The family got a new kitten today. In order to get the kitten, they had to agree to three simple rules. The name must be Coatrack The cat must be a Maine Coon Dad doesn’t have to clean the litterboxes. With those three simple rules agreed to, we brought Coatrack home. If you’re wondering, the … Continue reading “Coatrack – 10/28/2017”
We went to a party at the Saint Louis University Biology department to carve pumpkins with Danelle’s fellow students. We all had a good time and the pumpkins turned out well. The food provided was a perfect distraction to keep the kids happy as well. Hogan Haake
I occasionally go out to the garage in the winter and start my motorcycle (Kawasaki Concours C10). I like to hear it and believe its good to get the fluids circulating every so often. I happened to notice extra heat coming out of the vent. I saw that the exhaust header was glowing. This was … Continue reading “Hot Exhaust – 12/23/2017”
We participated in our first Moonlight Ramble this year. Its a 10 to 20 mile bicycle (and now unicycle) ride through downtown St. Louis starting at midnight. The original date for the ride was while we were on vacation but due to weather concerns, it was postponed. It got postponed twice more due to political … Continue reading “Moonlight Ramble – 10/21/2018”
After two days at a conference, I was ready for a break. So I planned for one accordingly. The DevUp conference was conveniently located in St. Charles MO, not far from the Katy Trail. Some will argue that its too rough for a unicycle, but I find the chat and hard packed dirt trails perfect … Continue reading “Katy Trail 25 – 10/17/2017”
My employer, DeckCommerce participated in the DevUp conference (formerly Days of .NET) this year. This meant that the company had a booth for recruiting. It was a fun place to gather and talk about the company to others in the community. And no booth is complete without some sort of giveaway. We had a plastic … Continue reading “DevUp Conference – 10/16/2017”
Sonora wanted a different color for her room, so we needed to paint it. While we didn’t get before and after photos (pink to white), we did capture some of the antics! Hogan Haake
Likely to be the last warm Sunset Race of the year, I made sure to get out there early and get a short unicycle ride in with the sunshine! When I got back from my ride, I was in time to see JoJo getting her boat down from on top of her van. A feat … Continue reading “October Sunset Race – 10/12/2017”
We had a Groupon for bowling with 6 people. The kids each wanted to invite a friend and before we knew it, the kids each had two friends. So Danelle and I decided to watch while the kids and their friends had fun. Before I knew it, all four friends were spending the night. Lucky … Continue reading “Kids and Friends – 10/7/2017”
We contracted our neighbor Jonathan to come out to our property and build a deck. I’ve tried and failed to build stuff out there to date. This was our first visit out there to see his finished work. Jonathan pointed out that he would have performed more finishing work on the deck if we wanted. … Continue reading “Waterfall Deck – 9/17/2017”