bloviation extrordinaire
Installed a fence to split the pasture (so half can rest and grow back) – with lots of help from the girls (yay!), gathered up wood scattered across property, planted a huge maple, hung a couple bird houses (one on the back of the tractor barn), took down Christmas decorations, filled a big hole in the pasture, and cooled down playing fetch with the dogs. World’s best gym. :-)
Y’all make sure to get your exercise too. :-)
…driving out of the Progress Energy parking garage, whoop!
Amazing Race returns, and let the next contest begin!
The two prizes will be huge Trader Joe’s Belgian dark chocolate bars, or better if I get creative! Good luck, ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!
| Team | Symbol |
|---|---|
| Andy & Tommy – snowboarders | S |
| Laurence & Zac – father/son | Z |
| Kaylani & Lisa – showgirls | K |
| Ernie & Cindy – engaged | E |
| Liz & Marie – twins | T |
| Jeremy & Sandy – dating | D |
| Bill & Cathi – grandparents | G |
| Justin & Jennifer – siblings | J |
| Amani & Marcus – married | A |
| Ethan & Jenna – survivors | U |
| Ron & Bill – domestic partners | P |
PICKS
| Viewer | Ep01 E/(G) |
Ep02 S/U&P |
Ep03 S/K |
Ep04 S/(T) |
Ep05 A/T |
Ep06 S/(A) |
Ep07 S/J |
Ep08 E/Z |
Ep09 A/? |
Ep10 |
Ep11 |
Ep12 |
| Larry | U/D | A/D | ||||||||||
| Jane | S/J | S/A | ||||||||||
| Andrea | Z/D | G/D | ||||||||||
| Mike | S/G | |||||||||||
| Wren | S/K | S/D | ||||||||||
| Reiley | S/D | |||||||||||
| Nick | U/P | S/K | S/D |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Winning choice won this leg of the race (used for tiebreaker) | |
| -1 | Winning choice lost this leg of the race (pick again) |
| +1 | Losing choice lost this leg of the race (pick again) |
| +1 | Winning choice won, and losing choice lost – PERFECT! |
| -1 | * Selection change |
| -1/+1 | Winning choice lost and losing choice lost (double elimination!) |
Reiley had a very belated birthday party this weekend – 24 people total including Wren and Olivia – all playing Just Dance at the same time, whoop.
A really nice group of kids – they rode horses, we had a bonfire, pizza, ping pong, basketball, all under a heavy mist reminiscent of our days in Scotland. Even the parents had fun. :>
Wrenny makes the best muffins Evah.
I’m on the 10th floor in Progress Energy’s TPP building in downtown Raleigh, and we were SHAKIN’ for about 7 seconds today around 2pm. It felt like maybe a big truck hit the building or heavy equipment was operating on a nearby floor. Totally surreal… Everyone popped up out of shortcubeville like gophers. A few of us headed outside for a bit, and confirmed with spouses and kids that they felt it too. CNN reports the center was near Richmond, VA but was felt in NYC. An hour later we were back to work, but certainly on edge! Strange…
A visually delicious action movie with a surprisingly solid scifi storyline. I didn’t expect much and had to keep picking my jaw off the floor.
NOTE: From here on out I’m trying to keep my reviews simple and spoiler-free. Even rating the movie invites the Heisenberg principle, and I won’t abide further spoilage. In this case, this also affects the screenshot I chose – there were better ones but they violate my ten inch that you enter the movie with a clean slate. Critics suck! You be the judge! :P
I thought Pastor Mark provided some great in-depth insights into the lessons these past couple Sundays…
This is her first day of public school ever, and the end of homeschooling. She got up at 6:45am and was gone on the bus before we knew it. Time flies, in all kinds of ways! Have fun Wrenny! :-)
Go Wrenny! :P
My brother Dan and I had a spirited debate as I drove back from Winston-Salem today. He started off with a conspiracy theory (here we go…) that Obama was “briefed” for two days shortly after being elected, and was somehow influenced to do a 180 on all his campaign promises. I was lit and ready to go at it… Continue reading “Easy to destroy, hard to build”