bonne annee

Each year we are invited to a couple of New Year's Eve dinners or parties, but since our children have been teenagers we have to decline.  WHY?!! I hear you ask, something contagious? a superstition? no, nothing so ethereal --- it's our barn!Our barn is big, safe, far enough from the house to be independent yet close enough to keep an eye, and ......  it has seating and a dance floor!!  YAY!So every year at least one of our four children...

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Junn Series #3 - Unpredictable MOS!

You Guys!     Lama tidak blogging ya. Nyaris sepuluh hari!! hoho...Maaf deh, abisnya pergi liburan ke pelosok gunung. Mau OL loadingnya parah lama banget...Celakanya, beberapa tetangga udah "ENEGG" sama saya, gara-gara nggak kunjung update dan gak bales komentar-komentar mereka.    Salah satu komentar yang paling berkesan buat saya nih...JRENG... JRENGG... JREEENG....Congratulations and Thanks to Bang Fai Si Lelaki...

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Wall Street Journal: Planning to sell your home next year? Start getting ready now.

The story is here Amy Hoak's Home Economics Dec. 27, 2010, 12:01 a.m. EST Resolutions for home sellers in 2011 Planning to sell your home next year? Start getting ready now.By Amy Hoak, MarketWatch CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — If your New Year’s resolution involves selling a home in 2011, you’ve got some work to do: There’s lots of inventory out there and in a buyer’s market like this one, getting an offer on a home can be challenging. Still,...

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Sing Praise! Lift the Rafters!

Psa 100:1 A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Psa 100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psa 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Psa 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Psa 100:5 For the LORD...

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Very Soon! - my first blog anniversary

It will soon be my blog's first birthday and I can't believe how fast, how fulland how enjoyable this past year of blogging has been.THANK YOU ALL SO MUCHMy blog would be pointless without your visits.  During the last week of January I shall be celebrating this birthday with a week of give aways. Hopefully several between the 22 and the 29 January.  Some are already worked out.If you have an on-line shop, be it etsy or other, and you'd...

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ce mercredi je mange ... une buche de Noel

The traditional French dessert for this time of year is the Buche de Noel.  Served of course at Christmas, but also at New Year's Eve dinners such as we'll be having at the end of this week.The beauty of this dessert is that it's rich without being heavy, and - most brilliantly - can be prepared ahead of time.Behind the fancy French name, which only means Christmas log, there hides nothing more than a  chocolate flour-free cake, rolled...

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Columbus Underground: Best Hidden Gem of 2010 - Frank Fetch Park (In German Village)

The best “Hidden Gem” is a new category in our “Best of” series, and it’s a bit of an awkward one. The Top 10 of these best kept secrets was compiled by popular vote. So technically, the more popular they are, the less obscure and hidden they are.See the Top 10 Hidden Gems of 2010 h...

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White House Blog: Behind the Scenes Video: Signing Repeal of DADT

The blog post is hereThe White House Blog Behind the Scenes Video: Signing Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell Posted by Jesse Lee on December 29, 2010 at 10:34 AM EST At the signing of the bill to repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" last week, the sense of history and enthusiasm was palpable throughout the audience. While we were there we had a chance to talk to Captain Jonathan Hopkins, who was discharged under the policy,...

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Planted in God's House

Psa 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. Some ground is just better than other ground for growing things. Rich, black, moist soil laden with all the right nutrients is going to be more productive than clay. For years, middle America was known as the great American desert. It wasn't until brave, tough pioneers were willing to plant themselves on that desert and their seed in that dubious ground...

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The Top 4 Advantages Of Using Heat Pump Inside Offices And Homes

You may wonder why a lot of people are so willing to spend a lot of money buying a heat pump when there are other alternative heat sources available in the market that's way cheaper and popular. If you care about the environment and want to experience convenience at any given time, then you consider the use of a heat pump as your best decision. Heat pump is very effective in moving out heat from one area to another location where lower temperature...

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blow away the cobwebs

When I was little, my mother used to insist on hauling us down to the (freezing cold) seaside on the first day of the New Year.  "It's good to blow away the cobwebs" she'd  call above the fierce north wind "a fresh start for the year to come".....Well, I'm not sure that my children would jump for joy if I suggested the same activity, but something of her attitude has stayed with me and this is definitely the moment in the year when I start...

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Bloomberg: Home Prices in U.S. Decrease More Than Forecast

My comment: Remember, all real estate is local. Market conditions can change drastically by neighborhood and area of town.The story is hereHome Prices in U.S. Decrease More Than Forecast By Bob Willis - Dec 28, 2010 9:29 AM ET Carpenters work on a home under construction in Garner, North Carolina. Photographer: Jim R. Bounds/Bloomberg Play Video Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Shiller, an economics professor at Yale University...

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Christmas Lights

I heard that not far from our house there was a lovely road where lots of home owners really go all out and put on magical show of lights , Christmas cheer is contagious . We loved this stunning log cabin style home , you don't see large log homes very often around here . This ones was Todd's favourite , he loves Victorian homes and yes it was charming .There are some really stunning homes just off the beaten path in this sought after area with...

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So, What's Your Story?

Psa 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Have you ever had someone say to you, "Man, you should write a book!"?Our years are like a story that is told. Paul said of his converts, "You are our epistle,...

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Columbus Underground: Best Place to Shop and Neighborhood of 2010 - Short North

The Short North scores another threepeat this year by being voted up into the number one spot once again for places that locals love to shop. And with good reason too, as the Short North offers a little bit of something for everyone with a diverse range of unique retailers all within easy walking distance of each other. Read more and see the top 10 hereThe Short North completes our second hat trick during this year’s Best of 2010 lists by being...

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Columbus Dispatch: Mayor pays tribute to Fred Holdridge

The story is hereMayor pays tribute to Fred Holdridge Mayor Michael B. Coleman issued a statement Thursday paying tribute to Fred Holdridge, the German Village icon and pioneer who passed away that morning at age 86. Tomorrow would have been Fred's 87th birthday. Sorry we didn't get a chance to include the mayor's words...

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A lovely Christmas day

 Happy days, laughter, all our children under one roof, three delicious nieces, a well behaved dog, good meals gobbled up, my favourite champagne, snow, christmas stockings,  charades after lunch, children who say thank-you, roaring fires,little girls on the piano...........  What are the moments you hold on ...

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photo gallery of Wallace home in ND

Another harsh winter day wind and snowThis is the foam plywood built up roof ststem Full log dormers with beam rafter porch roof system Early Nov. snow fall is  taller than the truckBeam post and beam raftersThe sunroom is held up with the big beams and posts what a great look from their basement walkoutThe rustic stairs before the spindle and handrailsThe bay window was installed on the second floor of the garageElegant log home with plenty...

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