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Goodbye, Zoe
Zoe came into our lives one Labor Day weekend. We had 2 older cats that we knew weren’t long for the world, so we wanted to get a couple of kittens to bring into the house before the older cats were...
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Bang on the drum all day
Daughter has been taking drum set lessons for a month now. Yes, we bought an acoustic set (a used Pearl Export 5-piece, older model pre-ISS mounts), no I don’t mind the noise. Actually, I really enjoy...
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However they learn, so long as they learn
My Sons’ room is a mess. My Daughter is very good at organizing and cleaning. She made an offer to her brothers, to clean their room for $50. She dropped it to $40 when Youngest said he didn’t have...
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Wacom Bamboo Create… and we’ll see what he creates
Whereas Daughter is very self-motivated, Oldest is a lot more laid back and enjoys life as it comes. Sometimes I wish he’d have a little more “pressing desire” for things, but he is who he is. One...
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Love you, Dad
My Dad and his wife just left. They came down to Austin to visit us for a few days… spoil the grandkids time. It’s always stressful before they arrive, because the man might be 70 years old but he...
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Her first
Daughter got her first deer. Setup I’m overbusy these days and I knew spending many mornings and evenings in a deer stand for whitetails was just not going to happen due to lack of time. Still, I...
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Generational work ethic
Given the choice, however, I’d rather make history than simply take it in and post it to Instagram with a grainy old-fashion filter. The Gen-Y losers in this country want to explore and revel in the...
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Back from hunting
Just returned from a successful whitetail deer hunt with my father-in-law. Took Oldest and Daughter. We each got a deer. I’ll regale you with tales from the hunt later. Must catch up on numerous things...
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Making Memories
After Daughter snagged her first deer, my father-in-law (FIL) checked with the property owner of his deer lease to see if he could bring his grandkids out to do a youth hunt (spike and doe). Lease...
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Happier ears
Remember how Daughter got a drum set? It’s a good entry-level set, Pearl Forum. But like anything entry-level, shortcuts are made to enable it to be affordable. Crappy heads, crappy cymbals. But in a...
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So apparently I like Ethiopian food
I don’t know how I initially got the yen to try Ethiopian food, but I did… some long time ago. I heard about this one restaurant, Taste of Ethiopia. It’s not in Austin, it’s in Pflugerville, which is...
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Every Day Carry for kids
My kids are all old enough to start carrying some things on their person on a regular basis. I searched around for topics of “every day carry” (EDC) for kids. There’s not a lot out there. So time to...
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A little grease under the fingernails
I’ve had the new (to me) truck a week and a half now, and the maintenance work has already begun. The goal? To replace everything that I can replace. Fix all that I can fix. Update all I can update....
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I’ve wasted how much of my life?!?
I just learned the Ian Knot. How much of my life have I wasted tying shoes the “standard” way? If you don’t know what the Ian Knot is, watch: Youngest is still struggling with shoelace tying....
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Don’t be like them
As Daughter progresses in her drumming, she gets exposed to more bands, more dummers. And more opportunities to talk to her about drug and alcohol abuse. John Bonham? Don’t be like him. Steven Adler?...
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My View: Homeschooling: Marching to the beat of a different drummer
Reblogged from Schools of Thought: By Joyce Burges, Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Joyce Burges is the co-founder of the National Black Home Educators, an organization that empowers parents to educate...
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Upping my geek cred
Apparently my geek (nerd?) credibility has been slipping. So I made up for it today by taking the family to the Sherwood Forest Faire. I’ve never done a “Renaissance Faire” before, believe it or not....
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A year of veggies
I can’t believe it’s been about a year since we started doing the CSA veggie box from Johnson’s Backyard Garden. In fact, I just renewed for another year. They were running a special of a year...
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Where are you taking your daughter today?
Today is National Take Your Daughter to the Range Day. What are you doing with your daughter today? Filed under: Family, Guns, Me Tagged: Family, Guns, Kids, Me
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Where I took Daughter today
And so yes, today I took Daughter to the range. I also took Oldest, Youngest, and Wife. We went to KR Training. Karl had all the steel out and we shot .22′s all morning. Shot my iron sight Buck Mark,...
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