Flametoad

Well, Halloween 2009 was a big weekend at Flametoad Manor. Starting with our family tradition of Saturday morning BBQ breakfast tacos, we quickly moved on to errands, home for a play date with one of Tadpole 1′s friends, and a low-key afternoon punctuated with pumpking carving and of course trick-or-treating. We had more than 100 [...]

I haven’t been very good about keeping informed on what I’ve been up to, so hopefully the title of this post clears that up. Seriously, I’ve got a backlog of news. Some is personal, some is just newsworthy stuff from the ‘net, and others I can’t quite talk about yet. I had an enjoyable Thanksgiving [...]

Well it’s Friday night and the kids are in bed, so I finally have a little time to post an update here. Flametoad Estate is in the path of Hurricane Ike’s inland trek. Even though we’re more than a 100 miles from the coast, the current forecast is that we’ll see category 1 hurricane strength [...]

Last week the family and I packed up and drove several hours to Port Aransas, Texas for a few days at the beach. Unfortunately, Hurricane Dolly had something to say about the matter and our vacation plans were put to the test. We arrived on Monday, spent a wonderful afternoon and evening at the beach [...]

Monday’s post is coming half a day early this week. I spent the better part of Saturday working on a scale model trebuchet with my co-engineer Jason, but that report will have to wait. It has instead been preempted by a song sung by my 4 year old.