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2010
Motivational Monday - Founding Father - John Adams "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams So, it had me thinking about what we all do every day... What we do that...
11/29/2010
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I know we are headed into the Christmas Season, so I thought I would send out Halloween with a bang! My son and I carved a few pumpkins this year, and it was sooooo fun! We read the book "the littlist pumpkin" and carved this one from the book. Merry Christmas everyone! Now to watch a Nightmar...
11/27/2010
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So we have a tradition every year the day after Thanksgiving... We do Ginger Bread Houses! Now, my 3 year old loves to participate and glue the pieces together... Helping every step of the way! This years was a masterpiece! I think more of the frosting goes in our mouths, instead of on the h...
11/26/2010
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Wild Turkeys, and a baby one too! I thought it would be good to post them in honor of Thanksgiving! :) I snapped these pictures from my front window at my house in Saratoga, CA. Sometimes I can see several at one time, and you know when they have been around, since they have rather large poop....
11/24/2010
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To live a large life... (inspirational thought) To live a large life... focus on what matters - what REALLY matters. Most people go out and try to make it too big... To have a larger life, narrow your focus. To many of us think that in order to live a larger life, we have to so many many man...
11/23/2010
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Yup, farming with foursquare! So we farm neighborhoods by sending mailers, newsletters, giving out pumpkins during Halloween, flags for the fourth. We doorknock the neighborhood to meet the neighbors. We send just listed and just solds to gain more mindshare... We visit garage sales and walk ...
11/22/2010
"He who knows best, knows how little he knows..." Thomas Jefferson Makes me think of so many things... And makes me giggle a bit when I read it. lol... I wonder if I have ever thought I knew best and thought I knew so much... So to does it make you think at all? Was there a time that you tho...
11/22/2010
You all know that I love to take wildlife pictures. This one was taken from my truck as I was leaving the other morning at my house in Saratoga, CA. This Coyote was climbing one of my apple trees and eating the apples. As I got into my truck, I decided to drive close to watch and take some pic...
11/21/2010
I was headed home from Central California (Chico area, north of Sacramento) and saw a place just off the interstate that looked like it would be a fun place to get the truck dirty. I had just bought my new Chevy, and just had some work done to it. New tires, suspension, grill, etc... As you can...
11/20/2010
Spending a few days in Monterey, yielded a great discovery! That if you make sand castles around your 3 year old son, he will definatily stomp them out! There we about 8 castles that I made... Could have been a tear down? Or maybe Godzilla? Have a great day!!! -Chris
11/19/2010
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