Our Condo – 10th Anniversary
It is hard to believe but as of August of this year, we have owned our midtown condo for ten years. Unbeknownst to me at the time, this was a … Continue Reading Our Condo – 10th Anniversary
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It is hard to believe but as of August of this year, we have owned our midtown condo for ten years. Unbeknownst to me at the time, this was a … Continue Reading Our Condo – 10th Anniversary
Early in July, we had the joy of welcoming home our daughter and her family. It was the first time they had been home since our youngest son’s wedding in … Continue Reading Homecoming, Long Overdue!
Last year, I wrote about a three-generation vacation that we took with our youngest son and his family to Orange Beach, AL, a vacation that reminded me of the three-generation … Continue Reading Another Three Generation Vacation
I was very excited to get started working on this balsa wood model airplane, the first one for me to build in at least 50 years. For anyone unfamiliar with … Continue Reading Sopwith Camel – Building the Frames
Continued from: SibSab – A New Beginning? Early Saturday morning the four of us got up to drive down to Texas where our last living uncle lives. While my sisters … Continue Reading SibSab – A Long Overdue Visit
Last year, one of the SibSabs (Sibling Sabbatical) we had was a biking trip to Northwest Arkansas where our two sisters live. We enjoyed it so much, that we decided … Continue Reading SibSab – A New Beginning?
It was three years ago that I wrote about my 2002 red Mazda Miata reaching a milestone of 100,000 miles, only the second car I have ever owned to reach … Continue Reading Also, No Longer a Teenager!
The whoosh that I had heard while driving was the tonneau cover taking flight off the truck bed. I had noticed the headwinds and crosswinds had increased significantly as we … Continue Reading Doll House Delivery – Success!
If you followed my multi-part blog series on building a dollhouse for my sister’s grandchildren, you know it didn’t just end with getting the house built—there was also a long-distance … Continue Reading Doll House Delivery – Unexpected Challenges
Continued from: Seattle Trek – A Rocky Start Over the next three days, we had a great visit making up for the rocky start we had. Our mornings would start off with … Continue Reading Seattle Trek – A Great Finish
In early May, my wife and I made a long overdue trip out to Seattle to visit our daughter, son-in-law, and two grandsons. It had been over a year since … Continue Reading Seattle Trek – A Rocky Start
In 2017, I wrote a post about how much our in-town granddaughter loved to swing. It was in the spring of that year when her grandmother (my wife affectionately known … Continue Reading A Swing Set Upgrade!
Ever wondered what happened to your car after you sold it or traded it in on a new ride? Maybe not but, how about if you had owned that beloved … Continue Reading New Life for an Old Miata
Recently, my wife and I realized that it had not been since December of 2019 that we had been away on a trip by ourselves, which was right before the … Continue Reading A Weekend Getaway!
For the top floor, my sister had decided that one room would be an art room and the other would be a bathroom (no outhouse for this classy farmhouse). To … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister’s Grandchildren – 4th Phase
Mention the term “ice storm” to anyone who has lived in Memphis since the early 1990s and they will immediately launch into a tale of the tragedies they suffered through … Continue Reading Ice Storm 2022