The Angry Gard'ner

I am starting to feel like it might be spring soon.  It is now snowing and then melting, what a concept!  Anyways, I have several projects left over from last year that I would I hope to finish this year.  The “curb appeal”  of our house needs some work with good garden beds by the steps and the easement finished.  I want to build raised beds for the peppers and tomatoes this year.  It should be [...]

Or is it me.  I was a metal head growing up Crue, Maiden, Ozzy.  I did not even hear about it if it was made before 1976 (when AC/DC released Dirty Deeds), but oddly enough I hated Metallica.  Anyway, as I have gotten older my tastes have changed massively.  The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Metallica are my top three bands with AC/DC and Ozzy rounding out top five.  While I can barley stand to listen to [...]

I had Garage Works come and look at my door today. They put in a couple of reinforcing struts to make the door work correctly. It still was sticking a little as it went down. So the guy took some ski wax and rubbed it on the inside wall of the garage and boom perfect garage door. Who would have thought [...]

Teacher can I be excused my brain’s full. At work we are getting a software package that runs on Red Hat Linux. So I get to go to Bountiful to get training on Linux. I am kind of excited, I have tried to break into that way of thinking, but get frustrated with the learning curve. I look forward to the chance to learn new skills and become one with the GNU. [...]

The stupid thing has burnt up my last reserve nerve. It has finally stopped opening all the way. It stops after a foot. SO I HAVE HAD IT!! I have fixed it more times than I care to count so off to Home Depot (which is kind of like my Batcave). I got a new opener and got it all installed and it still doesn’t close right. I am going [...]

Growing up where I did I was grossly spoiled. When I wanted to go tubing I would tell Mom and walk up the block to the North Park and go tubing until my eyes fell out. Or later there was youth activities to the hills or family gatherings on the hill next to Oak City. Anyway, SPOILED. With the massive amount of snow we have had this year I wanted to take [...]