tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41573503402362179682024-03-05T12:05:52.113-06:00The Mighty Stuber BroodThe Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.comBlogger2585125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-45171214068271383052021-05-03T04:00:00.001-05:002021-05-03T04:00:00.246-05:00Baby Steps<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBzsyvRIeJUOsa33LNcLWOn4g19bv_LxvYazmL0PWKg6iFUZm-UQH_nlsCiPADSoVd0FwD0LTc8yCe9oXG-8c5uCbFTt__LFIvdi3lnOS91BjIUjse7j21PMTRC1Zlk_YuVkRNpza-vc/s2048/patio+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBzsyvRIeJUOsa33LNcLWOn4g19bv_LxvYazmL0PWKg6iFUZm-UQH_nlsCiPADSoVd0FwD0LTc8yCe9oXG-8c5uCbFTt__LFIvdi3lnOS91BjIUjse7j21PMTRC1Zlk_YuVkRNpza-vc/s320/patio+002.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Move the wire down to open up this space. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabRGCOIHSpT-nWml_cmSptZTmYp1fFGKa8pc_ipj8p_NkIW4mH8BiKlO235y1PB0cQq2tFFlVGwDPRYSo7kbtU4uXWT2HJ7M-J_PdE88Thzp12B_6PKlwZnD663vLjKBrXwU4iQ9Y1QU/s2048/back+040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabRGCOIHSpT-nWml_cmSptZTmYp1fFGKa8pc_ipj8p_NkIW4mH8BiKlO235y1PB0cQq2tFFlVGwDPRYSo7kbtU4uXWT2HJ7M-J_PdE88Thzp12B_6PKlwZnD663vLjKBrXwU4iQ9Y1QU/s320/back+040.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prepare the new innards. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Slowly but surely.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-42007585998471488982021-04-30T04:00:00.001-05:002021-04-30T04:00:00.245-05:00Breakfast with the Ladies<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCsjUmnOFwqbPjPN17xrW9blkCVBICflFcbhueIrP_Xy0AAZAS1uI3ty2Z3wWwHSPcn1XJL64EbIKFtGiMY0MB7HiMudrPbYplzHhCjcRHw9A0e4-Zv5T_9p2a0E3Dtrq1Mmegr_IpeM/s2048/patio+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCsjUmnOFwqbPjPN17xrW9blkCVBICflFcbhueIrP_Xy0AAZAS1uI3ty2Z3wWwHSPcn1XJL64EbIKFtGiMY0MB7HiMudrPbYplzHhCjcRHw9A0e4-Zv5T_9p2a0E3Dtrq1Mmegr_IpeM/s320/patio+025.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This cat eyeballs me.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-57468449419442068352021-04-28T04:00:00.001-05:002021-04-28T04:00:00.220-05:00Harvesting<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr27RK1Yq0cBReQyObxlSuoI67YaXO-jIn47_dma_YXPYzm2WGlk_8HGy2hlytQD64Y2PJzivGLwzG-ZnOtHm1_s0kAKNu0C3qGYw4rCIqJLGlBy72jecXWGqY5O2s1hWQiDw8Y_fC5OY/s2048/back+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr27RK1Yq0cBReQyObxlSuoI67YaXO-jIn47_dma_YXPYzm2WGlk_8HGy2hlytQD64Y2PJzivGLwzG-ZnOtHm1_s0kAKNu0C3qGYw4rCIqJLGlBy72jecXWGqY5O2s1hWQiDw8Y_fC5OY/s320/back+021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish we loved radishes as much as we them.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-77854469620494677042021-04-26T04:00:00.001-05:002021-04-26T04:00:00.261-05:00Movie Night<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUcD3NyRFD_-LKtXp7WgCSll_3e___cGRGeu4QFD4AHF57UvpW27dC1BvY_I0hYE1ieHuNSg-O2GwcgW6RWGHbCVPJNmjSge0P1tZbcVadkeVE93uzmZ_1hTJY6TfttgULWYLZ-1gTvI/s2048/back+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUcD3NyRFD_-LKtXp7WgCSll_3e___cGRGeu4QFD4AHF57UvpW27dC1BvY_I0hYE1ieHuNSg-O2GwcgW6RWGHbCVPJNmjSge0P1tZbcVadkeVE93uzmZ_1hTJY6TfttgULWYLZ-1gTvI/s320/back+019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Open for Godzilla V Kong</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVX7ighJXrk2m77OY1YF2mmYxbXPMhZvCvN2JQPgmEUeHNogp5IcGmWBManc5tmBEXinR7Gphe5_-IzLFO3_k9Xq6YIppIFYlM2y_d0IOr4ccIzGB3lilUvRhGMjb6cJu9MYL9JOQrrI/s2048/back+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVX7ighJXrk2m77OY1YF2mmYxbXPMhZvCvN2JQPgmEUeHNogp5IcGmWBManc5tmBEXinR7Gphe5_-IzLFO3_k9Xq6YIppIFYlM2y_d0IOr4ccIzGB3lilUvRhGMjb6cJu9MYL9JOQrrI/s320/back+018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are things to enjoy about our current situation, including theaters to ourselves still. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I may have napped for half the movie.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-86968332545999927352021-04-16T04:00:00.001-05:002021-04-16T04:00:00.267-05:00A Charming Find<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjisAnXkjXlBPB0hEBBzz4mqHFy277R8_TphP5WQGlKp130JpDeFFpJvmsi_5mVHbeTnk5GJuUDjRZGEgT6jhPeDWW1zKD06RvstbMS5tUvcHdwjg1wZrKOctKk2yRNtfAiS1DVn3WHc/s2048/patio+092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjisAnXkjXlBPB0hEBBzz4mqHFy277R8_TphP5WQGlKp130JpDeFFpJvmsi_5mVHbeTnk5GJuUDjRZGEgT6jhPeDWW1zKD06RvstbMS5tUvcHdwjg1wZrKOctKk2yRNtfAiS1DVn3WHc/s320/patio+092.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alida recently put some of my grandmother's books on a shelf in her room, and she likes to read through them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiUAL3J9lhuth8QjRzy9Hs9KdIRRVWPeOXHTPkewlcKkDJRmlXwrUr245dJvXAUUvKD_ciMHM-aHl9Wt8SgJhlill1ayvajH56tc8wVjFvqeU3jN6Kszcsx14abhyMxUCV16UMkbbPlY/s2048/patio+090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiUAL3J9lhuth8QjRzy9Hs9KdIRRVWPeOXHTPkewlcKkDJRmlXwrUr245dJvXAUUvKD_ciMHM-aHl9Wt8SgJhlill1ayvajH56tc8wVjFvqeU3jN6Kszcsx14abhyMxUCV16UMkbbPlY/s320/patio+090.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She found pressed leaf from I can't imagine how long ago or with what memories attached to make its way here, but it was like a special gif that Saturday morning.