Category Archives: Living Fully

Not a Good Match?

This cartoon and post were inspired by Ramana’s comment on Extreme Techie over at Transforming Stress: Naturally talented youngsters who can be classified as geeks or nerds are also to be seen and I find them lacking in social skills … Continue reading

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Bucket List

I’ve been seeing the term “bucket list” a lot lately, the idea being a list of things you want to do before you die (“kick the bucket”). Do you have a list like that? Are there some things that you … Continue reading

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One Match

  In spite of the wind and snow Andy started this bonfire with just one match and a three-inch fatwood stick. He still hasn’t lost his touch. What about you? Do you have any skills you’re proud of? Thanks to … Continue reading

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Not Quite Spring Yet

  As you can tell from the picture, there was a bit of a breeze up there when Andy was burning some slash last Monday. He had to take periodic breaks to go inside to warm up. Also notice there’s … Continue reading

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Wiped Out

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Mission Accomplished!

Let’s hope I’m not as overly optimistic as George W. Bush was when he announced Mission Accomplished! So what has been my/our mission? To get Andy back to working on his own projects up on the land. He’s really been … Continue reading

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Interesting Challenge

The sink continues to heal itself, and Andy is building more bookcases, but the refrigerator is an ongoing problem. The pilot light keeps going out and the refrigerator shuts itself off. It will be interesting to see if it can … Continue reading

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Poor Baby

  Montana’s carpal pad is still not healing correctly so she will have surgery Tuesday. Wish her luck. I’m being lazy today and am staying home from the Y. I usually go every other day to use the weight machines, … Continue reading

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Moving On

The refrigerator still keeps shutting itself off, so Peter will come up to adjust it when he finishes his current job. The sink is gradually getting better by itself, so probably nothing will have to be done on that—saving the … Continue reading

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It’s Not Just the Dogs

I thought I was being ridiculously early making arrangements for our trip to see Kaitlin, Torben and the grandbabies this fall. But we’re going by train, we want a sleeping compartment, and when we went in Spring, 2011 we didn’t … Continue reading

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