Last summer, I was mowing the back yard when I noticed something big and green clinging to our wooden fence. I stopped the mower to get a better look, and it was a praying mantis! I don’t think that I had ever seen one up close before, so it was kinda cool. I invited the neighbor kids to check him out, and the younger...
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My first official act of 2008 was to trudge outside to clear the driveway of the snow that had come down hard all night. The snow proved too difficult for my single-stage Craftsman snow thrower, however. It has plenty of power, a 5 HP Briggs and Stratton engine, but the green plastic body wasn’t up to the task. The ice scraper...
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We did send out a Christmas letter this year, but I wanted to post it to the web site anyway. Who knows, maybe somebody who isn’t on our holiday mailing list would like to know what we were up to this year? Click “Continue Reading” to read the 2007 Christmas Letter. Happy Holidays from the Wilson Family! We have...
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When I was very young, I remember going to the County Line Apple Orchard on a field trip in elementary school. I’ve driven past it in Hobart about a hundred times since then, but I haven’t had a chance to go back. This year, Chrissy and I took Aiden there to see the Pumpkin House and buy a pumpkin. We showed up early on...
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Chrissy took the last year off from work to stay at home with Aiden. Now, practically on the eve of his first birthday, she’s going back to work. She’s excited to be teaching again, and she couldn’t wait to sort out her room. I took Monday and Tuesday off to help her get the classroom ready. Felice and our nextdoor...
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After our trip to Providence and Plymouth, could we find it in our hearts to do some more driving? Sure, why not. Chrissy and I loaded up the boy into the CR-V for a road trip to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to see Julia and her family. It was the first time that I’d every been out there to see them, as they usually come to this side...
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This year, I totally splurged and got Chrissy a jewelry armoire. It’s a beautiful piece of mission style furniture, with lots of places to store expensive treasures. Ok, too many places for the too few pieces of jewelry that Chrissy owns. But this gives me an excuse to resort to jewelry for any gift-giving holiday where I...
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Chrissy worked out an agreement with her sister, Julie, so that she would sell Julie her Jetta if Julie could manage to get a used car loan. The good news is that Julie came through with the loan. The bad news is that we now had to buy a new vehicle to replace the Jetta. So, we took a trip to the local Honda dealer to see what we...
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