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-58326546655567337072021-04-14T04:00:00.001-05:002021-04-14T04:00:00.230-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEegI1jogoTDP_i6Uw_gowVVoTXDPppzFb3jHKIl7LSMMcDGPbMZ-ZOSEtOhA5aSqh7VaBhSkv7TgrjPBR8NocayepLerEZw4HhETo6MyeWO0wsOzHCziqWrXZnMkXglr-OvhJpIIDJSU/s2048/patio+038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEegI1jogoTDP_i6Uw_gowVVoTXDPppzFb3jHKIl7LSMMcDGPbMZ-ZOSEtOhA5aSqh7VaBhSkv7TgrjPBR8NocayepLerEZw4HhETo6MyeWO0wsOzHCziqWrXZnMkXglr-OvhJpIIDJSU/s320/patio+038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">YouTube said we could fix the fact that we had a pallet under our porch step as another step due to some serious slope issues around here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSI4636oRJc2uXRUPl8bPmpf2VTjz1YdzsG0SRPAvpq5EyEt3L91MfcgiVzLQ-t0ufQOfFZnk433fdCL20-kL3gB82umZB8g0i3DNmX_GpsEGV3jp6tvipjmmqIdDLkG2Ygekz2kyPgM/s2048/patio+224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSI4636oRJc2uXRUPl8bPmpf2VTjz1YdzsG0SRPAvpq5EyEt3L91MfcgiVzLQ-t0ufQOfFZnk433fdCL20-kL3gB82umZB8g0i3DNmX_GpsEGV3jp6tvipjmmqIdDLkG2Ygekz2kyPgM/s320/patio+224.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And they were right!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I'll never do that again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYYm2BZxbXB43zStFho496StvdzApFZqe9WJXZttWiO6OvZQ_uGZ4YiFrAYzIIZdIaY_U4Vl-PybHqhr3GetISkw3I28fE5r07PnvcsmCxoToTU78glLhfyE8YR_0Jrvj5ECW0u2rBuY/s2048/patio+111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYYm2BZxbXB43zStFho496StvdzApFZqe9WJXZttWiO6OvZQ_uGZ4YiFrAYzIIZdIaY_U4Vl-PybHqhr3GetISkw3I28fE5r07PnvcsmCxoToTU78glLhfyE8YR_0Jrvj5ECW0u2rBuY/s320/patio+111.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Step one. Remove the sod because we had plans for that, which is a different story. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4nvMQXHrZNx-T1u21OEwrkV5xJzi6zt-Y-sPw-Pul7n5uPtYRJLhvLbOcHyqA-LIZH0PUjTT2MQ8kxMxiapZoizkmqm3LyIeRsDOeAJbc8BzF8cMiTwu-32br5cyjAl8m8Vkp28w5B0/s2048/patio+117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4nvMQXHrZNx-T1u21OEwrkV5xJzi6zt-Y-sPw-Pul7n5uPtYRJLhvLbOcHyqA-LIZH0PUjTT2MQ8kxMxiapZoizkmqm3LyIeRsDOeAJbc8BzF8cMiTwu-32br5cyjAl8m8Vkp28w5B0/s320/patio+117.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then you rent the red tractor to begin filling the hole. Most people would be digging down to build the patio foundation, but we had opposite problems as usual. It was a concoction of YouTube videos really.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzCcbkWnVx8_Acf_a_N8YmnUExNEl2AAhlMeSFoRevvMLfFT2ofVRoXtzxm00dO37ZNHrBLrsjljLwWkoF_doSkWJkGBuxYu6BE5Y_shkVgP_PboDddcqD13UU7plUmtlU8Cq76yapg0/s2048/patio+124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzCcbkWnVx8_Acf_a_N8YmnUExNEl2AAhlMeSFoRevvMLfFT2ofVRoXtzxm00dO37ZNHrBLrsjljLwWkoF_doSkWJkGBuxYu6BE5Y_shkVgP_PboDddcqD13UU7plUmtlU8Cq76yapg0/s320/patio+124.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tamp it all down. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykWRU-pGSgeUGMuA1b9WGA6fqgUHIuRKyi8VanHBeky5UjkhcgdGlwzRtWw1oHJHhL1G7htdRZ-_ryOLecpybY9fADqxj68aXS5hnGK7h9GnteHUmjrkbDCB6E8BoUReNFLDawotLTYw/s2048/patio+128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykWRU-pGSgeUGMuA1b9WGA6fqgUHIuRKyi8VanHBeky5UjkhcgdGlwzRtWw1oHJHhL1G7htdRZ-_ryOLecpybY9fADqxj68aXS5hnGK7h9GnteHUmjrkbDCB6E8BoUReNFLDawotLTYw/s320/patio+128.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tamp it all down again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FHPW9LKZIw33Vi6UwhULFuyz5mFUb7LUj3aS0bh4f99_4LuiDq7yvY34R9tR-0DD915vwVp5dtFkasyxSfdCc4G-PgGZ_rgC9-lS_L-DUfFzkTK4hGdKcfbILDP9B20eJZub1V1ab3k/s2048/patio+134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FHPW9LKZIw33Vi6UwhULFuyz5mFUb7LUj3aS0bh4f99_4LuiDq7yvY34R9tR-0DD915vwVp5dtFkasyxSfdCc4G-PgGZ_rgC9-lS_L-DUfFzkTK4hGdKcfbILDP9B20eJZub1V1ab3k/s320/patio+134.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sprain your ankle after forgetting that you took out that last step in preparation for burying it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But you keep working because you took the week off, and there are things we've committed to now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqfuQnAydHQtOv95QnUa3zogAC7ZcxN8L_9jG0_vNI3y7an3Cyw8lHocIEZlzVx9r586mHjL49GRklXQgsS8cY6_gac9JaXtSd6z2nHK0fq1fA00ScA2jYp8a7Qv11AwuoeLH0P6BuHc/s2048/patio+138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqfuQnAydHQtOv95QnUa3zogAC7ZcxN8L_9jG0_vNI3y7an3Cyw8lHocIEZlzVx9r586mHjL49GRklXQgsS8cY6_gac9JaXtSd6z2nHK0fq1fA00ScA2jYp8a7Qv11AwuoeLH0P6BuHc/s320/patio+138.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then have two-days of morning freeze with a rain storm during the one week you took off work to do this project. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjVR-nG4_TKdRx66CUEc13dIrC1h3yajC51Rj1Rys2iUrFatZ-WU5lI4EkT4nex_icDKJFHvOipjcmwBEGwv8ZxVI1kTAazQwe9EWWuV8ezoO7riSl98i48gsMjFLroG_8v9A-Irrk98/s2048/patio+139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjVR-nG4_TKdRx66CUEc13dIrC1h3yajC51Rj1Rys2iUrFatZ-WU5lI4EkT4nex_icDKJFHvOipjcmwBEGwv8ZxVI1kTAazQwe9EWWuV8ezoO7riSl98i48gsMjFLroG_8v9A-Irrk98/s320/patio+139.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then, have a whole bunch of gravel, and sand, and rip-rap (another story yet) delivered on the day you can't rent that red tractor again because the wheel is broke. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxHP2HM53GHxbpGTzHLcv7VZpg-54SPPLWGBBuoL_Jas98LtKnIxpAbzI5NCTh4iz9cnhTgIHLDQ6IQ5QEwYs487dNtLpSeIU9h0P4Ld9qj3sxPoSmVTQVR0fV46CUfhRvEbodd6dxzE/s2048/patio+144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxHP2HM53GHxbpGTzHLcv7VZpg-54SPPLWGBBuoL_Jas98LtKnIxpAbzI5NCTh4iz9cnhTgIHLDQ6IQ5QEwYs487dNtLpSeIU9h0P4Ld9qj3sxPoSmVTQVR0fV46CUfhRvEbodd6dxzE/s320/patio+144.