This weekend my wife, brother, and I tackled the long-awaited flowerbed work that we’d been planning on since we moved in earlier this year. Both the front yard and the side yard needed some beautification, so over the course of two days we tilled up the area where the beds were going to be put [...]

I always dread the coming of Summer, because it means I’m going to have to go outside and engage in a horrible activity known as manual labor. I do not like it. I am a lazy person by nature, who appreciates the comfort of air conditioning and the warming rays of a computer monitor and/or [...]

Hey, everybody! The design of my blog hadn’t changed since I got it, so I thought I’d try and spruce things up a bit with a new look. Please let me know what you think. There are other themes I have my eye on, but this one sings to me a bit more than the [...]

Over this past Christmas holiday my wife Krista and I went to London. It was a trip we’d been planning for a long time, and originally it was going to be not only London, but also Paris. Then, somewhere down the line, we thought adding Rome to the itinerary would be a good idea. The [...]

Not sure why it is, but today I feel drained. More than usual, anyway. Granted, I’m fat, so being tired kinda goes with the territory. But for the past week or so I’ve been on a bit of a high, getting things accomplished and putting other things in order. I’ve felt good, motivate even. Today, [...]