I have to force myself to read. I don’t particularly enjoy it, UNTIL I’m finished then I’m always glad that I’ve done it. Just getting myself to start reading is the struggle, and the past four years have included several books, but most of them were assigned reading textbooks due to my Masters through IWU.… [Read more…]
December 30, 2008
Rap music originated in medieval Scottish pubs, claims American professor – Telegraph. Haha, I knew bustin’ a rhyme was in my blood somewhere. :)
December 30, 2008
Almost twenty years ago mom and dad bought me my first gun. It was the fall of 1989 and we were on our annual Christmas shopping trip to Bass Pro in Springfield, MO. Back when that was the main and only Bass Pro Shops (though it was still called the world headquarters then too). I… [Read more…]
December 27, 2008
Special thanks to Terrace Crawford for this fantastic post-Christmas humor. I especially love how you can really feel the joy in their faces and voices. I had to look close to make sure Merna was alive and her mouth was moving!
December 25, 2008
Well, another year has come and gone bladee blah blah blah and all that sappy crap. But seriously, another year has come and I’ve failed to get our Christmas postcards in the mail until the day before Christmas. If you are reading this and have not yet received your Christmas postcard from us, please don’t… [Read more…]
December 23, 2008
A couple Saturday’s ago we were invited to our Kiddie Kollege’s Christmas dinner. Sharlla and Lisa are both hobby photographers and they had some cool backgrounds setup for families and kids to get their picture taken on. Here are a few of Ruthi hamming it up for the camera! Think she’s too cute and it’s… [Read more…]
December 20, 2008
This was hilarious. I found this on a box a woman brought in to angel food this morning. I knew when I saw it that it would become an instant classic. You seriously can’t make this stuff up, it’s the real deal.
December 19, 2008
RYEN BLAYKE NETHANIEL MCCARTY 9/8/2008-12/15/2008 If you don’t follow me on FACEBOOK or TWITTER you may not know some of the circumstances that I’ve come across this past week. Monday morning at about 7:30am I got a call from the 911 dispatcher (incidentally a friend from high school) saying that the Ambulance Chief was asking… [Read more…]
December 18, 2008
Just made a huge step in the progress of my new desk build for my office. Keith came by with the metal to start wrapping the frame in. Here’s a pic of me sitting at my nearly completed desk build!!!! Just a few more metal pieces and some screws and rubber stoppers and she’ll be… [Read more…]
December 16, 2008
Ruthi’s always looking for ways to re-invent herself in positive ways. So, the other night, she decided to try her hand at modeling as a modern day Mary. What do you think?
December 31, 2008
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