A little over a year ago, the idea of Rustic Pines was born. It wasn’t a grand idea that popped into our head, it was more of an idea that grew out of an idea inspired by a chicken. Isn’t that the way all great ideas are born? One day you’re staring a chicken in … [Read more…]
Summer gets busy, busy for everyone, Katie and I are no different. Our crazy summer schedule seemed especially hectic over the last few weeks, so we were excited to escape to Rustic Pines for a couple of days of quiet chainsaw harmony and the beat of hammers. Obviously, neither chainsaws nor hammers are quiet, but … [Read more…]
Yes, the title is overtly sexist… lets just get that admission out of the way. But I have sound reasoning for the title; If you read our first experience, you would have noticed my massive oversight when it came to creature comforts. My Katie was a trooper… she’s no snowflake, but the reality, is both she … [Read more…]
I’m learning to manage my expectations. Somehow, at my age and life experience I’d expect to be better at this. However, as life usually does, it teaches me that with less expectation comes less disappointment. I headed up the advance team of one, and embarked Friday morning with the expectation that I would survey the … [Read more…]
SMEAC From Wikipedia: “The five paragraph order or five paragraph field order is a style of organizing information about a military situation for a unit in the field. It is an element of United States Army, United States Marine Corps and United States Navy Seabees of small unit tactics, and similar order styles are used … [Read more…]
On our ride home Sunday afternoon, we began to discuss the weekends events and the best way to share them here. If John were to write the story, it may sound a bit like something out of a Thursday evening sit-com. If Katie were to write, it may take the appearance of Wonder Woman meets … [Read more…]