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So you hook the gorilla cart up to the John Deer and you get to work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWiJydLnIteIPXX296Qk6LpoRGgcJoRrQYRI_t2SibuIwOCCktY_AfSKW_ABWdgbDkv3VFdaxlv5VO9g5DGUZcxiiw2bJlH0wTP2Iij1N1-gNPIKU2iTpZ6Q8EzX9BNPOC0pkKzLSeUA/s2048/patio+151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWiJydLnIteIPXX296Qk6LpoRGgcJoRrQYRI_t2SibuIwOCCktY_AfSKW_ABWdgbDkv3VFdaxlv5VO9g5DGUZcxiiw2bJlH0wTP2Iij1N1-gNPIKU2iTpZ6Q8EzX9BNPOC0pkKzLSeUA/s320/patio+151.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And you form the patio in a 30 degree morning, so you can be working on gravel in relative warmth in the afternoon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKDACv_cnTfW_lqasy5bJVrizKpfzRDk4h0pRulD9UgUTC8KodxPPiuFsZqjRGXzqBNOutLlhiA10gK_YI1_jyt7z0EBfpeOSUdVmMJVVot7iKlUMLTrAp18WoWdc-419FGJblrYmpJ8/s2048/patio+179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKDACv_cnTfW_lqasy5bJVrizKpfzRDk4h0pRulD9UgUTC8KodxPPiuFsZqjRGXzqBNOutLlhiA10gK_YI1_jyt7z0EBfpeOSUdVmMJVVot7iKlUMLTrAp18WoWdc-419FGJblrYmpJ8/s320/patio+179.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pause. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoy Easter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aqd-OvUu7Zitk7TqmZ7ueTZjmV_Hv1TPgKP17hgBJSaJp3DM9ZrK2Yi5rQ5YjMVlZwCJmfFs9I1xh8wQLLp0852jAMWJffQl3lw-ecwinbgYcnZTO9cWcwAfZ_xK7NXVWqeNApqQwwc/s2048/patio+187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aqd-OvUu7Zitk7TqmZ7ueTZjmV_Hv1TPgKP17hgBJSaJp3DM9ZrK2Yi5rQ5YjMVlZwCJmfFs9I1xh8wQLLp0852jAMWJffQl3lw-ecwinbgYcnZTO9cWcwAfZ_xK7NXVWqeNApqQwwc/s320/patio+187.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Find a tractor to rent no matter the size.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No fence was harmed in the performance of this project, amazingly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaS8-x59UY-5y1JVDebnprz5OJ7S-X1nP4s6pVvcaZM9VtPtYGEQhbFfCgI4BWKxySgYZEefH2JMhPkCvegXrElr5o6Jc173rih2hidLp2nmJ_zOHpBjs6lTDuxlS00c-0JT0C32EAKNg/s2048/patio+198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaS8-x59UY-5y1JVDebnprz5OJ7S-X1nP4s6pVvcaZM9VtPtYGEQhbFfCgI4BWKxySgYZEefH2JMhPkCvegXrElr5o6Jc173rih2hidLp2nmJ_zOHpBjs6lTDuxlS00c-0JT0C32EAKNg/s320/patio+198.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Put your son to work cutting the stones.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBvVvxc_BGLKMesQApyMU3dM0Fopf-0m4euABhJTg7YpRZpvHa8zPHgOCM03MpOpvkhoVL7SK7QhjcDOIscG7a_MFFGnTLk7Ffu-6ZB7SqkW90Ec0zRJH2LNv3cFhyphenhyphenYjbbWSr7u9-8LY/s2048/patio+203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBvVvxc_BGLKMesQApyMU3dM0Fopf-0m4euABhJTg7YpRZpvHa8zPHgOCM03MpOpvkhoVL7SK7QhjcDOIscG7a_MFFGnTLk7Ffu-6ZB7SqkW90Ec0zRJH2LNv3cFhyphenhyphenYjbbWSr7u9-8LY/s320/patio+203.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because when I am in charge of stones, things go wrong. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0hzMKQVJXshoQasGfKITxudMBeE6KPcvI8J3wc806l-9dgJR_oHu4nUMzutk_gmCMy6cQ1pPttFEMpURFnJp7eJqB5Jk55a4rzvG-2QCBB5Lp7rjJoN2OAiVnBop338BwrhjKx0DhoI/s2048/patio+220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0hzMKQVJXshoQasGfKITxudMBeE6KPcvI8J3wc806l-9dgJR_oHu4nUMzutk_gmCMy6cQ1pPttFEMpURFnJp7eJqB5Jk55a4rzvG-2QCBB5Lp7rjJoN2OAiVnBop338BwrhjKx0DhoI/s320/patio+220.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Work to the point that you no longer take pictures of anything because you just want to be done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> YouTube was right, but they shouldn't have said it was easy...</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-3286038163996840012021-04-12T04:00:00.001-05:002021-04-12T04:00:00.281-05:00A Good Week<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GLshjx1ltxrgNWn2Wc9s9e-mcPkD9DFoi7AXNAWKrHEbnbI-y8ylw34TuHSFaBYDyGEG6LpDlmdKwXGDyOuMGr4HDTyaLPrWQ92Llr6BYF432H-LvgSmjBWL1cfLrnyuih3-JpodLxk/s2048/patio+169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GLshjx1ltxrgNWn2Wc9s9e-mcPkD9DFoi7AXNAWKrHEbnbI-y8ylw34TuHSFaBYDyGEG6LpDlmdKwXGDyOuMGr4HDTyaLPrWQ92Llr6BYF432H-LvgSmjBWL1cfLrnyuih3-JpodLxk/s320/patio+169.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Food, and adorable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjFDLA_p6utI1Oni_BMR5LUyVfWYVFekocufUNTfUjU83qbwWnyezfrLC80s-OXLOwTHoYa75L2iiOWmjSLGxhFWIPq92NTBlJ_jf4WDEShSZjT3e8ZuHS1vNw7uWyIGJPdoOiJIbuL8/s2048/patio+184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjFDLA_p6utI1Oni_BMR5LUyVfWYVFekocufUNTfUjU83qbwWnyezfrLC80s-OXLOwTHoYa75L2iiOWmjSLGxhFWIPq92NTBlJ_jf4WDEShSZjT3e8ZuHS1vNw7uWyIGJPdoOiJIbuL8/s320/patio+184.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A visit from family!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQHSCnGwy9U3Th8z6tZWV61PmIVEEAOzo6hdhmXy01zP2wb5bse2PW0uzmwxxUYd4Ek-2M-V97FkQH1tQTvft91MQsP5nmgX__fKHM96i2arJwP1t_HMXqv8TFm9tGLgpw6yIQqmECOY/s2048/patio+212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQHSCnGwy9U3Th8z6tZWV61PmIVEEAOzo6hdhmXy01zP2wb5bse2PW0uzmwxxUYd4Ek-2M-V97FkQH1tQTvft91MQsP5nmgX__fKHM96i2arJwP1t_HMXqv8TFm9tGLgpw6yIQqmECOY/s320/patio+212.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Patric on shot two this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6j1UnEmuEUsXEw6NEx6LRn-uOx66HWA6RLRhEmFpNuYZWC-0ZO_vFbj4E32z7qv-iDkOkFn0uhYyA1VtZqb-EGcNvWes5_iI0VJHv-N4LzmV-8AwRLksIwIH-aaNjBXjqvxzeIiYkJAE/s2048/patio+084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6j1UnEmuEUsXEw6NEx6LRn-uOx66HWA6RLRhEmFpNuYZWC-0ZO_vFbj4E32z7qv-iDkOkFn0uhYyA1VtZqb-EGcNvWes5_iI0VJHv-N4LzmV-8AwRLksIwIH-aaNjBXjqvxzeIiYkJAE/s320/patio+084.