So yesterday I was a bit melancholy about the end of another season of Westernaires. I talked a bit with my daughter who was also feeling a bit down about and we decided that it is a matter of perspective.

From her point of view its sad because it will mean that some friendships end. But, as the kids ride out the tunnel for the last time the are literally riding into their future.

From the parents point of view, as the kids ride out the tunnel for the last time it means...

CabinetMaker

This past weekend was a wonderful weekend but it was also bittersweet.

My daughter is in Westernaires. They are a mounted drill team and considered to be the finest mounted drill team at speed (a gallop) in the world. My daughter is not quite to that level yet but that is what leads to the weekend being bittersweet.

This past weekend was Annual Show. It is held a National Western here in Denver and it is a two day show. It is actually pretty fin and this year I volunteered...

CabinetMaker

One of the major reasons we bought the new house was so that we could build a barn and move our horse in with us. Much much easier to care for.

One of the things I have learned from trying to build a new barn is that we have regulated ourselves nearly to death!

The property we bought is zoned A-2 which is unlimited agriculture for 10 to about 35 acres. We have 0.93 acres. It was platted before the new zoning regulations took effect so it was grandfathered in. A few...

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Hear Ye Hear Ye!

To all who are interested and even to those who are not, I had a pretty good weekend.

The cabinets are now installed in the kitchen. It has taken a while (we bought the house 6/26/09 and ordered the cabinets on 7/13/09. They arrived the second week of August. I'va had a lot of projects.) But they look good. I had a couple of visits from that eternal optimist named Murphy but things look great. They will come to measure for the counter top tomorrow....

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