The Ozark Trail 100 is a 102 mile run from point A to point B. I became interested in this after reading about a friend from high school getting into ultra-marathon running. I believe ultra marathons start at the 50 km mark and go up from there. Since I have done some ultra type events … Continue reading “Ozark Trail 100 – 11/3/2012”
Working downtown, I can see the new I-70 bridge in St. Louis from my office. I decided it wasn’t too far from the office and walked to it over lunch. I’ll admit it was a brisk walk to get there and back in an hour, but it works! If you need a scale of how … Continue reading “New I-70 Bridge – 11/2/2012”
It seems just nuts, but that’s the whole point. My father-in-law has two pecan trees in his yard. He wants to get the nuts from the trees,but the squirrels think they own the nuts. The one that wins will be the one that gets to the nuts first. The key to keeping the squirrels from … Continue reading “Squirrel Prevention – 8/19/2012”
I just can’t help myself sometimes. I hadn’t done anything crazy for a while and decided it was time. It was a random Saturday and i was bored, so I took the kids to the office with a large stack of post-it notes and we decided to have some fun. I picked the VP of … Continue reading “A Little Office Decorating – 8/18/2012”
Nothing goes better with cookies than kids. Well, maybe milk, but for this post, we’ll say kids. I don’t remember what prompted this get together with the Metheny Family. Probably just an excuse for us to hang out. Our theme for this cookie gathering: transportation! And if you know us at all, yes, we had … Continue reading “Midsummer Baking with the Methenys – 8/17/2012”
All of the things that just didn’t have enough oomph for their own album, but deserve some recognition… One of the kids favorite people is Erin Fee. She watched the kids before they were old enough for school. In fact, Danelle and I have never had a single occasion to say or think anything unfavorable … Continue reading “July – 2012”
Its 6:00 am and my alarm is going off. I reached over to turn it off and and slowly got out of bed. Today is the day that Jake, Ryan, and I go winter canoe camping. The trip is all planned out and we’re set to meet at Ryan’s house at 9:30 am. I’m not … Continue reading “Failed Overnight Canoe Trip – 11/17/2012”
My nephew got baptised today. His parents are what I would consider to be conservative Catholics. I applaud their religious convictions. It also gave me the chance to see what I believe to be a pre Vatican 2 baptism. They had the service at St. Francis de Sales in south St. Louis, Missouri. This church … Continue reading “A Pre Vatican 2 Baptism – 7/14/2012”
My grandfather had a stand of bamboo in his yard for many years. After a while, my parents got a transplant of it into their yard. It didn’t take much for me to get my own transplant at my house in St. Louis. I’ve always been a big fan of the bamboo, but my wife … Continue reading “Bamboo?”
Danelle planted several strawberry plants this year around the house. Unfortunately, it takes a year before they truly start producing, so we would have to get our strawberries somewhere else. Of course, the weather the past winter was quite mild and the summer started off strong and quite warm. When we called around to the … Continue reading “Strawberry Madness – 5.12”