Category Archives: food

Chicken Coop

Shhh… Don’t tell Colleen, but I just bought a book from Amazon called, “Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock”.  The kids and I went over to one of Violet’s friend’s houses yesterday and bought some chicken eggs.  They house 7 chickens in the big area in their backyard.  They get about 6 [...]

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Trip to Cleveland (Day 3)

Friday, Colleen and I got a date night, and what a nice night it was. We saw Sean Penn as Harvey Milk. It was the best movie we saw in the theaters this year (it was the only movie we remember seeing in the theaters, thank you Violet and Mason). Sean Penn was great. Then, [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Okay, a bit of business first. Working in corporate America, I am worried about my job. I work for a large, building materials supplier, we have seen our business decrease drastically over the last several years, laying off thousands and closing about 100 of our locations. There’s a plan out there to help the situation; [...]

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Farmer’s Market

The day revolved around food. It started out with pancakes, made the only way that Violet will occasionally eat them. Then, I was walking through the kitchen and noticed the neatly organized fruit and veggies for Violet’s play kitchen. I shot the picture on the back deck for dramatic effect, that’s not actually where I [...]

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