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The Egg & Muffin ToasterFrom Back to Basics My baby sister got me a great Christmas gift this year. An Egg & Muffin toaster! I've been a big egg-a-muffin fan ever since McDonald's began offering them years ago (BTW Heaven used to call them egg-a-muffins when she was little). I still use the name. Although I'm not what you'd call a ...

Meagan had her seventh birthday party today.  We celebrated with a lunch at Ron's, followed by cake and presents at Nonie's.  Although Ryan and Papa couldn't be there, everyone else was.  She loves having the family together. Check out the new photo gallery capturing the excitement.

I for one am happy to see 2005 in the rear-view mirror.  Every year has its ups and downs, and 2005 was certainly no different, but last year was a constant roller coaster ride.  So naturally, now I’m sick of roller coasters. To say last year had its ups and downs is somewhat of an understatement.  More accurately, 2005 was a ...

Another all-to-rare gems to come in via email. Enjoy. If you're easily offended, get over it. It's a joke. If you wanna gripe, take it up with the source. tags: holiday, humor

I meant to write a sentimental Thanksgiving item yesterday, but as usual I got sidetracked.  It seems a bit late to do it now, so instead I thought I'd point out a couple of Thanksgiving-related theings I've come across over the past few days... American Readers: Have A Good ThanksgivingMaybe some would call this cartoon ...

I'm experiencing acute homesickness today.  This afternoon my buddy Vlad alerted me to the live web cam covering the St. Patty's Day celebration at the recently reopened M & M Bar in downtown Butte Montana.  Seeing the place packed with people on a Thursday afternoon brought back many fond memories.  I have yet to find ...

Meagan and her new cat, Annie Ryan got a new guitar for Christmas It's been over a month now since my last entry.  I'm long overdue for at least a personal update, so here it is... The holidays were crazy.  Between work, holiday shopping, work, shuttling back and forth several times to Okanogan for Heaven's family, ...

Normally I don't forward jokes I receive via email. But I received one today from my friend Tony that nearly knocked me off my chair. I have no idea if the story behind the email is true or not, butquite frankly I don't care.It was funny enough to make me want topass it on here. I even created a new category for this kinda ...