My father-in-law Ed recently got a good deal on a used amplifier. The amplifier in question, the Shenandoah Stereo 60, retails for a hefty sum. Ed purchased his amplifier for under one third the price of a new one. The main reason Ed got such a good deal is that the exterior of his used [...]
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While I was busy working on the front landscaping, Brian was in the back finishing up the koi pond and surrounding landscaping. He also ran electrical (for two different fountains pumps), installed landscape fabric and edging, trucked in 27 smelly and wet bags O’ mulch, and put up hangers (so I could hang a plant, [...]
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Trunk Truck Dividers … that’s kind of a tongue twister huh? Well, some visitors of this blog told me I should post a “how to” whenever I make stuff. Let’s see how this turns out: I’ve probably pointed this out 20 times, but my slick new truck has a trunk! A couple of weeks ago [...]
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We have a huge landscaping project that we will be working on throughout the summer that involves many different steps, stages, and phases. The overall project is to complete landscaping around the deck and patio, build a water pond, redo the front landscaping and possibly put in new landscaping trim (this one might wait for another summer [...]
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We’ve been up to some exciting things this past week and are getting ready for some exciting things to come! First, we are planning for a couple of trips this year. As you already know, we are going to Talladega again, but as of Monday, we are going to take a trip to New York [...]
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jug·ger·naut (noun): An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path. That was us in a nutshell this weekend! In preparation for our Super Bowl guests next weekend Courtney and I wanted to get a lot of stuff accomplished. On Saturday Courtney really wanted to paint the office on the [...]
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My second project I worked on during Christmas break was an urn for the late great Jaik the dog (also known as “Poopers”). Today is the one year anniversary for the passing of Jaik so I figured it would be a good day to post about the project. We looked at a bunch of urns [...]
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So many things are going on and have happened recently that I’m going to post one of my world famous bullet blog posts (I know you’ve all heard about them): Courtney and I recently bought a bunch of LP’s (records) that we want to frame and hang in the basement (we figured music+art+media room=framed LP’s). [...]
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Over my Christmas vacation I worked on two very different projects. The first project was a bathroom remodel for my Mom. I had been promising to do it for a few years now and I finally came through! Might as well start with the before and a few afters: This project was very complex and [...]
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Last weeked I had the oppotunity to bake some things for the upcoming holiday get togethers Brian and I will be attending. I actually had the house to myself for a night, so it was the perfect time to get my cook on! Brian was down in Emporia doing part of the bathroom remodel- plumbing [...]
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