Category: The Daily Grind

Today we did our first day at Disneyland. For me the fun of Disneyland starts with watching the excitement of the kids as we pull into the parking garage. They get increasingly excited as we board the tram and go in the front entrance. No matter how many times you’ve been to Disneyland, it’s always… Continue reading California Vacation – Day 4

My kids still love to go and play with their friends from the old neighborhood. Today my friend Lynette called up and wanted to know if my kids wanted go to the corn maze with her kids. I thought the kids would love it, not for just the maze, but because they could play with… Continue reading The corn maze

Driving home from work tonight I spied a bumper sticker that said, “If animals could talk we would all be vegetarians” Could that bumper sticker be any stupider? If you don’t think it’s a stupid sentiment, consider the following: If plants could talk we would all be… Well, we would probably all be dead. A… Continue reading Stupid Bumper Sticker

Check out the new comment I got in the post about our couch: New Furniture. My thoughts on this were: 1. I like the couch 2. It’s good to get unbiased feedback even if the opinion expressed is different than my own. 3. The commentor doesn’t really know what I paid but I suppose one… Continue reading On Comments and Commentors

Well, everything and nothing at the same time. We’re busy working, going to school, running the household, etc; however, there isn’t anything really newsworthy going on. I went to Colorado Springs last week for a couple of days on business. I was planning on getting a picture of the Air Force Academy but unfortunately I… Continue reading What’s Going On?

On the last Saturday of September we got two big surprises. Grandma and grandpa called us up and invited us to go out to lunch with them before they went out of town and we got our first snowfall of the season. The kids got to choose the place we went, so we went to… Continue reading First Snow

Today was another great weekend. It’s always great when there is a BYU home football game and the Cougars win. This morning Nancy and I slept in then went out for a long walk. After the walk I mowed the lawn while Nancy made brunch. I ate brunch on the back patio with the birds… Continue reading Another Great Saturday

Today was devoted to getting the yard/garden ready for winter. We didn’t plant a garden this year because we were busy putting the ladscaping in during the spring but we plan to have a great garden next year. This summer the garden had accumulated a very healthy growth of weeds including the two worst kind… Continue reading Saturday Chores

Lori called me a few days ago and asked my advice about buying a piano. I really enjoyed shopping for my own piano 4 years ago and was only too happy to throw my two cents into the mix when invited. I advised Lori to get The Piano Book. Its advice on pianos, their cost… Continue reading Backseat Shopping

It has been quite a while since we made the trip to Coalville to visit grandma so we decided to take a final day trip before the kids start school again next week. They love to go up to grandmas and have fun playing in the attic or playing outside. We got to grandma’s house… Continue reading Trip to Grandmas