Assorted minutiae

I think Kellen and I are going to be adding updates to this site weekly. Unless inspiration strikes mid-week, which is certainly possible. This week are a couple of random bits.


One item of news: I hear rumors that my grandmother is thinking about getting herself a computer! So in the event that she does and tunes in here, Hi Grandma! I'm looking forward to exchanging emails with her, I think she's a pretty cool lady. I suck at the phone so don't get to talk to her often.


I think we're in the fourth month of the house next door still for sale. I'll put some pictures on here sometime, it really is pretty amusing. For those of you haven't seen or heard of this thing, it is 3500 poorly planned out square feet on a lot not much bigger than that. They're asking $700,000 for it, which if you lived in Seattle or San Francisco would sound like a serious steal but here, it's a little absurd. I'm not sure who is going to eventually buy a clapboard house on a flood plane, which you can't insure for hurricanes (it's made of wood) that will cost a fortune to cool in the summers. That person who does buy it is a sucker. The American dream, man.


Kellen is in Big Bend National Park this week and will likely have some great photos to share in the next update. He's also finished cutting the wooden thingies (slats? strips?)for his canoe, so will probably start shaping and attaching them to the strongback. I don't know, he'll tell you all about it. Also, his beard is quickly getting out of control. I'm not sure the picture below does it justice, so just take my word for it. He's been growing it out since new year's for a local beard contest (first prize - a nintendo wii, going to the guy with the "best" beard!) and two and a half months of growth is pretty incredible.

Beard getting bigger.

Canoe building. Lots of sawdust.

Just tossed this one because Jack looks so funny with his summer haircut.

See y'all next week!