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And my stint as cafeteria worker after 13 months is over on Wednesday when all of the children go back to school!</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-25564869724831460922021-04-02T16:48:00.002-05:002021-04-02T16:48:05.586-05:00Sunday Is Coming<p style="text-align: center;"> The Best Sunday of the Year</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/QS2wPotScZY" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/QS2wPotScZY</a></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-76165928498714270472021-04-01T04:00:00.001-05:002021-04-01T04:00:01.411-05:00Not All Bad<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOILyL47-2Kc0QhZW014SFpx_QIuKyzP5P7msVMQpeDDz4hyphenhyphenFv-PLCss_6loDhO5HLowOuY4mo9Y4GWRIPNKUMbDzl774QQulSk2f_W5IGAWFpyB2kMjZm0eX3ey90jj7Z7BJ0pVrBkjQ/s2048/Virtual+080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOILyL47-2Kc0QhZW014SFpx_QIuKyzP5P7msVMQpeDDz4hyphenhyphenFv-PLCss_6loDhO5HLowOuY4mo9Y4GWRIPNKUMbDzl774QQulSk2f_W5IGAWFpyB2kMjZm0eX3ey90jj7Z7BJ0pVrBkjQ/s320/Virtual+080.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having this room, where we all fit to watch church or a movie has been a dream. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We never would have found the time to paint and re-do the space if everyone was going a mile a minute in other directions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfaH5iLTl7IVXQmyhenGEyzSXJahNytYrFMJP_V_7G_OuTiqvsCR7FmSyBg4CQFafos10T7m8BM-Q7l1WJmbmS2KRIF1nUJKUvzVjmjNF8S0QZ3TXXHHiSxPUCJKY1aVxaan6Au9pQqk/s2048/patio+055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfaH5iLTl7IVXQmyhenGEyzSXJahNytYrFMJP_V_7G_OuTiqvsCR7FmSyBg4CQFafos10T7m8BM-Q7l1WJmbmS2KRIF1nUJKUvzVjmjNF8S0QZ3TXXHHiSxPUCJKY1aVxaan6Au9pQqk/s320/patio+055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being outside with these people gardening, is therapeutic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seeing smiles from time-to-time makes me positively giddy.</div><br /><p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-40312258981415644762021-03-31T04:00:00.001-05:002021-03-31T04:00:05.878-05:00Sighting<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhBTOD5ctsQPDJ1CCoRK5EH4Ov2qBu7MK4xns6EeSyptidOPjsYBj1cr-tVoF-Md1uX0vnYe7_CYYNRGIe25l1D3DOSwTKWWCye9h1dxJsjnfsIkd6Zklt8-jA6c6CTz26EFoS2OHiSM/s2048/Virtual+048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhBTOD5ctsQPDJ1CCoRK5EH4Ov2qBu7MK4xns6EeSyptidOPjsYBj1cr-tVoF-Md1uX0vnYe7_CYYNRGIe25l1D3DOSwTKWWCye9h1dxJsjnfsIkd6Zklt8-jA6c6CTz26EFoS2OHiSM/s320/Virtual+048.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sighting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's like Big Foot sometimes--he shows up long enough to have a blurry photo of evidence.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-88745638901220734222021-03-29T04:00:00.002-05:002021-03-29T04:00:02.848-05:00Sleepovers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcHUX1v5R0uwmbRflnoemo5mPTfyZlWGKzsYB1rA4XZlynEipByPb0t8NdUuDUCst0HT4vxNBz_VIdz8C0asdAR1S9acYfawI-00JAVQ5_Iv6uUu9NzBjyeWcTV3MSSzZ-mt5PCmMyVs/s2048/spring+032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcHUX1v5R0uwmbRflnoemo5mPTfyZlWGKzsYB1rA4XZlynEipByPb0t8NdUuDUCst0HT4vxNBz_VIdz8C0asdAR1S9acYfawI-00JAVQ5_Iv6uUu9NzBjyeWcTV3MSSzZ-mt5PCmMyVs/s320/spring+032.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alida. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Home on a Saturday late afternoon from a sleepover the night before... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where I suspect there was not much sleeping. </div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-70808520875819723582021-03-26T04:00:00.001-05:002021-03-26T04:00:11.873-05:00And They're Off<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32ZRzsAuHwJGoBlwGW50RIt1VbLzyfch3chiyFMlziXhB1sxK_8MfxwcybP__zUMF29p9J3vYyauLi6nbrFRENyu0i444rkUtRuh4DBN6RCRImFKITPmtXEmDUvFBbdF_R12Ix3BTjjE/s2048/patio+035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32ZRzsAuHwJGoBlwGW50RIt1VbLzyfch3chiyFMlziXhB1sxK_8MfxwcybP__zUMF29p9J3vYyauLi6nbrFRENyu0i444rkUtRuh4DBN6RCRImFKITPmtXEmDUvFBbdF_R12Ix3BTjjE/s320/patio+035.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Giving it a go with great concentration. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOi2Ma73UdCBqtHrhbQeZ0X4SQ-fO70nnnJmdusx-Ldm3MCUYeVzZyaUoc8VRAffoVfX5SNyTpxeERkM138PQVo7bGrL6wSIszfaqutnVESGVqwSBl_eK9nVIPgN7QOR7n4TSO3ycSOY/s2048/patio+040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOi2Ma73UdCBqtHrhbQeZ0X4SQ-fO70nnnJmdusx-Ldm3MCUYeVzZyaUoc8VRAffoVfX5SNyTpxeERkM138PQVo7bGrL6wSIszfaqutnVESGVqwSBl_eK9nVIPgN7QOR7n4TSO3ycSOY/s320/patio+040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because we may have some backseat drivers in our family. </div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-9917034794353333542021-03-25T04:00:00.006-05:002021-03-25T04:00:00.244-05:00Why We Cook At Home<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06cGdsMVni960YwPdURzUjkbeypaCYy0rI40eDDRVp5i1HWTi64r9ek3d7MUluWNPqNmMbLZeuPzeqw1pibyUQLs3heBIPMZGJ1ZCldWe0G9u4TuuJV08-R-cAjDUjxwslqtoV_fIrC0/s2048/spring+040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06cGdsMVni960YwPdURzUjkbeypaCYy0rI40eDDRVp5i1HWTi64r9ek3d7MUluWNPqNmMbLZeuPzeqw1pibyUQLs3heBIPMZGJ1ZCldWe0G9u4TuuJV08-R-cAjDUjxwslqtoV_fIrC0/s320/spring+040.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because that was pretty good. