Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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Breakfast at the Fraser Park Restaurant
I went for breakfast at the Fraser Park Restaurant on Saturday morning. I have mixed feelings about it. The restaurant is well known for massive servings of food with an emphasis on meat. I overhead the guy at the table beside me say, “I prefer quality over quantity,” and well, you certainly do a lot…
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What Would You Do if You Won the Lottery?
It’s everyone’s favorite question to answer. With millions of dollars in the bank, you could do virtually anything you set your mind to. There are but a few things in the world that change the direction of a person’s life more suddenly than having access to near-unlimited finances. Finally unburdened by financial strains, what’s the…
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Hipster or Grandfather?
Funny thing happened at work the other day; a colleague said that I look like a hipster. I thought that was hilarious because if anything, I am becoming more and more like my dad or my grandfather than anything else. As you probably know, I bake my own bread, often in cast iron pans. My…
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Random Thoughts
Walking around with a toddler is strikingly similar to walking home a drunk college friend.
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Baking Bread at the Cabin
This weekend, the first weekend of spring break was a perfect opportunity to get out of town with my kids and do a little cabin cooking. More specifically – I was baking bread. The first loaf of bread in the video posted above is a full-on, quick rise, no muss yeast bread. In my mixing…
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DIY Bread Making Table Update
Update to what I thought was my super clever DIY bread making table. Remember how I said I intentionally made it taller so that I could more comfortably work my bread? Yeah, it was too tall to work at comfortably. So I went back to the plumbing supply store and bought four 8″ sections,…
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The BC Bike Show Weekend
On the weekend I had the opportunity to attend the BC Bike Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre. This event is organized by people who know their supporters – they had a free bicycle valet outside the convention! At the show they had bikes for every segment of the market – including bikes with frames…
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DIY Bread Making Table
Yesterday I mentioned the new DIY project I was working on. That project was a DIY Bread Making Table and the good news is that I managed to complete the project before the end of the day yesterday – with the help of my daughter. I started out with a sketch book where I drew…
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New DIY Project
Much to the chagrin of some people in my home, I’ve started another DIY project! Unlike the other DIY projects I’ve completed (yes, I’ve actually successfully completed some of my projects!) this one is being done in our home, NOT at the cabin. More details to follow!
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Family Day 2019 Pics
Family Day 2019 weekend in pictures. Not moving pictures. Just pictures.
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