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Lofty Ideas: November 2013

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Monday, November 25, 2013. So much beauty and beautiful people in this world! I love Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and especially the Ode to Joy. Beethoven composed this beautiful piece after he had gone almost completely deaf. Links to this post. Saturday, November 23, 2013. There Goes My tournament Baby! Links to this post. You can keep your Tequila Sunrise! I have an Oreo sunrise! Links to this post. All of the boys in this house have been waiting with barely-contained excitement for that special Saturda...

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Lofty Ideas: November 2014

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014. There's a Zombie in my Oven. When my children tell you I fed them a zombie for dinner last night that is not a comment on my cooking skills or an attempt to label me a bad cook It means I fed my kids a zombie for dinner last night. Links to this post. Katie went out for youth season this weekend. Saturday morning a new record was set here for the low temperature. She came home that morning a frozen little popcicle and hadn't seen a single deer. After a while practicing loading ...

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Lofty Ideas: August 2014

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014. A Little Shot of Energy. For your Tuesday morning. Enjoy! Links to this post. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Fruit Ninja Missourah Style. If you saw the video of David's birthday then you HAD to know this was coming. Links to this post. So for David's birthday the only thing he would ask for was steel. He wanted steel to work in his forge to make some knives and a sword. He wouldn't ask for anything else so we were kind of stuck. How do you make it a surprise? Links to this post.

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Lofty Ideas: February 2014

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Friday, February 28, 2014. I love his little cat-like ears. Links to this post. Now THAT'S a Knife! One beautiful winter evening. Yeah, well, this is what came from all of that. Then came time to pass the inspections. First the big brother inspection: PASS. Next the dreadfullly difficult Papa paper inspection: PASS! With the inspections completed it was time to get a handle on things. And now. THAT'S a knife! Links to this post. Saw this at the school this morning. LOVE it! Go, Baby, Go! Another Excuse W...

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Lofty Ideas: December 2014

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Friday, December 26, 2014. David made a sword for me this Christmas. I have wanted a mother's sword for a long time. I guess he decided it was time I had one. David started with a block of steel about 11" long and 1 1/2" or so in thickness. He has worked relentlessly for the past couple of months- heading out to his shop after school and spending his days off working away out there. And now I have a mother's sword. He also carved wood with his knife to make a scabbard to house the sword. The only kid on ...

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Lofty Ideas: May 2014

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Monday, May 19, 2014. Well, isn't that how You eat a Cheeseburger? This is how Joe (of course) eats a cheeseburger:. He actually does. He did it right in front of me the other day. He is now banned from going to McDonalds.). Take one double cheeseburger. Take one chicken sandwich. Pry open the double cheeseburger so there is one patty on each side. Stuff the chicken sandwich (the WHOLE chicken sandwich- bun and all) into the cheeseburger. Close it back up and stuff it in your face! Look, I have pictures!

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Lofty Ideas: April 2015

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015. A Tale of Three Wings - Part 3 The Mission. Time to put on the tag. After months of preparation and checking and re-checking it was finally time to head to the airport to put Joe on a plane bound for Spain. Earlier Joe had made arrangements with his good friend Jeremy to drop by the airport to say a final farewell. However, the flight times had bounced around a bit and arrangements got jumbled. The poor boy could hardly contain his disappointment. It was a great reunion and suc...

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Lofty Ideas: October 2014

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014. The World is a Series. Well, here we go. Years ago I met this boy. He was really cute. He wore this ragged blue hat with a "KC" on the front of it. He said it was for a team out in the middle of the country somewhere, a team called the "Royals" or something like that. I fell in love with that boy even though he had a ragged blue hat. When you fall in love and marry a boy like that then you have to know, you just have to know, one day you would see something like this:. And of...

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Lofty Ideas: June 2014

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Thursday, June 26, 2014. Zombie Kill of the Week. David got a new toy. It's called Zombie Killer. And he was chomping at the bit to get to try it out on something so his first victim was my poor sweet innocent little watermelon. Links to this post. The Grass is always Greener. This is how you move cows to a different pasture to graze. I told you happy cows come from Californians). Links to this post. Rufus came out and was kind enough to pose for my pictures. Links to this post. I love Missouri skies!