I’m not good at it – but it doesn’t stop me from trying

There are two pieces of furniture in my parents house that I “helped” my dad put together. Each piece we designed, assembled and finished. With all of that “knowledge” I thought that it would be relatively easy to build two benches and refinish and old table. How wrong I was.

So far I’ve [...]

So good I had to share it

Ray Charles covers Ring of Fire

This video is simply amazing – why aren’t there any current musicians with this level of talent? I can’t imagine a single musician who is popular today that could recreate this… simply amazing. [...]

Just an oddity

An odd event occurs today that I we may not see for a while – in fact – this post is appearing on the blog at that exact moment.

The time will be 12:34:56 on 7/8/9

Cool huh? Wish I had a little more but thats pretty much it. Time based fun!

HA HA HA!

Weekend Getaways

So this past weekend John and I received our tax refunds. After budgeting some money in for our cars, we decided to splurge on ourselves. Friday night John and I decided that we were going to go snowboarding at Steven’s Pass. We threw together our stuff and ended up having some friends over for [...]

Numbers

663- The number of days it’s been since John and I started dating

1 – The number of Carats of the perfect solitaire engagement ring John gave me

545 – The number of days until we take the vow to spend the rest of our lives together

Last night John decided that we should [...]

Bad weather brings out the worst in us

I grew up in the Midwest and learned to drive on sheets of ice. Washington residents, on the other hand, forget how to drive when the sun is hidden by clouds. I thought it was bad when traffic slowed to crawl when it rained – something it does quite frequently. What amazes me is [...]

40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes

It's almost like an interpretive dance

So John and I saw this today and laughed the whole time! This is an amazing video and even though john and I loved it it’s sad to think that nothing like this would be seen on prime time TV today.

But here it is for you to watch and enjoy.

America’s Hat

For the second year, I’m spending my Thanksgiving north of the border in Princeton. BC. The trip is a bit of an avant garde camping trip but I really enjoy my time here. Our hosts, Richard and Paula, are kind enough to feed us twice a day and let us hang out. We don’t [...]