Happy Birthday Mom!
Happy Birthday to my Mom! If my goal is to be as cool as my Mom when I get to her age, I have my work cut out for me.
CLU’s Holiday
Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 after a number of Americans were murdered by the military during the Pullman Strike. After the massacre, President Grover Cleveland made reconciliation with unions a top political priority. Making Labor Day a national holiday was his form of reconciliation. I celebrated Grover… Read More »CLU’s Holiday
3(Happy Birthday!)
Happy Birthday Logan! Happy Birthday Derrick! This Journal Entry also marks a milestone for Derrick. He has become the 4th person to reach triple digits in Journal Entries about them. However, I promised 3 Happy Birthdays…. Happy Birthday Jill!
Happy Birthday Shannon
Today is Shannon’s birthday, so it must be time to wish her a Happy Birthday with a few pictures of the young lass! So to summarize, Happy Birthday Shannon!
Memorial Day Weekend
I had a pretty awesome Memorial Day Weekend and saw all of the right people. Plus, my grill got quite the workout. The weekend started with FNSC at my humble abode. The group core was there, plus Jesse and Dawn. Jesse, Willy and I hung by the fire pit until… Read More »Memorial Day Weekend
Vacation Day 9B – Mother’s Day Early
I broke Day 9 into two post because of the large amount of pictures, if you recall. You are about to see the rest of those pictures. After all the flowers were planted, we all went our separate ways to wash up. Then the family reunited at the Stensland home… Read More »Vacation Day 9B – Mother’s Day Early
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 16
This is the first Personal Photo Project of the Week where I didn’t actually take the pictures. I just designed them. Sara was kind enough to take time off from her studies to come up and take these pictures that graced my birthday barbecue invitations. These pictures are not presented… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 16
Transmorgify
I thought that my home was my castle, With no one scrutinizing me, No pigs, no liars, no hassle, Y’all are brutalizing me. Can’t a man not drink his beer in silence? Can’t a man not crudely lie and scream? Can’t a man not control his world with violence? Y’all… Read More »Transmorgify
Happy Birthday Mr. Faust!
Happy Birthday Mr. Faust! Faust will be missed at the Spring Game on Saturday, but hopefully I will get to visit him in Mankato in 2 weeks.
Happy Ides of March
Shakespeare warned of the Ides of March. I don’t know what he was so worked up about. Carla was born on the Ides of March. Happy Birthday Carla! It is also Monica’s birthday. Happy Birthday Monica! Seems strange to me that so many people would choose to be born in… Read More »Happy Ides of March
2(Happy+Birthday)
March 11 was the birthday of Baier. Happy Birthday Baier! Baier with The Red Barn Tenderloin Baier and a sweet balloon hat! Where all Kansas City Chief fans belong! (On a museum tour of Fort Dodge.) Carrie Baier and Baier The Baiers Baier and the Boys Fatherhood. It isn’t easy… Read More »2(Happy+Birthday)
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
I’ve often heard that the saddest thing in the world is unrequited love. Unsolicited love on the other hand… I’ve never been a Christmas card person. My thoughts on cards is that when somebody sends you a card, what they are really saying (with apologies to Mitch Hedberg) is: “here,… Read More »Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Happy Christmas Eve
IMAGE LOST Hope, Peace, Joy and Love are promises offered to us by God, and all of them manifest in this one we light tonight: the Christ Candle. In Christ we find the hope of transformation, the peace that follows justice, the joy of self-fulfillment in community, and the love… Read More »Happy Christmas Eve
Happy Birthday Jesse!
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Jesse Lee (Lex) Howard. Here is but a poor sampling of pictures of the times we have shared in recent years. After beating that net! In Clinton, Iowa on The Road Trip – 2006 With the World’s Largest Cheeto Jesse’s Picture on… Read More »Happy Birthday Jesse!
Happy Birthday and a Farewell
Today is Carrie’s birthday. Happy Birthday Carrie! Carrie got to spend a good portion of her birthday with her family and with me in Ledges. I will post some of those pictures in January. It will include a picture of the aftermath of my falling through some thin ice past… Read More »Happy Birthday and a Farewell
Happy Birthday Brandon!
Today is the birthday of my nephew and the eldest son of my eldest sister. So Happy Birthday Brandon! For more quality images of Brandon, you can visit the Family Album in the Snapshots Gallery. Or you can click on the link below: Brandon Brandon has his own car… Read More »Happy Birthday Brandon!