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Spelling Bee

jeremy — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:35:19 +0000

Sofia won first place for the third grade spelling bee. Yay, Sofie!

Bridge!

jeremy — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:36:37 +0000

We’re participating in a science fair tomorrow. Alex’s project was a popsicle stick bridge. Sure, they’re almost big enough to be tongue depressors, but they aren’t quite as thick. He fastened them together with hot glue. The total bridge weight was 9 ounces (0.255 kg). Note: This was the boy’s first attempt, and he learned …

Fish’n

jeremy — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:45:56 +0000

Rebecca took the kids out to a local fishing park. They had a hoot, even if Lucy looks grossed out. She did better when she caught her second fish. Alex hung out with some other kid, out of camera shot, so he isn’t featured here.

Last weekend’s bathroom progress

jeremy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:28:38 +0000

I got the shower caulked. The caulk turned out to be almost a perfect match for the corner pieces that we chose. Yay! I also made the tub surround. This entailed 1/4″ Hardiboard, and some framing. The manufacturer suggests two service access points, so I figured, I’d make a couple of 2×4 boxes, attach the Hardiboard …

First Grouting

jeremy — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:29:21 +0000

With all the tiles in place (except for around the tub), it’s finally time to grout the tiles. We decided to go with the epoxy grout. Even though it’s more trouble to put down, and I had to work pretty fast, I don’t really like the maintenance associated with traditional grout. This stuff is water …

Free Peaches!

jeremy — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:48:46 +0000

What’s better than grey peaches? Free ones, like these! A coworker brought them in and promised that there were many more to come. w00t!

Bountiful Harvest

jeremy — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:48:18 +0000

Our garden is starting to produce big time. Can’t really leave it unattended anymore.

Lane Orchards

jeremy — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:25:00 +0000

We made it to Lane Orchards last weekend, and we’ve consumed all of the half bushel of peaches we purchased. Yay! We got the kids to pose by a fig tree. (I hope ours get to be that large some day!)

Backyard Projects

jeremy — Thu, 05 May 2011 00:34:56 +0000

The Browns have been busy in the back yard. Yes, our lawn is mostly crabgrass, and there are big dead spots from my enthusiastic weed killing a couple of months ago… but that’ll have to wait until we get the irrigation system repaired. In the meantime, we have been killing poison ivy, and getting our …

Homemade facial hair

jeremy — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:34:46 +0000

Lucy got it into her head to make a mustache and beard today. This was the result.