Archive for May, 2008



Published on May 30, 2008

Had a great and relaxing weekend at the cabin. Something I could have mentioned on Tuesday or Wednesday, but hey – I’m a weak blogger. What can I say?
Cowboy had baseball games last night and tonight. Baseball is almost over, and we’re glad. It has been mostly good – great coaches, [...]


Published on May 23, 2008

We’re going to the cabin this weekend. Leaving tomorrow morning.
The last time we were there was last February. The trip was cut short because we got a call on Sunday morning that Sarah’s mom’s house had caught fire. About a week later, a tree fell on the back of the cabin and [...]


Published on May 19, 2008

Finishing up down at the office in Modesto. Last week I started coming down over night – just trying to get more done and learn how to do a greater part of the engineering. It’s tough being away for two days. I miss the family.
Heavy actually drove down with me this morning [...]


Published on May 16, 2008

For all those who have recently (or not so recently) read and enjoyed “Peace Like a River” – Enger has a new book out. Sarah got it and I’m about 1/4 through after one night. Rarely can I stay awake to read that long these days, but it’s quite, quite good.
Cowboy and I [...]


Published on May 9, 2008

I had a really great story to share from back in college. One about Mike’s early days as a Mechanical Engineer.
But alas, it will have to wait. Because I finally got the go ahead. I’ve been asking for a while, because I am so dang jazzed about the blog that [...]


Published on May 8, 2008

Today is the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. Over the years, I’ve read quite a bit about Jewish history and the events that led up to the establishment of Israel in 1948. No other people group in all of history has been as persecuted as the Jews, and none have overcome [...]


Published on May 6, 2008

Today, I’m very aware of how much we live in, and have become part of, this community.
I tried to replace the half-axle on my Camry over the weekend. I figured it would be fairly easy, because I had helped do it on another car of ours a few years ago and that was easy. [...]