It is scary being a parent.  I know it always has been, but now seems even more so.  Maybe it’s because the world is much smaller with everyone being able to publish media.  Maybe the worthless people of my generation are now parents.  Worthless begets worthless.  Kids are cruel.  Some of it is intentional while some…

There is often a feeling of “Never Again!” after dealing with a disaster, no matter the size.  When we lost power for four days after a massive wind storm left millions without power, I bought a large welder for a generator even though I’ve never welded.  Maybe I’ll learn.  After struggling to keep the wood burner…

Winter is just officially two weeks old, and I am ready for spring already.  I love the changing of the seasons, and I like about two weeks of really cold, but this is getting crazy.  It’s been pretty cold for well over a month, and this -6(F) is about to put me over the edge. …

So, after having a gaping hole in the side of the house, and temperatures diving, I appreciate the progress that has been made in home construction.  The holes were not part of some disaster, but rather, a construction project.  Cardboard and plastic is no replacement for siding, wood, insulation, and drywall when it is 20(F)…

Why are people so eager to shift blame?  Why do people not take responsibility for their actions?  I just read an article about how people were extremely upset their package didn’t get delivered by Christmas because they didn’t order it until a few days before.  People might not like this, but it is no one’s…

Regardless of whether people believe, everyone knows the origins of Christmas.  Today’s Christmas bears little resemblance to the original Christmas.    Today, people try to be a little better than they were the rest of the year.  People tend to be a little nicer.  Most of us try to do good deeds as Saint Nicholas of…

I decided to change up the look of the site a bit.  I do not like to leave things too static.  There was a new theme available, and it caught my eye like a lady in a red dress in a sea of white.  It might not be better, but it is different.  You don’t…

So my desire to update this site at least once every two days has turned out to be just a dream.  It isn’t that I cannot physically sit down and log into the site and post an update.  The reality is that the pre-Christmas week is just a little too crazy.  If I’m being honest,…

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is our family’s traditional “Go Get the Tree” day.  We love having a real tree.  Believe it or not, but driving 30 minutes with the family to a tree farm, walking around, picking out our tree, and getting it up in the tree stand is a lot less work than dealing with a…