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Skate Boarding Stories

After yesterday’s game, a few of us went for a few drinks, shot some pool and got caught up on what everyone was up to these days. I haven’t really been kept in the loop with these guys and was eager to hear all their stories and share a few laughs before heading back to the homestead once again.

With finance and the economy being the way it is today, life is becoming more and more difficult for so many of us, it was nice to just get away from all the “hot” topics that are being discussed each day, so we kept the conversations on the lighter side and no one even wanted to talk about politics and all the heart ache that we are all experiencing due to our governments wasteful overspending and the challenges that Obama now is facing.

My one pal, Doug has gotten totally into the sport of skateboarding and had several good stories that kept us entertained. He is looking to be in real good shape and he had kicked butt all day long during the earlier paintball games. Made all of us look bad in comparison.

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Finding some spring projects to do with my kids

Guest post written by Alex Hunt

It’s always a big deal to get my kids to stay inside when it isn’t really warm enough for them to play outside. My kids are especially prone to colds, even though they eat well and take their vitamins, so I worry about them playing outside in colder weather. But it’s almost spring time and they’re a little more restless now because of it. So I’m trying to find some activities for them to do inside that are spring-y.

I thought that it would be really fun to try and make some birdhouses with the kids. While I was looking up some easy kids’ birdhouses directions I saw info regarding DEBT COUNSELING. As I was looking up some more info on it and how it would affect my family’s debt, I decided to use the counseling services.

I found all kinds of little birdhouse directions to make with the kids and I decided on the simplest one that I could find. Plus, it will be a lot more fun to actually paint the birdhouses than to just assemble them.

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Cloth Napkins

I was watching a show a little while ago where they were talking about reducing your carbon footprint. I’m probably a little bit more interested in saving the planet than most of the people that I know, so I paid attention to the show to see if there was something I could do that I haven’t been doing to reduce our carbon footprint. They suggested using cloth napkins instead of paper napkins as much as possible.

Well, I’m really not sure exactly how much “energy” using cloth napkins will save because in my experience you have to wash and iron them. I’m thinking that the “energy” used to wash and iron them might be a larger carbon footprint than using paper napkins. What do you think?

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College Games

My old college roommates have been trying to get me to join them in a paintball game sometime really soon. We used to have a great time together when we were in college playing paintball on a regular basis. It was great exercise and loads of fun! After the game we would go to the local pub for a bite to eat and hang out and party the rest of the evening.

I’m not even sure where my old paintball equipment is nowadays; I think I lost it along the way. If I’m going to get involved in playing again I’m going to have to think about buying it. The Ultimate Paintball store at pntball.com website is where I’ll be going to buy my new equipment if I decide to take the plunge and get back into it. They have free shipping and the best prices on the Internet. I see that the tippmann a5 set is on sale at half price right now, so that is a pretty strong incentive to pick it up now!

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Home Invasions

Contribution by Kennith Griffin

I usually don’t watch the news when I get home from work because it is all just so depressing. There are so many people getting shot and robbed and whatever else that I don’t even want to see what is going on out there in the world. I am only worried about what is going on in my world except when what happens out there happens a little too close to home. The other night I flipped on the tv when I got home and heard a story about a home invasion that happened not too far from my neighborhood. This of course caught my attention immediately and I started to worry about the family that was in the house. I thought it might be a good time to call ADT Security Illinois to talk about getting an alarm system installed in our home. Even though an alarm can’t prevent something like that from happening it can hopefully deter someone who sees the sign in my front yard and if it doesn’t I can have the comfort that my systems is monitored and if I hit a panic button the police will be on their way.

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Wet and Cold

These are the worst of weather days here at the farm, below freezing with the rain and snow is on the way later in the evening. Waking up in the early a.m. to a damp and cold day makes the morning hard to face, and manuver around, but it has to be done. My milking cows aren’t in the most pleasant of moods either on mornings like this, cold hands on their utters make the daily task of milking a most unpleasant experience for them and me both.

A good day to be near a hot fire with a good hot meal in hand.

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Inflammation Relief From Nopalea

It seems that I just can’t get away from hearing so many depressing stories from people all around me that are suffering from one or more health conditions. I guess the older I get the older other people are getting and with age comes health issues, what a crazy vicious cycle of life that we are stuck in. It really makes me wonder what I am going to be in store for the older I get. I all ready deal with a few health problems, nothing serious but enough to keep me going to the doctors more often that I would like to be going.

Inflammation seems to be a great concern for many of us and I’ve been told about a product called Nopalea that is supposed to help your body neutralize it’s inner toxins which helps reduce it’s inflammation issues. Nopalea comes from the Nopal cactus and it has been used by native peoples for centuries. We can now benefit from this cactus ourselves these days, it comes in a 32 ounce bottle and you can receive a free bottle of this wellness drink by calling 1-800-206-0086 and only pay the shipping and handling charges in order to try it for yourself.

I’ve all ready called for my free sample earlier today. I’ll let you know when I receive it and see how it tastes. I’m a pretty picker eater/drinker, if I can’t get it past my nose then there is no way it is going into my mouth, even if I know that it is something that is good for me and will benefit me well after I swallow it.

 

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Most Modern Convenience

Guest post written by Derick Burks

It’s amazing to me how far technology has come just in the last few years. It wasn’t that long ago that my social calendar revolved around when my favorite shows came on television. Nights out required leaving after my favorites from early in the evening came on or rushing home to catch the new episode of must see late night tv. Now with today’s technology I can watch whatever I want whenever I want—I just set my dvr. Normally I set my dvr to record the full series of shows I want to watch but every once in a while there is something special and usually I remember to set the dvr. I say usually because every once in a while I will be out and my wife will ask if I recorded something and I will realize I forgot. It was always a disappointment—until now! I went to www.Expertsatellite.com and downloaded the dvr scheduler app for my smart phone and voila! we are in business. I can now set my dvr from anywhere, even for those shows I didn’t know about that come up in conversations at dinner parties! I wonder what conveniences they will come up with next!

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An Anxious Boat Enthusiast

These wonderful High Intensity Discharge lights that they have available these days are a truly a most useful tool, especially for boaters that find themselves in need of a good lighting system, such as my brother-in-law found himself in just the other day.

He had received some nice HID boat spotlights, by Magnalight for Christmas and some other boating accessories as well, that he was very anxious to try out and did, on a day that most people wouldn’t venture onto the water on, but as I stated he was a bit anxious. He got a late start and ended up out farther than he calculated on and it got dark quickly on him and he ended up losing his way, all alone, wet and cold. A good thing that he is an experienced water man because it could have ended up real ugly.

He certainly got the opportunity to use his newly acquired spotlight and got home safe and sound, just his ego was bruised a bit, but he has a sense of humor and has made a good entertaining story out of the whole deal that will be told for years to come.

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Down Time, During the Snow

Today was promised to be a nice day all week long by the local news weatherman, and I was looking forward to getting a few things done around the place outside and in some of the out buildings today. Once again all of their technology which is used for weather forecasting has done us wrong, this happens way too often and gets my dander up when it occurs on occasion.

Looks like I will be spending most of the day taking on some much needed inside projects and tasks, while keeping a good fire burning to keep the place warm during this below freezing weekday, down at the farm.