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Lynnette and I attended a charity fund raising event last night, that a good friend of ours recently started up. It was a nice evening, dedicated to a good cause, that included a speech by the former governor of Iowa Robert Ray.

Airhart Leadership Foundation Currently, the website doesn’t have much content yet, but I imagine someday […]

[I didn’t really plan using a $20,000 laser cutter on my 17″ Powerbook to etch a 19th-century engraving of a tarsier, a nocturnal mammal related to the lemur (also the vi book cover), but it seemed like it had to done. The results are stunning - photos and more here…]

We know the guy at Valley […]

I’ve been reading numerous websites on the development of babies, which say after 20 weeks Peanut should be able to hear. That is so cool. That means I need to start talking and reading to her more. I’ve read that if you read the same book over and over again for at […]

We have shower walls! I just finished installing the last two pieces of concrete backerboard.

Tomorrow, I’m planning on sanding the existing drywall and hopefully finish securing the new plywood we installed on the floor. A busy night for sure.

Rory was checking on my progress

Peanut must be going through a growth spurt, because she’s been awfully quite for the last couple of days. Finally about an hour ago she started kicking again. She must have just been worn out from growing so much!!

Oh wow, it is nasty out this evening:

For some reason though, the dogs are driving us crazy wanting to go out and play.

Not that I didn’t enjoy my week of hard labor, oops, I mean vacation, but it sure is nice to be back to work.

Unfortunately, the bathroom is no where near being done, we still have a ton of leaves in the backyard (which I was working on until it was completely dark tonight) and I […]

Well today marks 20 weeks, which means Peanut will be here in another 20. In hindsight, the time has actually gone really fast. I’m thinking that the next couple of months will go even faster with the holidays and Mom and Dad’s retirement party.

SInce the Ultrasound Peanut has been kicking like […]

I posted my first item to Craigslist: King-size metal bed frame

Anyone interested in our old bed frame?

Karissa and Mom came up this last weekend to do some shopping. My initial intent was to get my Christmas shopping list all ready, so we could get all my Christmas shopping done. No procrastinating this year. Well, the list didn’t get done. So we had to change our plans completely […]