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Tonight, Leslie made blueberry-banana smoothies with our new Ninja Master Blender. The smoothies were wonderful – made from frozen blueberries that we had picked this summer at the u-pick up the road from our house. We used to have an old food processor to make smoothies, but we wore it out. For awhile, we were [...]

Here’s something your children can make that they will enjoy. Maybe the parents would enjoy it as much as the children. I might make one for myself. Unbelievable! Paper Toy Transformer … – video powered by Metacafe

My idea of shopping, and my wife, Leslie’s, idea of shopping are very different, indeed. When I go shopping, I know exactly what I want and I look for it. If I find it, I buy it. If I don’t find it, I leave. I’m in and out in 10 minutes. When Leslie goes shopping, [...]

This is an event that happens about this time each year. Leslie won’t miss an episode. There will be several weeks of auditions to endure. We’ll have to listen to thousands of “William Hungs” just to find a few “Carrie Underwoods” and “David Cooks”. The one benefit of losing my wife to American Idol during [...]

Hand puppets can be entertaining.

Have you ever golfed 18 holes in 100+ degree weather? I did today. I don’t think I will, again. The only thing higher than the temperature was the humidity. It had rained earlier, along with the thunder and lightning, then the sun came out and turned the moisture to steam. I enjoyed the company that [...]

Leslie, Austin, and I spent the 4th with some good friends of ours up in Yakima – Rob and Karen and their 2 young boys, Isaiah and Micah. We went to a matinée of “Transformers”. I was pleasantly surprised with the movie and enjoyed it very much. It had lots of fast paced action from [...]

Leslie, Austin, and I just returned from the Horn Rapids kart racing facility int he Tri-Cities where we spent the day racing. The day started off a little rough. We were slow getting going and arrive at track with barely enough time to participate in one practice session before the qualifying round began. Then things [...]

Uncle Stan asked for some guidance on how to put together a free and easy blog. I spent about 30 minutes setting up a little “how-to” blog on Blogger.com on which I posted some simple step-by-step instructions to follow my exact steps. Actually, setting up the blog took about 5 minutes. The other 25 minutes [...]

Well, not so new (2001), but new to me. Many of you know that I drag raced motorcycles several years ago. I sold my dragbike and got out of the sport after I ran out of money about 10 years ago. I don’t plan to race again, but I have purchased a new bike. The [...]