Archive for the ‘Cool Stuff’ Category

Shameless pitch for sister #2

My other sister, Sue, is a beast when it comes to saving money! If you want to find out how to cut your grocery bill down to a fraction of what it currently is, or if you’re addicted to clothes shopping and want to be able to by more… she’ll show you how. From stacking coupons to building up a stockpile of everyday items, she does it all. Check in with her every day to maximize your savings!

Find out how to Save The Coupons!

Shameless pitch for sister #1

I found out that my sister, Robyn is in the travel biz! Check out her website, where you can book flights, hotels, cruises, rental cars, and more. Or, for the adventurous among you, plan a great escape or even your dream vacation!

Raising Chickens

Into the incubator they go to bake at about 100 degrees for 21 days

This year we decided that we were going to raise our own laying hens. It will be a great experience and a bit of a science project for Dinah and J3. We collected eggs on the week of Feb. 22, and set them in the incubator on Feb. 27th. So we are expecting them to hatch out on or around March 20th. I will be adding more blog posts as things develop. Enjoy these pictures of us collecting eggs, building our incubator, and candling the eggs at day #3. Also, check out the video after the pictures!

Here is a video we just made of candling an egg this evening. This is on Day 10 of the 21 day incubation. It’s hard to see in the beginning because of the poor video quality, but some veins are visible on the left side of the egg. Later in the video you can see the embryo more clearly and it is also moving around a lot.

Random awesome things that happened in the last quarter of 2009.

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O.K. So I’m too lazy to separate all this stuff into separate posts. Deal.

B.A. Truck

My very good friend Terry Cartwright from Waukesha, WI operates an outreach ministry to his local truck/tractor pulling community.  Truck and tractor pulls are a BIG DEAL in south-east Wisconsin, and the B.A. Truck just completed its second season of exhibition wheel-stand pulling.

Check out his website (linked above).  This is truly one awesome machine, and one fantastic ministry.