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When I was about six years old we were cleaning out a closet at home and we came across my Dad’s canvas tent that he had when he was in the Army. We set it up in the back yard to allow it to air out and we even slept in it one night. Granted we were just in the backyard but a few years later when I was in my early teens we did do some old fashion camping. Cooking over a campfire, sleeping on the hard ground in a three person tent. I didn’t really enjoy it at the time but it is a fond memory now. I can’t even imagine trying to do that now with four kids. My idea of roughing it now is staying in a hotel - sad? yes. I’m a lightweight.

Our 2 year old occasionally has this habit of removing his pullup and going buff for a while. This hasn’t helped us get him potty trained and while I don’t think we need to consider incontinence supplies (we haven’t given up hope yet). However we may sound like it given that we are almost constantly asking, do you have to go potty. I don’t remember it taking this long with the others but each one is different.

With all the tools and cables that I carry back and forth to work, church and home every day/week. It is good to have reliable tool storage and when carrying stuff in and out constantly it is important to have things securely closed. Currently I have a small leather case that I keep a couple of screw drivers of various sizes, a flashlight, and a utility knife. For more detailed applications I also carry a small toolbox that has a variety of cables, adapters, screwdriver heads and sockets, a collection of pens and markers and a couple different kinds of tape. Oh yeah, there is also a cable tester, a solder iron, a voltage meter and a couple different sizes of tie straps.

I just saw a promo spot on Fox for the new season of American Idol that will be starting soon. The backing music for the spot (which was 90% of the content) was “Rise” by Robbie Seay Band. To quote a local pastor, “How Cool Is That!?”

Just a couple of years ago I saw these guys at our church tribe’s campgrounds where RSB performed for the first Young Adult Camp (I was in denial that I was still young).

Almost two years ago we started remodeling our upstairs bathroom. Took 4/5 of one wall down to the studs and added some insulation, properly closed up the window that was covered by the shower wall, replaced the tub and shower, replaced the toilet and put in a new sink with a counter top. My FIL and I worked on it while I was off work for a week of vacation. We had a few challenges with the plumbing fixtures but everything got working in under a week or so and we got the new tile floor in and have a functioning bathroom. Now, two years later we still need to figure out what to do with the walls.