Rural America

Fly-In

Posted on Jun 18, 2007 in Daily Grind, Rural America | 0 comments

Saturday was pretty exciting because I got to tag along with a few other guys to attend a fly-in breakfast in Aurora. It was a nice clear morning and perfect flying conditions. It was so much fun and just an overall awesome experience that mere words cannot describe it. I also learned that the...

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Late Night Fun

Posted on Jun 8, 2007 in Daily Grind, Rural America | 0 comments

Last night was a pretty fun night I suppose. I started off by watching 2 episodes of a certain un-named tv show on dvd that are on loan from my sister. Then I worked on my potato canon. When Hannah got off work she wanted to go swimming, so we headed over to Mom and Dads… where we noticed...

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Embracing my Rural Heritage

Posted on Jun 6, 2007 in Daily Grind, My Thoughts On..., Rural America | 0 comments

Last weekend I went to an event that I haven’t been to in a very long time… a TRACTOR PULL. Not only have I been to a tractor pull before, but MANY TIMES before. This is a fact that most of you may not know about me. I used to eat these things up when I was a kid. When I saw the...

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Fun Weekend

Posted on May 1, 2007 in Daily Grind, Rural America | 1 comment

So, this last weekend was probably one of the most fun weekends I’ve had in a quite some time. Not sure if it’s because I spent the whole weekend with friends, or because we were doing fun things. Probably a little of both. I hadn’t seen Brett or Martina in quite some time, so...

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Expensive Pizza

Posted on Apr 23, 2007 in Daily Grind, My Thoughts On..., Rural America | 0 comments

This has nothing to do with anything, but we all know how much I love sharing the weird things I run across. On my way home from St Louis this weekend I stopped at my favorite gas station. While the gas was pumping I happened to look up and see this sign. I thought to myself “wow…...

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Seedling Update

Posted on Mar 28, 2007 in Daily Grind, Gardening / Plants, Rural America | 1 comment

So remember the post awhile back about my idea to grow some strange and exotic plants/trees? Well, I bought the seeds from a great online vendor, and narrowed my selection to 9 varieties. I planted them, following the strange and detailed instructions for proper germination of the seeds, many of...

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