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxNb4mdpVWZru1N9MFBTZSCXMvqChtCkNqt141GyiTJVsIFh8Y_Enwprb-xNKrJhe28jQwaiJ7Sk0sSThhHS88eH5owIn7neQI0JJIPEhpPyX-aejXyyddnyEiq2MBaivSwM26J3dCHY/s2048/spring+051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxNb4mdpVWZru1N9MFBTZSCXMvqChtCkNqt141GyiTJVsIFh8Y_Enwprb-xNKrJhe28jQwaiJ7Sk0sSThhHS88eH5owIn7neQI0JJIPEhpPyX-aejXyyddnyEiq2MBaivSwM26J3dCHY/s320/spring+051.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And even if I have to blast two chickens for a meal now, it doesn't cost much. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4am1Kx72ONJjrOgIdcHu-MQdy3_vmjMGiRzZQdtwIfDKk5bwnEhCP5rLElcOezCuAib1wYMKlP5c7e-PxwcL8Dih-At46m9K5acENV6ZXiG4xWYkHFKdB-yQmHFtQpQqR-agSbGpBXow/s2048/spring+041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4am1Kx72ONJjrOgIdcHu-MQdy3_vmjMGiRzZQdtwIfDKk5bwnEhCP5rLElcOezCuAib1wYMKlP5c7e-PxwcL8Dih-At46m9K5acENV6ZXiG4xWYkHFKdB-yQmHFtQpQqR-agSbGpBXow/s320/spring+041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And because, rice pudding.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsNq9A4US-jnHtkBEb8GYoM1f23WnhzxmcyuDdueEesAIMZ5SM_a_WE9IknlXYkVO6ZOQ8_76-CNRg22tfF84OLETOnJnf4bx7LmRhkDMKufwlPC9cUyyM4sDaGqFUJKHnRN1RpRLHvY/s2048/spring+022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsNq9A4US-jnHtkBEb8GYoM1f23WnhzxmcyuDdueEesAIMZ5SM_a_WE9IknlXYkVO6ZOQ8_76-CNRg22tfF84OLETOnJnf4bx7LmRhkDMKufwlPC9cUyyM4sDaGqFUJKHnRN1RpRLHvY/s320/spring+022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Because not only is even McDonalds ridiculously expensive in our house. </div><div style="text-align: center;">That wasn't even the full order, which made me get back in the car and drive back for the next part of the meal. Making me wonder why I didn't just cook something at least quasi-healthful.</div><p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-70644207858511431042021-03-24T04:00:00.001-05:002021-03-24T04:00:06.056-05:00Nightfall<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fDARXPRiD1Rf0DZpAJuT1MVCyLT1gvjQjGFvDlLr_MTBIp4hhFhv_BQijljZ6LpYJZJPkQoz2NKAkIhODV1chGfNmxl2x7oj9BmUuHjRdSSfcHR-ahmv-GgdZP36TY9P6kFb2cqAb04/s2048/spring+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fDARXPRiD1Rf0DZpAJuT1MVCyLT1gvjQjGFvDlLr_MTBIp4hhFhv_BQijljZ6LpYJZJPkQoz2NKAkIhODV1chGfNmxl2x7oj9BmUuHjRdSSfcHR-ahmv-GgdZP36TY9P6kFb2cqAb04/s320/spring+013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She fell down. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgVpffC3hcAB5e2OexPcBKlsIIp5eeGVccRT80BMiAQBOvT641aQki_XMSIs5dqPmQPv18bReTQh6wjlTeZ4lRCUld5SH9jgqKnfZ7tHhY5oNYtzHcSkgm3MwmpXkSKmVLLd-WKI28HE/s2048/spring+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgVpffC3hcAB5e2OexPcBKlsIIp5eeGVccRT80BMiAQBOvT641aQki_XMSIs5dqPmQPv18bReTQh6wjlTeZ4lRCUld5SH9jgqKnfZ7tHhY5oNYtzHcSkgm3MwmpXkSKmVLLd-WKI28HE/s320/spring+017.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But we ate around the fire the other night, and it was lovely to be outside after dark again. </div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-67401586308010584212021-03-23T04:00:00.001-05:002021-03-23T04:00:07.641-05:00Growing Around Here<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xqOTTgLsj2JLNItfEUrrLLBVHADEtNWOaiWTpsC0OO5M2rFEWrRf5MXu6O0bg84yU48sYRFhfRdKUsX_fQPwhTCXMg897_jpU3wFKxCo8qy5nD0a8Q8iKZ89x7Ix_TojzQvC2B0uUM4/s2048/spring+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xqOTTgLsj2JLNItfEUrrLLBVHADEtNWOaiWTpsC0OO5M2rFEWrRf5MXu6O0bg84yU48sYRFhfRdKUsX_fQPwhTCXMg897_jpU3wFKxCo8qy5nD0a8Q8iKZ89x7Ix_TojzQvC2B0uUM4/s320/spring+008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our collection of garden boxes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjC4qY_M0vkZ4bCL-_fBoY2PTBwGeysKRodaKRcOnzDfggJMT2tMw_oYuqiTC164XBgPn1sUxV3WmX4feaKRt6FDC1HusrKnG4jnxOiFWzDvfRhP8qBbL0jlq3EKe5jQm_XRabG0weV0E/s2048/spring+027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjC4qY_M0vkZ4bCL-_fBoY2PTBwGeysKRodaKRcOnzDfggJMT2tMw_oYuqiTC164XBgPn1sUxV3WmX4feaKRt6FDC1HusrKnG4jnxOiFWzDvfRhP8qBbL0jlq3EKe5jQm_XRabG0weV0E/s320/spring+027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which are filled with magical soil. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2sGFIx-ZukhXPvmDgqE3b6uHIGAFBDlwtqVBZfdjBCaFSRh6AvJPQLWZ-wM6cE7WyYGi58F26iVJkKcNo2D0NrQdiFK8CU-39H5E4utQwLuiJSTqAUfy9ppDJ53n74-cu_MT8gcWDuM/s2048/spring+029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2sGFIx-ZukhXPvmDgqE3b6uHIGAFBDlwtqVBZfdjBCaFSRh6AvJPQLWZ-wM6cE7WyYGi58F26iVJkKcNo2D0NrQdiFK8CU-39H5E4utQwLuiJSTqAUfy9ppDJ53n74-cu_MT8gcWDuM/s320/spring+029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That arrives in large dump trucks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyiGq53dEinYbsYBEpUGJv-CONd5Z3Dmu-RaOM1yB8KmLN6AaQND6MLJYrERLAX4kAaRyCOdbIKzEGx7Ow0eDgGYth5ZGiV16YQP0wDwNRvDKwQnyq8tjQ4RapmMOMrIBGoLV4D8eEB4/s2048/spring+034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyiGq53dEinYbsYBEpUGJv-CONd5Z3Dmu-RaOM1yB8KmLN6AaQND6MLJYrERLAX4kAaRyCOdbIKzEGx7Ow0eDgGYth5ZGiV16YQP0wDwNRvDKwQnyq8tjQ4RapmMOMrIBGoLV4D8eEB4/s320/spring+034.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But grows my hyacinth for morning breezes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0WVexrl6Wvb-2xf9c9psC4AXlDEYg3ag2s42ep7f8MmT3EO6GY0VoFOaLdM576FZAncFt0obN4fntOaiHoKA2kGvNeHS1ge8k9GOL426XCYTBiSo5hGxSg2rhS_u4dWPhE1NGmP37rc/s2048/spring+047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0WVexrl6Wvb-2xf9c9psC4AXlDEYg3ag2s42ep7f8MmT3EO6GY0VoFOaLdM576FZAncFt0obN4fntOaiHoKA2kGvNeHS1ge8k9GOL426XCYTBiSo5hGxSg2rhS_u4dWPhE1NGmP37rc/s320/spring+047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And poppies from my dad.