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Jordan High School Trap Shooting 2012
I have not posted much (if any) about #3 of 5’s Trap Shooting season this year (at least not yet). So, let my FIRST post about the 2012 Jordan, Minnesota High School Trap Shooting team be one of...
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Call Me Samson!
You know, Samson - who believed he was given unusual strength and that he would loose his strength with the loss of his hair. I have often wondered if my goatee has been providing me some...
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2012 Trap Shooting Tournament
So, as I previously mentioned, I had not posted anything about this year’s High School Trap Shooting season until a couple of days ago when I posted about #3 of 5’s team taking FIRST PLACE in their...
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A Daddy’s Broken Heart
Apparently, some time yesterday #4 of 5 (my 12 year old daughter) was playing with my iPod. This is not unusual, and is something I generally allow my children to do.Later in the afternoon, I had run...
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FOF Observation #25
The "FOF Observations" are a series of "Perpetual Posts" where I will share with you, my readers, short little observations that I have made (or will be making) on being the father of a large family....
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Grandpa’s Garden
For the past twelve years, I designated one of the back corners of my yard as a rock/dirt debris pile. As I completed various landscaping projects I would dump the remaining dirt/sand/rock in a huge...
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Spiral-Cut Hot Dogs
About a week ago while stumbling my way around the internet I came across a website that introduced me to a new concept. Chow.com had an article and a video (seen below) on what they called...
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Minnesota River Canoe/Camping Trip
It’s been twenty two years (give or take) since I last spent time in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and it has been eight years since my last camping trip (taken with Best Bud Ed) to the...
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There is always so much chaos going on around me that my mind never rests. A mind that never rests often forgets some of the little details and sometimes even the bigger ones too. I am often asking...
View ArticleNineteen
Do you have one of those days in your life that you can identify as an pivotal moment? One of those days that you can look back on and identify events as either “before” or “after”? Most of us do. I am...
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#5 of 5’s Aquarium Project – Part 1
When #5 of 5 expressed an interest in establishing an aquarium, I got pretty excited. I have kept at least one aquarium running for 22 of the past 27 years. With my current set up looking more swamp...
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An Afternoon of Trap Shooting
As you may have already seen, #3 of 5 shoots for his High School Trap Shooting Team. He had a phenomenal year – raising his scores from the 7-10 range last year to an 18-20 range this year! Back in...
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#5 of 5’s Aquarium Project – Part 2
Phase one of #5 of 5’s Aquarium Plan is now complete. A suitable aquarium stand has been located, painted white and “splatter painted” with her favorite colors (which all happen to be pastel!)She did...
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International GeoCaching Day - 2012
Most of you know it by now… I enjoy GeoCaching. It’s an opportunity for me to get up and enjoy the great outdoors (something I enjoy doing, but struggle to find the time to do). It’s much less of a...
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Firearm Safety Certificate – Part Trois – – – (aka - Annie Oakley)
Like her brother, and then another brother and father did before her, #4 of 5 has joined the ranks of the cast and crew of The Life of a Father of Five who have successfully completed the Minnesota...
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FOF Observation #26
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Double-Take
Tonight on my way home from work, while traveling down Highway 169 over the Minnesota River Bridge – I pulled up behind a truck pulling a fifth wheel trailer. Upon that trailer was one of the oddest...
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Brownie Bake-Off
Tonight was Boy Scout Troop 332’s second annual Brownie Bake-Off!The boys split the troop up into three groups. Each group was required to bake a batch of brownies and the troop (and some “adult...
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It’s Done
After a lengthy bit of trial and error, two price drops, a couple of attempted scams on Craigslist, and a “no call, no show” potential buyer – the END OF AN ERA (link to a post titled the same) has...
View ArticleMy Faith in Humanity Was Restored... Almost
Halloween and all its associated hoopla and hype had wound down. The Mother of Five and I had taken #4 of 5 (and her friend) along with #5 of 5 on a whirlwind tour of our neighborhood, filling their...
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