When I was in college to earn my MBA, one of my professors assigned an exercise component to the class. I wasn’t one for working out (I’m still not), but I had always wanted to take karate classes. I signed up at the local Kempo Jujutsu Martial Arts Academy. I trained under Dale Hestermann for a year and was...
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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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After we put the deck in the back yard last year, we were left with a patch of dirt between the deck and the garage that turned to mud when it rained. We decided to pave over the dirt with concrete, covering everything from the deck over to the driveway. We talked to a few contractors, but quickly found out that there would be a...
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October is fire prevention month, so we have seen a lots of firefighters lately. The local fire departments have been holding open houses on the weekends, and we have taken the boys to a bunch of them. Early in the month, we went to the Schererville Fire Department Open House at the Tri-Town Safety Village by AMC theaters....
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Normally, Chrissy and I go to Botcon together and get a Primus package for each of us. The Primus package entitles you to an exclusive set of figures, which usually end up being very expensive on the secondary market. We buy two sets of all the exclusive figures. Chrissy will sell her stuff on eBay, and this will pay for our...
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Scheeringa Farms is a fresh produce vendor not far from where we live. It’s a nice, family-owned place close to Cline Avenue and 45th in Highland, IN. They have a petting zoo every year around Halloween, but we’ve never taken Aiden there before. Chrissy’s Mom took Aiden last year, but Chrissy and I have never...
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Despite the flooding last weekend, Aiden and I tried to drive over to Target to visit the pharmacy. We couldn’t take the normal way, since Main street was closed between Kennedy Avenue and Indianapolis Blvd due to flooding. The second normal way was closed too, since 45th Street was also closed due to high water. We...
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The remnants of Hurricane Ike came up through the Midwest from Texas and hit Northwest Indiana hard. It rained for several days straight, causing all of the local rivers to flood. The Little Calumet river crested and flooded many Northwest Indiana towns along its banks. Nobody seems to notice the Little Cal until it rains too...
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