Moose and Ink

The cabinets for the kitchen arrived yesterday.  I have to be honest, I really thought they’d look different.

Steph decided to do some painting of the house this weekend.  Historically, my best contribution to painting has been to get the hell out of the way and let Steph do it.*  That’s boring though so I took a few pictures.   * I did help with prep, clean up,…

Way back in Junior High or High School, our Mom was part of a puppet troupe called Kids on the Block.  The troupe’s speciality was puppets and shows focusing on kids with disabilities.  There was one in a wheelchair with cerebral palsy, another blind with a cane, and so forth.  It…

Follow-up to yesterday’s posting: Last night before I went to bed, I noticed something out in the yard.  Upon further investigation, it turned out to be a deer. With its tongue lapping out all the bird seed that was in the feeder. Now that the threat of Squirrel Ninjas has…

A little while back, we got a new bird feeder.   Here’s Tim Tam enjoying it from our new couch: The feeder has greatly increased our popularity with the neighborhood birds.  At one time I think we counted fourteen birds that were on the feeder or the lamp post that it’s…

The day we signed the papers and took possession of our house was also the first day Steph saw the house. True story.  Honest. Back in 2003, Steph and I were forced to live apart due to jobs and selling our old house in Cedar Rapids and I had the…

Blogging from the island is a bit difficult but since we’ve got a good connection at the moment, here’s some pics.

The view as we left our hotel at 3:00am on Tuesday: The view from our cabana at 3:00pm on Tuesday: Edit: Apologies but Internet here on the island is sporadic at best and slower than a really lazy stork. I’ll update more when I get time to spend 30 minutes…