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Happy Birthday, Dear

Today is my dear wife’s birthday.  And I am so impressed with the wonderful gift that I got for her, that I want to toot my own horn for a minute on this site.
Having made the decision to have a fairly large family.  At least, large by today’s standards.  We have to cut costs where [...]

Sandy's Blog

Well, after following my blog for years, my dear wife has finally given into the addiction called blogging.  She followed my ill-advised advice, and used Wordpress.  After a brief training session, she finally has a new post.  It is the talk she offered at her grand father’s funeral.
So, please take a minute to check it [...]

The Octogenarian

Last week my wife’s family lost a truly great man.  I was going to post this earlier, but I couldn’t find the video that I wanted to include.  I still can’t find them, but I feel a need to post about this great man anyway.
The octogenarian lived to be 82 year of age, and he [...]

The Camp of Hikes

Last week our family took our new-to-us tent trailer camping at Spruces Campground. While it wasn’t my first choice for campsites, it really was a good trip.
We ended up leaving on Monday afternoon about 3:30pm. That was a lot later than I had originally planned, but I could get myself moving on Saturday [...]

SODO: The Late Independence Day Dinner

Like the dinner this post is a little late.
I had to work on Independence Day. Yep, I get July 5 off every year. However, the 4th is always a work day at my company.
But having to work wasn’t going to take away from my celebration. We were planning to do a Dutch [...]

Welcome Home PandaMae

Last year I went with my oldest daughter to Girl’s Camp.  Back then I thought it was for her.  I felt that it would make it easier for her to be away from the family for a whole week.
Let me explain, in the LDS Church many there is an organization for the teenage girls.  It [...]

SODO: First Time Baking Bread

For Father’s Day my wife more than took care of me. Actually, if you ask me, she went a little over board. But, I finally have some items that I have been wanting for a very long time. So, I forgive her.
I received two things that I really wanted. The first [...]

SODO: The Great Chicken Dinner

Okay, the title to this post is a little misleading. Because last night’s meal was nothing great.
I guess, I felt that because I had been home all day that I would have enough time to start some dutch oven. But I didn’t start until 5:00 in the evening. And we had kids [...]

We're Debt Free!

Two and a half years ago, my wife and I moved into our new home. After that move, we had one goal. That was to get rid of our consumer debt.
We started out by paying $700 extra on the one consumer loan that we had. It was a student loan that totalled [...]

Spring/Summer of Dutch Oven (SODO)

About a month and a half ago, our office had a Chili Cook Off with a $100 cash (well, Visa Gift Card) prize for first place. I decided that I would enter with a Dutch Oven Recipe that I found on the Internet thanks to the good people at Utah Association of Geocachers.
I won. [...]