Everybody loves to set goals that are easy to crush, I’m no different, but where’s the fun in that? Ever since the Fort4Fitness Spring Challenge ride rekindled my long dormant flame for cycling I’ve been itching to get out and ride every opportunity I can. On many of these long, gravel county road rides I…
Here we are on Christmas day, quickly approaching yet another new year! As I’ve been doing for the last dozen or so years, this time of year I sit back and review my past year’s goals, which I wrote down this time last year, and begin to formulate/ update the list for the approaching new…
Well, this post is a little late but… another 2010 goal (5000 puzzle pieces) was achieved! I started the vintage puzzle but couldn’t finish it due to my allergies kicking up. I’m allergic to some cats and apparently the previous owner of that puzzle had such a cat. The final 1000 pieces were completed using a couple…
Working towards the 2010 goal of 5000 puzzle pieces, puzzle two has been completed. As you can see in the photo, our kitty, Gunner, is exhausted after an afternoon of puzzling. Actually, Lisa did the majority of this puzzle. This puzzle is MasterPieces Puzzle Company’s “Besides Still Waters”, #70911. A painting by Kim Norlien. I purchased…
Having spent a lot of time in the great out-of doors, I was aware of the synergy that the web of life provides, but I never gave much thought about the inter-relations within the home landscape. Jack Spirko, and his TSP podcast, helped enlighten me to principles of Permaculture. I’ve been hooked on Permaculture research…
Another of my 2010 goals is to publish at least one blog post each week. This post is to serve as my motivator to keep up with my blogging. The original intention of “SPISBLOG’s Journal” was to chronicle things that sparked my interest, things I was doing or researching, and to share some of my knowledge and experience with anyone who might…
As I mentioned in my last post, one of my 2010 goals is to complete 5000 jigsaw puzzle pieces in 2010. Last week my step daughter Lisa and I began working on a Ceaco Jigsaw Puzzle she gave me for Christmas. Today we finished it. It was the “Trump’s General Store ” puzzle from the “Joan Steiner’s Can You Find” series. We estimate that it…