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-85195797154388808712021-03-22T04:00:00.001-05:002021-03-22T04:00:06.389-05:00Vegetarian Mondays<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08pHrU_8xEOwQcJ77e5u4WeR36TCeyjmiQ3ECodrbBg4nG3S-5JWe00-PRMLqr4cvZjDPPhjwllOTIbU72B0f09KxdNqQV9B-XVBxZEL1fVRVS6-VkEHHfq9OP-0YohKa_A2LxoyPwfg/s2048/patio+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08pHrU_8xEOwQcJ77e5u4WeR36TCeyjmiQ3ECodrbBg4nG3S-5JWe00-PRMLqr4cvZjDPPhjwllOTIbU72B0f09KxdNqQV9B-XVBxZEL1fVRVS6-VkEHHfq9OP-0YohKa_A2LxoyPwfg/s320/patio+002.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Black Bean stuffed Peppers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gcBedHwkhOYYS1TxwgEteNUuUCbh6myise44RtYCN2HOG8410RuLciyDSRJkNYPanhmm7x-SiBx5Kz0WmTPFA0DG_r-VRpuiRg9-DffpW-sBVsT1svN1H76XrJEn9TNqeHGYu04nN1M/s2048/patio+023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gcBedHwkhOYYS1TxwgEteNUuUCbh6myise44RtYCN2HOG8410RuLciyDSRJkNYPanhmm7x-SiBx5Kz0WmTPFA0DG_r-VRpuiRg9-DffpW-sBVsT1svN1H76XrJEn9TNqeHGYu04nN1M/s320/patio+023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All things cheesy, fruity, and stuffed with vegetables. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5FmI-VDO_uc_IkWQwLEhu810Y4US-1U_d0ZMnWxslZcUV6_taXKSfbQ145j-nvfTA_JV2a-vKylnUS78ulUpDhN9nVIvgPiTpY0fV-M6Z5yAT2jWY8WdxBem41Div7VC_9uWpP3Z-_c/s2048/patio+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5FmI-VDO_uc_IkWQwLEhu810Y4US-1U_d0ZMnWxslZcUV6_taXKSfbQ145j-nvfTA_JV2a-vKylnUS78ulUpDhN9nVIvgPiTpY0fV-M6Z5yAT2jWY8WdxBem41Div7VC_9uWpP3Z-_c/s320/patio+024.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, then sometimes, you just need meatballs. </div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-26997381328304046992021-03-17T19:31:00.007-05:002021-03-17T19:38:33.062-05:00Nick's High School Experience So Far<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZmeGWW1492DLqxmBu4-pMfan5kgRpskTX74Tk3QVviboxHS8fNEev83dGLOzwgeCFP36snbwStKFnfcyMt5F23Sas38PkHVBhaK3TcVX20dV-eotlfbc9bKoTFygcXZ8RiTUFHiTXck/s2048/patio+028.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZmeGWW1492DLqxmBu4-pMfan5kgRpskTX74Tk3QVviboxHS8fNEev83dGLOzwgeCFP36snbwStKFnfcyMt5F23Sas38PkHVBhaK3TcVX20dV-eotlfbc9bKoTFygcXZ8RiTUFHiTXck/s320/patio+028.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nick is "back" in school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As of this writing, it has been one year since the children went home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He has been in physical class on campus six times since they started rotating kids back in class over five weeks ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"I didn't think it was possible, but COVID school is worse than COVID remote learning."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is quiet all day. All. day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are five kids maybe in his classes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two of his teachers don't teach in the school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He sits and does remote learning while sitting in the classroom, in a mask, not talking, no interaction.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So far in high school, he has 56 class absences. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He didn't go to class, didn't turn in attendance, missed roll call, whatever the reason. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He has a 4.0 High School GPA, 4.25 when weighted for his Honors classes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, in addition to being the lunch lady, principal, janitor, driver's ed teacher, teacher, parent, counselor, and extracurricular manager, I have now failed at being truancy officer. However, it is really tough to actually care at this point, when no grades are affected for absence. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite teacher to student, complete opposite comment from what Ben received, both being entirely inappropriate: the kids are "lazy" for wanting to go back to school because they just want the teachers to do everything for them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Driver's Ed update: After being told they would finish their November class with the driving portion in February, we received an abrupt text message in March that the driving school is backed up and still doing the driving portion for the kids who took the class in June 2020. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, just one more thing we'll do ourselves and out of step.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm exhausted.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-86970957534837391162021-03-15T04:00:00.001-05:002021-03-15T04:00:03.986-05:00Glasses Fog<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNh1f74Ua95OaOpkjlqvT00RjMXBGvX1-0HTSkZsWR82Yb64Zm6qoqgLjfWnkP8UNubJFXNhCa535WbdIy89vYBt0qCKhboevpzrwTnTzNps0xVbSox8DNgMJhFo1GxsnRrXrdFDpsXyA/s2048/spring+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNh1f74Ua95OaOpkjlqvT00RjMXBGvX1-0HTSkZsWR82Yb64Zm6qoqgLjfWnkP8UNubJFXNhCa535WbdIy89vYBt0qCKhboevpzrwTnTzNps0xVbSox8DNgMJhFo1GxsnRrXrdFDpsXyA/s320/spring+019.