Azek Decking Is Slippery When It’s Cold

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

Posted by Michael 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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Mooses And Muffins Live On Stage

Nov 14, 11 Mooses And Muffins Live On Stage

Posted by Michael in Being A Dad

Chrissy has been a big fan of the Laura Numeroff books for a long time.  When she was still in college to become a teacher, I gave her a copy of “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” for Valentine’s Day.  Since then, Numeroff has penned many similar books like “If You Give A Pig A Pancake” and “If You...

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My iPhone Is Now Lifeproof

Nov 01, 11 My iPhone Is Now Lifeproof

Posted by Michael in Other Things

The day after Chrissy got her iPhone, she went to the AT&T store and bought a new red iFrogz case for it.  It has nice features, like a camera lens slider and a connector port cover, but it’s large and bulky.  The silicone rubber covering makes it hard to pull in and out of your pocket and it attracts lint.  I have no...

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iPhones Ordered As Soon As Possible

Oct 28, 11 iPhones Ordered As Soon As Possible

Posted by Michael in Other Things

Although I was not happy about Apple releasing the iPhone 4S instead of the iPhone 5 this year, Chrissy and I were in desperate need of new phones.  Our old 3G iPhones were dog slow and would crash often.  I found that a hard reboot would alleviate most of the problems, but this was not a long-term solution.  Waiting another year...

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Are You Sure It’s Not An iPhone 5?

Oct 07, 11 Are You Sure It’s Not An iPhone 5?

Posted by Michael in Other Things

I have pre-ordered the new iPhone 4S for me and Chrissy.  That was a harder decision to make than I thought it would be.  Because Apple is so secretive about their products, there was no telling what they would unveil on October 4th during their “Let’s Talk iPhone” event.  But that didn’t stop people from...

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Garden Update: Out With The Old…

Oct 05, 11 Garden Update: Out With The Old…

Posted by Michael in Hardly Working

The garden has been very good to us over the summer, but the season is over now. There were still some tiny tomatoes, but they won’t grow all the way. Chrissy tore out the remaining plants and we’ll be covering the raised plant beds for the winter soon. We plan on building at least two more raised plant bed boxes next...

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Garden Update: Zucchini Maxed Out

Sep 01, 11 Garden Update: Zucchini Maxed Out

Posted by Michael in Hardly Working

The first vegetable that our raised plant beds produced was a small zucchini.  It was only about six inches long, but we didn’t really know how big zucchini were supposed to get.  This was our first season using the plant boxes, so we were happy just to have something to show for it.  Chrissy chopped it up and put it in...

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Chrissy Goes Back To Work

Aug 29, 11 Chrissy Goes Back To Work

Posted by Michael in Hardly Working

It’s that time of year again! Chrissy has gone back to school to sort out her classroom.  When teachers leave for summer break, they have to clear out their entire classroom and put everything away so that the floors are completely clear.  The trouble with that is they have to put everything back where it was before when...

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