aspect too. It becomes a place for the kids to one day go back and see what we did and where we’d been. Not […]

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More Misfortune

The preschool at the YMCA Abigail attends closed its doors for good today. Due to under enrollment they will not be holding classes any longer. Which means Lauren will not get to participate in the program we were so fond of – the teachers and care givers we appreciated so much. Which also means we […]

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Unfortunate Circumstance

Large portions of the yard are too wet for the grass guy to cut it, so he doesn’t cut any of it. It’s getting tall. Really tall. I fire up my mower to cut what I can. A few runs in and the blade belt throws. Put the belt back on and it throws again. […]

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Stitch it Up

Went to The Gunks with Scott this weekend. The weather was sketchy at best with a forecast calling for showers overnight and thunderstorms in the afternoon. We decided to make a go of it and went anyway leaving Friday night to stay in Newbourgh, then climbing Saturday to be home for bedtime Saturday night. Sure […]

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Welcome to the Swamp

The sump pump finally stopped after running for a week. But the yard is a wetland. Couldn’t cut the grass last week. Could only cut some this week. The driveway at the garage is still wet and muddy. Guess I shouldn’t complain. It could be worse. We could be in the California drought. – b

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Updated To Do List 5/12

  Task Priority Description Date Completed Have fun. Play with kids. High Clean garage gutters. There are weeds growing in them High Fix broken umbrella High Spring 2014 Replace Grandma’s Light Switch High Replace Lauren’s Light Switch High Privacy fence High Might not happen Fix the Subaru door lights High Anchor Lauren’s shelf High Spread […]

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