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Ace’s Ride

Remember when you were a kid and loved going swimming?  Did you have a favorite game that you played in the pool?  Did you ever imagine you had super powers?
I always imagined that i had some kind of underwater jet pack that propelled me through the water at high speeds.
If you could pick a super [...]

Not that kinda swinger, you sicko! 
Everyone knows that I frequent Craigslist and find free stuff, like mowers…  I’ve been called “The King Of FREE Stuff!” by some friends.  Not sure that is a good thing, but I have found some good deals. 
Recently I came across another killer deal (AKA FREE)…a swingset!

I [...]

We had to do the hardest thing we have ever had to do this morning… Buddy is now running and playing in the plush green grass in doggy heaven.

Buddy has been sick for a long time.  He has had epilepsy for many years and needed to take some pretty powerful drugs to keep from seizing.  [...]

Part of being a Dad, at least for me, is getting to fix things and put things together.  Sometimes it can be fun!  For example, putting together your kids first bike, easy bake oven, or something else that you know they will love.
However, sometimes it can be not so much fun.  For example, crawling through [...]

The other night we packed up and headed down to the local minor league baseball stadium for Ace’s first baseball game! We were greeted by swarms of fans, the smell of hot dogs and popcorn, and a night full of the All American Past Time…Baseball!
Ace, of course, could care less about the actual game, [...]

When we went on our trip to Pittsburgh to pick up the mower deck for the John Deere, we saw this car in a parking lot where we stopped for lunch.  Thought it was funny and had to share it… 

Back in October, I wrote a post about Ace’s Grandpa, my Dad.  Ace and his Grandpa didn’t get a long too good at first.  Grandpa would say “Hi!” and Ace would scream like a banshee!
It was tough on Grandpa, but things have been getting better…
Ace, Momma, and I spent all weekend at Grandpa’s just hanging [...]

Remember the post I wrote a while back titled, Momma’s Going To Kill Me!?
I confessed to having a small addiction to free things that have wheels and a motor. Momma commented on the post and was joking about how we may need a permit and a taller fence due to all of the junk [...]