Along the line of Ede’s doggy court, Sparky was busted, evidence collected, and sentenced.
Today’s criminal, one Mr. Sparky Barnard, was caught red-handed.
Exhibit A)
Unfortunately this was discovered as merely a cover story for the larger crime.  Committed in secret upstairs.  Right next to the location of a previous infraction!
Exhibit B)
As we all know, chewing on and [...]

Well, playing catch up after the holiday break, but Sparky for one did not seem to approve of everyone returning to a normal schedule.

I suspect this was in response to him being left alone for the first whole day in a week.  Bad dog!  (The shredded cardboard was spread fairly evenly between the kitchen and [...]

Well, it was a pretty fun weekend.  Ede and I made our pilgrimage to Fargo to visit Home Depot and Menards on Saturday.  My main goal was to get wood to build myself a bookshelf for my office.  Managed to get that and a few other things.  Ede got the stuff to replace his bathroom window [...]

This is probably going to turn into something of an installment piece. A chronicle of a “New Homeowner” so to speak. The idea is to do pieces on our first house. It is an exciting time, but I am sure (especially after talking with friends) there are going to be a million [...]

Well the quite zone is being discussed again. (Article from the Jamestown Sun.) Before anything let me be perfectly clear - I hate the trains. Twice in town I have lived near the tracks and can’t wait till Jennie and I are moved into our new place further away from them.
Anyways - [...]

It has been a busy, but exciting weekend so far.  We closed on our new house Friday.  Since then we have been looking over the place and trying to move small loads of stuff.  (The idea being when everyone shows up to help with the big move next weekend, it is hopefully just going to [...]

Well the weekend suddenly freed up. The girls were going to have a garage sale this weekend, and decided to bump it back till after Jennie and I move. (By girls I mean Ede’s and my wife.)
Actually a pretty good idea. First reason being we will have a little more time to [...]

How to Winterize Your Home: Outdoor Maintenance | DoItYourself.com
Now it is a bit early for me to worry about it, so I am not. However this happened to come across the newsfeed today, so I read it anyways. I have been getting a little better at this since we have rented a house [...]