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bees. bikes. gardens. kids. kitchen sinks. recipes. whole grains. good fats. less sugar.

Notes To Self:

North Salt Lake City Repaves Orchard Right

Bountiful, feel free to do likewise

Bicycles-NorthSaltLakeCityBikeLane

The city of North Salt Lake recently ripped up a section of my daily commute route that was in dire need of repair. The road was closed for about six weeks during which time the macadam was stripped, the underlayment was reworked, and silky smooth asphalt right out of Dinsney's "Cars" was laid. The city finally finished striping the road and I was giddy to find a proper bike lane -- a lane that includes directional arrows for those salmon-like cyclists who can't seem to figure out on which side of the street they should ride. Good on ya, NSL!

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By jack hattaway on June 30, 2009.
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Soakin' Up The Sun

Little bitty head on a regular-sized kitty body.

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Hobbes loves sleeping on his back. Hobbes does not love belly rubs, but who can resist rubbing his tummy? Not I.


 

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The Third Time Is The Charm

I can haz working door...

Remodeling-ThirdTimeIsTheCharm

The front door to our house has been a problem since we purchased the place. The original door was hung so badly that during the winter Nat and her Mom together struggled to get the door to close. With one thing and another, the original door was rehung slightly better than than when we bought the house. Then it was replaced with a fancy-pants door. However, neither hanging worked in an ideally functional sense. One of my early summer vacation projects was rehanging the front door with a new wall section between vertical structural posts. I believe the wall from the my first rehanging was slightly askew. Anyway, out came the door and the wall. In went the new wall and our fancy-pants door. After a few minor adjustments, it works mostly correctly, which will have to be good enough.


 

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Nat's Bear Lake 10k

See Nat run. Run, Nat! Run!

BearLake10k-NatsFinish

Nat ran her first 10k in Garden City, Ut. The original plan called for an overnight stay at a condo; but, a missing set of stairs to the upper floor necessitated a change of plan. Justin and I got up at o-dark-early and drove to Garden City. We arrived just in time to not see Nat leave on the bus to her starting point. We did manage to help LaRayne entertain Cole and Tate while we waited for Nat to wend her way back. I had fun, and I think that Cole and Tate had fun. Justin may have even enjoyed himself a little bit -- he did get to torment the children a bit.


 

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the cat @ the hatt(aways')

or, how i learned to clean the litter box

Hobbes.

I went with Nat to pick up my birthday/anniversary/father's day/hogswatch gift from the airport. Nat found and purchased a five-month old Pixie-Bob for me. It is without doubt one of the coolest gifts I've ever been given. Our friends Channon and Joe had a Pixie-Bob and I found it's temperament to be the ideal mix of dog and cat. Of course, I hadn't wanted one badly enough to seriously look for one, or to purchase one, or to commit to a litter box. Nat handled the hard work and left the litter box to me.


 

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the kindle 2 disaster

or, how i remembered that i really like my iphone

The Amazon Kindle 2.

I've been reading about e-ink technology for several years. I really like the idea of book-sized device that could contain my personal library and not require daily battery chargings. I have been reading e-books on various handheld devices since my Palm 3 days and my ereader.com library has more than a few books. I was thrilled when the iPhone app store opened and ereader.com made my library available to me on latest digital brain.

For one reason or another, I thought that a Kindle 2 would be a great way to read. I want to like the Kindle 2. The internets are full of tech bloggers who tell me that the Kindle2 is the poo. I could really love the Kindle 2 -- I already love the idea of it.

Unfortunately, the current implementation is suboptimal.


 

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CSA Week 6

Week 06


 

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Emmigration Canyon And Small Mountain

Little Dell Resevoir

As I am a masochist, I managed an expensive and last minute entry into the 2008 Lotoja Classic (beware of Flash). The race, or ride in my case, is a 206 mile course from Logan, Utah to Teton Village north of Jackson, Wyoming. I'm a little scared and a bit apprehensive.


 

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