Lord of the Castle

Christmas vacation is officially over. I drove my son to the airport this morning. My wife, my youngest daughter and I are all that are left here in Kansas. It is time to set my sights toward the new year. I did achieve a nice goal this morning… I kept my weight under 200 lbs. this entire [...]

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I woke up to a surprise today… 3 inches of snow on the car! It snowed all day long. However, there is something that I don’t fully understand… While it was cold enough for new snow to fall, the snow on the ground was melting. Things that make you go “Hmmm”.

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There is much more room in our apartment today… My two oldest daughters and my wife’s parents left yesterday. My son will leave in a few days. The last 24 hours were an emotional whirlwind. Big A got put out with Bean. Big A got put out with Cakes. Kimba get put out with Bean. Cakes [...]

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No more dreaming of a white Christmas here! We definitely had one! 3-6 inches on Christmas Eve, 7 inches on Christmas and 2 more today! If I had to deal with it every day, it would really be a pain… However, it’s Christmas and I am off from work so it’s not that bad. In [...]

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Last night at 8:15 P.M., my wife informed me that she needed the electric roaster to cook the Christmas turkey. There was just one problem with that… The roaster was in our storage unit. My son drove down to get it and confirmed what I suspected: the storage facility was closed for Christmas! When I [...]

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Is there a pattern developing? In my last post, I told you about the similarities of Kimba’s departure last Christmas and her  arrival this year. Well, we aren’t quite finished. I was supposed to pick up my oldest daughter, Bean, from the airport last night. She was scheduled to take off from Dallas at 9:30 P.M [...]

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Let’s see… I’m driving to the airport in the middle of a wind/hail/rain/snow storm… Kimba must be coming into town! When I took her to the airport after last Christmas, it was exactly the same type of weather. It is pretty hairy trying to drive in this kind of weather. As I tried to finish [...]

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I still don’t know what I am going to buy for my wife! I am running out of time! But, then again, I am a man. Men are supposed to wait until the last minute. If I bought her gift early, I could be found guilty of “shopping”! Not good! I don’t like shopping. Shopping is [...]

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I have a built in desire to explore. When we lived in Los Angeles, I was always amazed when, after living there for 30 years, I would drive on a road for the very first time. I was like a little kid. “I have lived here for (fill in the blank) years and I have [...]

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I had my latest “humility sandwich” handed to me today. After work, I hustled over to the police supply store. As I waited for them to look at my flashlight, I perused the store. It was like entering a parallel universe! About 50 different handguns at the counter… fully automatic weapons behind it… displays of various [...]

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