A great couple of days recently. I took Friday off because I worked on MLK Day due to a client meeting. As such I was able to spend a day by myself doing what I wanted to do and it was glorious. If I could get one of these a quarter I’d feel so relaxed. …
We recently enjoyed our first dinner out as a couple in a long time. We’ve taken to trying to get to one nice restaurant a month for a date night as part of our 2023 resolutions. Our first stop was Sacred Beast, a restaurant I’ve been dying to try since before the pandemic. Why? They …
Great day with my Bears learning some life skills at Dutchman’s Rod and Gun Club. We spent the day earning two belt loops. We started learning knife safety, then how to prepare a simple meal, and then how to put up a tent. Knife Safety The traditional scout way to teach knife safety is to …
I honestly can’t believe that 2022 is at an end. I remember sitting in a high school history class, thinking about what my life would be like in the 2020’s. The subject that day was imagining the future and the challenges we would face. Some of it was pretty poignant – computers and technology and …
I went through a pretty thorough redesign of this website and made it a lot easier to manage and cheaper in the process. Here are the items I completed – Migrated from EC2 to LightSail This was probably the most cumbersome of the changes I made to the site. My previous WordPress version running on …
Kings Island Winterfest Our visit to KI Winterfest did not disappoint, but the crowds are noticeably larger. We expected as much, it was a nice weekend night. However, I am seeing a lot of the things we used to do, where we had the run of the place, are getting more crowded. I am glad …
Dutchman Christmas Party My fellow Dutchman and their wives made this a great experience. Again, I am so lucky to be in this club. We had a blast. Dominach’s Skating Party The boys skated at Independence Skateway. This was the Christmas party for their Tae Kwon Do teacher. Lots of fun. I did not skate …
I am getting much better at smoking meat. My turkey for Thanksgiving wowed everyone. I also smoked a large tenderloin and some sausages for everyone just to make sure I had enough. Interestingly enough some people only ate the sausages, some only the tenderloin, and some just the turkey. Shows there are multiple tastes in …
I recently visited the deer woods for the first time in many years but that was cut fairly short due to an apparent equipment malfunction. I did get out three days though, and did learn that the second weekend of deer season is much quieter. The real lesson here is to be proactive about maintaining …