Henry

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

“When I grow up I want to have kids and I want them to have kids so that the world isn’t empty of people and it keeps going.”

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Barn Swallows

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

They’re back. And so are the frogs.

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Henry Gems

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

Two gems from Henry on the day of my Grandpa’s funeral:

During the service: “Mom, what should I do with my snot?”  It produced much needed laughs.

When the preacher started in on a pre-meal prayer: “Jesus?!  I DON’T WANT ANY MORE JESUS!”  Amen.

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Hay Feeder

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

Finished it today and so far it’s working great.

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Hay Feeder Project

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

While looking at the dump’s pile of tires, I became inspired.  A bunch of tires standing upright and bolted together would make a dandy hay feeder for the animals.  It’s indestructible, safe for them, and free!  I came home with a dozen tires and I’m bolting them together now.  Hopefully this will prevent the animals from wasting a bunch of hay while we’re gone.

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Dump Score

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

A Stihl weed wacker! It looked complete and had compression so I brought it home. Checked for spark and it had it. Put some ether in the cylinder and it fired up briefly. It won’t keep running which I think is due to a gummed up gas line. The only thing I can find wrong with it is the tab that holds the spool on is broken, but since it’s a Stihl, I should be able to easily find parts. This has the potential to be the best dump find ever.

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New Snowmobile: 1992 Arctic Cat EXT 580

Posted on February 8, 2011 by
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The addition so far, in pictures

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

We just put up a big gallery of pictures of the addition so far, and will add to it as we finish up so all the pics are in one place.

You have to view it in two pages, 80 pictures at a time. Click the link over on the right that says “House Addition.”

We have gotten out of the house quite a bit while all this has been going on, so we have a lot of pictures of our adventures that we will get up soon!

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Not sure if this is a good thing…

Posted on October 24, 2010 by

Somehow, in the transfer from a DVD to getting a movie onto Delia’s iPod, the chapters got all scrambled up. She’s watching it anyway. It’s like a movie puzzle she has to solve in her mind. Educational brainteaser, or just plain evil?

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LOL

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

Delia: Little brothers are so annoying.
Henry: I’m not annoying! I’m awesome! I’m annoying AND awesome!!

That was a Facebook post by Emily.  For the record, all evening they’ve been perfect angels.  They played together beautifully in the sandbox and on the trampoline, and Delia just got Henry set up playing a computer game so that she could sneak away and secretly put the prize he has earned so far, $2 for going to bed by himself, in his Star Wars bucket so he’d be surprised.

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