A grandma who will remain unnamed let Ariella get her little fingers in our ice cream cake the other night at Amanda and my combined birthday celebration.
A big thank you to everyone for your generous gifts!
I love how The Tax Foundation can put things into perspective so simply and eloquently. “While the oil companies experience record profits, the federal government has been giving them a free ride,” Jeff Rickert, vice president of the Apollo Alliance, charged during a news conference Tuesday. In the most recent flap over “excessive†profits, ExxonMobil…
Amanda and I have returned from a wonderful week long vacation! We made three main stops. The previous photos were from one of those locations. These two are from the third location. Bonus points if you can name this place based on these photos. Friends and family who knew where we were going are disqualified!…
For several months the East Aurora Cooperative Market has been working to raise funds via our capital campaign. This fundraising effort is a critical step in moving forward with construction of the market as it shows to our outside lenders that we have committed member-owners who will shop at the market and make it successful. So far…
I had intended on going out to take photos of the eclipse, but instead found myself enthralled with the total view of the night sky. This, my friends, is why you move out to the country. (click for full size view) Here’s the Eclipse, nearly full.
You know what’s great about getting early snow when you’re building a house on top of a hill in ski country? Nothing. Progress slowed down considerably since last update, although there were still some key accomplishments. #1 – Windows all got installed: #2 – Roofing all got installed. We were told that they couldn’t get…