In the military (and civilian sector to an extent) it is common to walk into a leader’s office and see all their awards and gifts posted around them. It is jokingly referred to as a “love me” wall, perhaps because being surrounded by all those accolades boosts your own ego.
I made a decision a [...]
Well, yesterday was my 44th B-day. I got a surprise call from Greg who gave me the option of having the birthday song sung ala Donald Duck or Marilyn Monroe. MM is the more classic of Greg’s celebratory singing on birthdays…and DD would have had me laughing too hard too early in the [...]
A group of us guys did a fishing trip last weekend. We normally go to Diamond Lake (by Crater Lake National Park) as the fish there are decent size when you catch them. The problem was the bite was pretty abysmal over the 4th of July there. Not wanting to take the [...]
After over 5 days of busting tail, the storage shed is basically done. I finished caulking and nailing the joist brackets yesterday, so all that’s left is to paint it. Which we’ll do today.
Dad and Mom Shannon came over to lead us on how to build the shed, and each day they inspired [...]