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Well, the book I “wrote” for my dad didn’t get here before Father’s Day, but it really turned out nice. This will sound stupid, but it looks just like a real book. It even has a bar-code on the back. So, if you were waiting to see the final product before turning your blog website [...]

A good long time ago I was working on my own school stuff while at Lloyd’s school some weekend. Being trapped in a place keeps me focused. Um, usually. After a good hour of working at a desk, I looked up at the window. That crummy old curtain was made from two pieces of cloth [...]

Sometime in the middle of last week I came across a review of the BedFan. You should click the link and look at it – it’s pretty ingenious. It’s a fan that is made to channel cool air underneath your bedsheets so on sweltering nights (or if you get night sweats) you can sleep well. [...]

On Saturday after the auction we went with Curt to the European Market in Lincoln. They have so many weird and wonderful things there I wanted to spend a long time reading labels, but the boys were getting bored, so I grabbed some things and we checked out. I was intrigued by these super-long noodles [...]

The house seems better with the new windows, but every so often one or the other of us is cold. Last Friday night I was in front of the t.v. swaddled in sweats, a wool sweater, a regular blanket and a down blanket, the heat was set at 70 – and I was still cold. [...]

Long ago in my Martha Stewart-worship days, I used to get super-jazzed about wrapping presents. I had some of the most beautiful wrapping paper ever created – a thick, textured paper with gorgeous floral scroll-work and gold embossing (everything is better when it’s gold, remember). It’s just lovely stuff, and the photo does not do [...]