Jess and I have jumped into the Dave Ramsey “Total Money Makeover” and as such I’m attempting to de-gadget-ize my life.
Step #1 – sell stuff I don’t use/need.
The Dell Axim that for so long has been a part of my everytday life is now up for bid on eBay!
Dear Mr. Sicard (I know you’re no longer living),
Thanks so much for being “that guy” that invented the first snowblower! Your first version was probably nowhere as powerful as the 8-horse-power one I used tonight, but thanks nonetheless! Your invention saved me countless hours of using a shovel in the freezing cold and provided me with the FUN of throwing snow from my back patio and sidewalks high into the air and away from where my wife and daughter will walk to church in the morning.
Thanks again,
Sincerely,
Stevan Sheets
An exciting trip to the mailbox yesterday yielded my recently-ordered copy of “Walking the Trail of Death” by one of my favorite professors, Dr. Keith Drury. I received the book via the online publisher, LuLu.
Today, most of my afternoon was spent reading the entire book cover-to-cover! I hadn’t even realized that Dr. “Coach” Drury published this book until I heard about it from my buddy Jason Denniston who also happened to walk a few days of the trail with Coach back in 2006.
The book covers Coach Drury’s journal entries during the entire 660-mile journey as well as two other journals from the original journeymen. The trail follows the route of the Potawatami Indians that were removed from their homes in Indiana in 1838 and “relocated” to Kansas by the US Government.
The book literally allows the reader to journey with Coach Drury along the 660-miles and enjoy some (not all, he says) of the adventures as he journals along the way. I appreciated the historical accounts throughout each journal-entry but found myself longing for more detail of Coach Drury’s personal accounts! Stories of those he met up with along the way, places he found to spend the night, those who hiked part of the journey with him, and other partially-documented stories left me wanting more!
I recommend the book to anyone interested in the original story of the Potawatami “relocation” back in 1838 and anyone with a hunger for adventure without leaving the comfort of a reading-chair during this quick-read!
Apparently we’ve received 13+ inches of snow this month already here in lovely Mukwonago, WI. With our busy schedules and me being sick this last week we hadn’t had a chance until this afternoon to go and play in it! Sure I’ve shoveled and fallen enough times to make an old man out of me, but we haven’t really “enjoyed” the beautiful snow until today!
I’m so glad Jess suggested that I come home early to enjoy some family-time tonight! If I wouldn’t have agreed I would’ve missed these priceless moments:
Of course you can visit my Flickr page and see the entire photoset of today’s fun-in-the-snow!
Finally, a website that allows me to keep track of my personal library!
Here’s my bookcase widget:
Check out my full shelf here.