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's real. </div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-19148732543085649052021-03-05T04:00:00.002-06:002021-03-05T04:00:04.861-06:00Steady as She Goes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tNFjF-jrDhRX2R65SdCgdJDUlVYs_gl_6oFRgzxue5Reb4Cr5B-0woRIIFyK-O47Yt7dBEJr9Q0S3O4T6m6j70GeqjIyTSJC_FS99xNHLU2oGShiaVWnlVNClng9NDVSLC3Ho-zn1RU/s2048/New+Year+065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tNFjF-jrDhRX2R65SdCgdJDUlVYs_gl_6oFRgzxue5Reb4Cr5B-0woRIIFyK-O47Yt7dBEJr9Q0S3O4T6m6j70GeqjIyTSJC_FS99xNHLU2oGShiaVWnlVNClng9NDVSLC3Ho-zn1RU/s320/New+Year+065.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wrapped in a blanket made to look like a tortilla, and eating cookies with dinner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alida rolls with it, and always makes me smile.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-81435467267469240072021-03-03T15:50:00.001-06:002021-03-03T15:50:00.151-06:00Glimmers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVak-lfuD76iVjk_k_jl7JUF8rKhc2ve-e1IfeZMNL-966BZb4Q8tkgCjoOfYAeta-Udi8KClwHDjXwZllXtGbDS6ZlXGHMXYFhdT00dJQ4LeEK-kRG0UyvFFn9wiRxL9U8rvV-ZW2s0/s2048/Virtual+086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVak-lfuD76iVjk_k_jl7JUF8rKhc2ve-e1IfeZMNL-966BZb4Q8tkgCjoOfYAeta-Udi8KClwHDjXwZllXtGbDS6ZlXGHMXYFhdT00dJQ4LeEK-kRG0UyvFFn9wiRxL9U8rvV-ZW2s0/s320/Virtual+086.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Glimmers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of my father's smile in Ben. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of brothers who can stand each other from time to time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of hope in our monotonous days.</div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-31442445159332261912021-03-01T04:00:00.001-06:002021-03-01T04:00:06.523-06:00Teenagers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenLFzyxt8He6CyTL0MuR-wjn2uQzAcg-ISfbbT1t0Tg4KhTJkfTKQKNE27bEDCMIxbZu2-REzT4ofSgnc3JqFriuFHcUw3VLqw4MuUp3LMd7u45F2G52-74M25mGGPXKv2kRdFEt-GfI/s2048/Virtual+039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenLFzyxt8He6CyTL0MuR-wjn2uQzAcg-ISfbbT1t0Tg4KhTJkfTKQKNE27bEDCMIxbZu2-REzT4ofSgnc3JqFriuFHcUw3VLqw4MuUp3LMd7u45F2G52-74M25mGGPXKv2kRdFEt-GfI/s320/Virtual+039.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">despondent? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FpJUW3KZDx557MFpQq5vp-bVRq3QCGs9rGS7-hojZ5IxuZvPDH7VCfBx_zSbQqsu6eBL-TeTFASzJgdItp1qKl4Dt1-bM2MZwj3nTFdDWvBLLQAADOnnH5I1dswIaeNDVTrxC6Ccu5E/s2048/Virtual+040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FpJUW3KZDx557MFpQq5vp-bVRq3QCGs9rGS7-hojZ5IxuZvPDH7VCfBx_zSbQqsu6eBL-TeTFASzJgdItp1qKl4Dt1-bM2MZwj3nTFdDWvBLLQAADOnnH5I1dswIaeNDVTrxC6Ccu5E/s320/Virtual+040.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Angry?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO5sX3jmF5eu0V99d6Kcglp2VibsKBPP4pOFj539wNq3vSRtAsxfrjTEb4u9xsg2a-n8OoPB9aLwD3_BOdNsqid9mJP3SDJTQ77Y5pdRzRIwUC0YGcDPCmvaUXRTR3FCUc9EwaRlDrO8/s2048/Virtual+041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO5sX3jmF5eu0V99d6Kcglp2VibsKBPP4pOFj539wNq3vSRtAsxfrjTEb4u9xsg2a-n8OoPB9aLwD3_BOdNsqid9mJP3SDJTQ77Y5pdRzRIwUC0YGcDPCmvaUXRTR3FCUc9EwaRlDrO8/s320/Virtual+041.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Has something to say. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTZEJM8pc2LH0BkQM3Tv8NWe6cXWTWy8qTwU-cVqUnQ4SH0xml1dtL0cOFYFogbDgWQClEOgq80QqpvR25rZ9iObSiW1wz13ue-hy-TwPoMqAB0UyIRh4P41uUDSXqhSoUZu8qrtDEEM/s2048/Virtual+042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTZEJM8pc2LH0BkQM3Tv8NWe6cXWTWy8qTwU-cVqUnQ4SH0xml1dtL0cOFYFogbDgWQClEOgq80QqpvR25rZ9iObSiW1wz13ue-hy-TwPoMqAB0UyIRh4P41uUDSXqhSoUZu8qrtDEEM/s320/Virtual+042.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Changed her mind. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ame_7QqaNwDjDRpEs6ZLyP0AzWhGaaIX_UAVYM_OLDkdjEwFwMYp_Rlu1aRSL9I8ayqmgjgNgyZS7hg7T6cxliaejNyCduMFhnC4cYoE_6CeGEIF79pqX2DiZ1JUyO5VHhNDTKliXbE/s2048/Virtual+043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ame_7QqaNwDjDRpEs6ZLyP0AzWhGaaIX_UAVYM_OLDkdjEwFwMYp_Rlu1aRSL9I8ayqmgjgNgyZS7hg7T6cxliaejNyCduMFhnC4cYoE_6CeGEIF79pqX2DiZ1JUyO5VHhNDTKliXbE/s320/Virtual+043.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhoEIYgTNXh_Llh5UYOUzT22j2KTgNRYPiC0ar8cSl1MPBptjAnyApNiuINm03PWEgOu-av8ko_6wpCTtnS32L5Nib7dC1MA4xNbG58bkcflbAcSrDl1a35aZJUtwdGnVgBG3zRpjgZo/s2048/Virtual+052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhoEIYgTNXh_Llh5UYOUzT22j2KTgNRYPiC0ar8cSl1MPBptjAnyApNiuINm03PWEgOu-av8ko_6wpCTtnS32L5Nib7dC1MA4xNbG58bkcflbAcSrDl1a35aZJUtwdGnVgBG3zRpjgZo/s320/Virtual+052.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why am I red? </div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-2718819768488380212021-02-26T04:00:00.013-06:002021-02-26T04:00:00.155-06:00First Day of High School Ben<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEl7LOSx22imEf_AyGaOZ6mhsWc3rxcEMMBGj4L0_QWnfI8JNPqEF2bofzATJoxvuRs-mLdpJIh4myqXKPcds-xB95kjlNEH3j8c_A2MjKvzYgFOzyBq32h2H4DRyAQ1UTi19TKYHv3Q/s2048/Virtual+053.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEl7LOSx22imEf_AyGaOZ6mhsWc3rxcEMMBGj4L0_QWnfI8JNPqEF2bofzATJoxvuRs-mLdpJIh4myqXKPcds-xB95kjlNEH3j8c_A2MjKvzYgFOzyBq32h2H4DRyAQ1UTi19TKYHv3Q/s320/Virtual+053.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not normal at all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seven months into his first year of high school, he went to school after 11 months out of school and in his bedroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first two days of his week in school were from home because one was a teacher conference day that I had no idea about and the other was a teacher work day during which they apparently don't work. *see below. His fourth day of the week back was canceled due to ice, that wasn't. