Legos Were The Key Present This Year

Dec 28, 11 Legos Were The Key Present This Year

Posted by in Being A Dad

Chrissy and I both loved playing with Legos when we were little.  Each of us had a sizable collection.  Although I have no idea what happened to my Legos, Chrissy’s mom stored hers away.  When Aiden was old enough to play with them, she brought them out of storage.  Aiden enjoys building things with Legos, and...

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Our 2011 Christmas Letter

Dec 25, 11 Our 2011 Christmas Letter

Posted by in Special Events

The annual family holiday letter was completed and packed into this year’s batch of Christmas cards, but I wanted to post it to the web site in case anyone who isn’t on our holiday mailing list would like to know what we were up to this year.  If you’re not on our Christmas card list, but would like to be, please let...

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Azek Decking Is Slippery When It’s Cold

Dec 12, 11 Azek Decking Is Slippery When It’s Cold

Posted by in Home Remodeling

A couple of years ago, we sunk a lot of money into a new deck.  I didn’t want to spend a lot of time on annual maintenance, so we went with a plastic decking called Azek.  It looks like a wood plank, except that it will never rot, change color or stain.  Also, it’s solid, unlike some of those other plastic decking...

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The Water Main Broke Again

Dec 03, 11 The Water Main Broke Again

Posted by in Featured, Home Remodeling

About seven years ago, a water main broke behind our garage.  I remember that it was toward the end of December, and we thought that maybe the neighbor’s pool had sprung a leak.  There was a lot of water.  The town came and drove a bobcat through our backyard.  It just made a big mess.  Workers were digging in my...

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