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New Addition

I’d like to announce the arrival of a new addition to the house. A bouncing baby water heater.

(ok.. not baby at all – bad boy is BIG)…

Hot water

Uggg… Hot water heater is busted.. water ALL over the garage… Guess I’m showering at the Gym today! :\

MAN This home ownership thing is all SORTS of fun…

Religion

(Watch out – this is a long one – and probably only interesting to me)

So I went to church this morning.. And it got me thinking about why I still go to church and how that fits into my life.

I’ve always had a really strange relationship to church and religion which has changed over time. When I was little my family (mother’s side of the family at least) was very religious (Christian Scientist) and we went to church every sunday like clockwork.. My mom wasn’t very vocal or push about it and my dad just went along to be supportive. But my Grandma – she was another story. I think women her age took classes on how to deal with kids in the church and she’s always done all the stuff any good God fearing Christian woman should do… She sang me hymns at bed time. She bought me books about Daniel and the lions den and Joseph and the coat of many colors. She always had little mints an paper and pens in her purse on sundays to keep us quiet during the service (our church was small so sunday school was before the main service so the teachers could hear the service). Even to this day she checks on me to see if I’m going to church and explaining to me why I should try to convince Kevin to come with me.

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In Memory – 9/11/01

A few sites worth seeing today:

• Will Wheaton’s Blog
• Tuesday’s Children
• American Red Cross
• 25 Resources to Teach About Peace and Tolerance for Cultural Diversity
• Voices

Final Result

So here it is… The finished floors… Actually turned out pretty flippin good… There are some warts that you might expect from a house thats 100 years old. The funniest part is the stripe down the middle of the stairs – the original owners most likely had a runner down the stairs and the wood was badly bleached to the point the floor guys couldn’t sand it out… And if you squint closely at the picture of the hall you can see Kevin’s next project ( the boy just won’t quit! 😉 )

(In case you missed it here is what it looked like before)

By the way

The floor is done.. and… Oh… My….. GAWD… So purdy… Once I figure out where I put the charger for my camera i’ll snap a couple of pictures… 😉

( Does kinda stink in here though.. Cheap high I guess! 😉 )