I can’t imagine ever tiring of seeing wild life in our yard and neighborhood. This young buck hung out near the road for about an hour on Saturday morning. I shot him while standing inside our front door. Mr. D saw him and his deer friend in the same place this morning. I’m trying to convince Mr. … Read More
Last week Mr. D invited our Baby Girl to attend a Father/Daughter Summit with him. This was an all day event organized by the National Center for Fathering. Baby Girl was thrilled to have her daddy all to herself for an entire day. A day of getting to know and understand each other better … Read More
Green Screen Vacation
Found this blog today. It is written by a single dad with an adorable kiddo named Noah. I’ve only scratched the surface of the blog in my recent visits — something keeps drawing me back. It’s fun. It makes me smile. To give you an idea of the fun to be found, check out this … Read More
Not a good idea
I tried a new recipe tonight. Pumpkin doughnuts My candy thermometer wasn’t working quite right so the first half dozen were a FAIL. The oil was waaaay too hot. After I got the temperature deal figured out we had ourselves some doughnuts. I ate a half of one. This recipe has been sitting on my … Read More
Bedroom Winner
Congratulations to Karyn! You have been randomly chosen by Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 1 Timestamp: 2010-11-05 16:23:48 UTC NOTE: Numbers 1-11 were used to select this number to reflect the 5 comments left on the blog, and 6 others that sent emails to me. Numbers were assigned by order of comment/email … Read More
Drafting
I’m a few days into Unit Two of my Interior Design Course, which means the drafting tools have come out of the box and into my hot little hands. I’m learning all about drafting — the lingo, symbols, tools, and even lettering. I love the lettering. I’ve always been intrigued by handwriting, script, calligraphy, and … Read More
Wordless Wednesday
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Wanted: A Bedroom
I need a bedroom. Your bedroom. My next design course assignment requires me to use a real life bedroom. Can’t be my bedroom. Or any bedroom in my home. That’s where you come in my friends. Would you be willing to let me in your private sanctuary, place of rest, boudoir, master bedroom? traditional bedroom … Read More
Rock the Vote
Tomorrow is election day. Surely anyone on God’s green earth – living in the United States of America, would know that. I’m sure some don’t. I bet you know it. Mr. D and I did our voter homework. We printed a sample ballot for our district and discussed the candidates and marked who we each will be … Read More