Lord of the Castle

If you have been reading for awhile, you know that I have been making a prolonged effort to get in shape (click the exercise tag if you are interested). I had been saying for years that after I finished remodeling the house, I would get to work rebuilding my body. I made fairly good progress [...]

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I am pretty sure that it snowed on Saturday… I thought that it snowed fairly hard. I thought that we got 4″ in 4 1/2 hours… The morning paper said that Pratt, KS got 28″. Maybe I was just hallucinating… This evening, just 24 short hours later, the only proof is the piles that the [...]

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The storm finally made it to KC at 1:30 this afternoon. By 2:15, the ground was covered. By 6:00, it was 3″ deep. Rooftops and trees were covered. The only things missing were Christmas lights and I expected them to be turned on at any minute. All of that snow falling outside demanded a fire in the fireplace. [...]

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I made the right decision. (I love when that happens!) We saw some GREAT wrestling and some GREAT wrestlers tonight. In the signature match, Maple beat Napier with a takedown with :01 second to go. However, it was far from convincing. All it did was make you want to have them rest for a half hour and [...]

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My son and I have been planning for several weeks to drive an hour west to Topeka to attend the Kansas Senior Classic tonight. It features the best of  Kansas’s big schools (Group 5A & 6A) against the best of the little schools (Group 4 and 3-2-1-). The guy who beat my son in the finals will [...]

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I received a welcome but unexpected surprise this morning. I took off for work in my daughter’s Honda this morning like every other morning. The red “Seat Belt” light was doing its job. After I put my seat belt, I noticed that there were no warning lights on! The “Check Engine” light was OFF!!! It has [...]

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I frequently highlight the small blessings that occur in my life on this blog. I don’t just do it on or for this blog. I practice this in my daily life. Many years ago, I read in the Psalms that God daily loads us with benefits. At the time, all I could see were problems. If [...]

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I thought I would be done with my taxes by now. But nooooo… I made the mistake of living in two states last year! One is determined to get it’s last pound of flesh out of me while the new one can’t get it’s hooks in fast enough! The Kansas tax return is worse than [...]

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My son’s wrestling success has altered my weekends. Every weekend, there seems to be something important that HAS to get done. Five weeks ago, I HAD to complete my son’s application to Baker University. Four weeks ago, I HAD to complete his FAFSA (Federal Application for Student Aid). Three weekends ago was the state wrestling tournament. Two [...]

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I called the coach who has been training my son for the last few days to see how it has been going. He said he was really surprised at how strong Big A is, said he has really good technique and is a natural at the sport. That was good to hear from a disinterested [...]

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