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the county told us his bus would be here after it would actually be here so he missed it, I drove him in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He wasn't allowed out of the car until he passed a medical questionnaire. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He attended remote classes from within his classes from his own computer that he brought from home. Most of his teachers weren't there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One class had two students in it, including him. The teachers have said out loud they hope the kids don't show up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">His social studies teacher was there and asked him in class: "Ben, have I ever seen you?" Turns out the answer is no, because he was attending a different social studies class the entire semester. No one ever reached out. At all. And he had no way of knowing because neither of the two social studies teachers have graded any work the entire semester so grades wouldn't indicate anything was wrong, and the teacher in the class he had been attending just ignored that he was there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids were told in one class that they were essentially stupid for wanting to come to school because they could be home sleeping in and not working.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A school board member has tweeted publicly that it is just white kid's families that want to go back to school, indicating what, I'm not entirely sure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We paid for and he took the classroom portion of Driver's Ed in November before turning 15; to date, he can't finish the class, get a permit, or learn to drive because they haven't scheduled the behind the wheel portion of the class. When I asked recently when that would happen for either of my boys? Here is the cut and paste of the entire sentence fragment + one complete sentence response: "<span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Once they are assigned to a
driver. The driver will contact you."</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Week one of return: two days completing remote school in school, three days off. And, he had the life lesson that the adults have all checked out hammered home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-47042102807777760102021-02-25T04:00:00.001-06:002021-02-25T04:00:00.400-06:00Growing Here<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7PN8Yz1p277GR8Nqos8Hthw8UquzCw3PPFHxuqzMGNwHDHpeoTDfEfytDhN0lBHAMPitRGdfZOEELp6JUQ0UPHVgW0hRcZhJC42NxZY8IyEzmkEjBQ_iqHYg_dVZB0XJ6kgGlGdn92U/s2048/Virtual+037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7PN8Yz1p277GR8Nqos8Hthw8UquzCw3PPFHxuqzMGNwHDHpeoTDfEfytDhN0lBHAMPitRGdfZOEELp6JUQ0UPHVgW0hRcZhJC42NxZY8IyEzmkEjBQ_iqHYg_dVZB0XJ6kgGlGdn92U/s320/Virtual+037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Morning coffee with my hyacinth is coming. I can feel it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAusB7OVXwqEOPiqV4MYBTAOKJKkyezsS4elXqMrB8Kg-gxAzBr_bzT6Oq_pCP5PHm4C_g9yQnQjjrpSA7oZSXdfBUEMoVGIXRPZZlKlWpgqIeUWtLdXcZnw0hK66HRqmLpz6OfQvY64/s2048/Virtual+067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAusB7OVXwqEOPiqV4MYBTAOKJKkyezsS4elXqMrB8Kg-gxAzBr_bzT6Oq_pCP5PHm4C_g9yQnQjjrpSA7oZSXdfBUEMoVGIXRPZZlKlWpgqIeUWtLdXcZnw0hK66HRqmLpz6OfQvY64/s320/Virtual+067.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also sown, all the seeds from my dad's garden. We'll see how they fare. </div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-38574711502021134472021-02-24T04:00:00.002-06:002021-02-24T04:00:06.020-06:00School Brunch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxNXmD8q2LhfUtDJ1HuE6o2obr3xMc-7MvKZcc8UVJZTUyF0tZC2yOmqw7d6d6KOusctshp54F4CZuHOFACng' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mesmerizing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yPaBZWKzVZ7Ylbkj9KKz6QCOk8MJ81NHCw7kJtOgqXhBLGdVnHDZbA638i4aeJRN2041SBufT5j2JB_hhLuIj7zasMMwlMg-8shW-rhal38zNDOx5bZZIs8d-M-GPhu7KPCHhrlYubM/s2048/REACH+035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yPaBZWKzVZ7Ylbkj9KKz6QCOk8MJ81NHCw7kJtOgqXhBLGdVnHDZbA638i4aeJRN2041SBufT5j2JB_hhLuIj7zasMMwlMg-8shW-rhal38zNDOx5bZZIs8d-M-GPhu7KPCHhrlYubM/s320/REACH+035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes vegetarian</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxanlCppCsT5s75pI-BWD8IfykehEtuULxrGTGXAqqIMgSGYQyJVtZfNudoyc_mviRF4DCh8O3jIP5xFOO2M5_JH06GiVxUg7vWByssaA5H52EPx6GUVHUknsCj2cPrFrIpelwdOFgy0/s2048/REACH+058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxanlCppCsT5s75pI-BWD8IfykehEtuULxrGTGXAqqIMgSGYQyJVtZfNudoyc_mviRF4DCh8O3jIP5xFOO2M5_JH06GiVxUg7vWByssaA5H52EPx6GUVHUknsCj2cPrFrIpelwdOFgy0/s320/REACH+058.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And stuffed hashbrowns from the waffle maker. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're going to perfect this one with some trial and error.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All because discussing actual school will take a dissertation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157350340236217968.post-80500288845665243872021-02-19T04:00:00.001-06:002021-02-19T04:00:06.508-06:00Confusion at every turn<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwdke5G3REX1yvuO_l6j1-GhmEh-zi-n-OkMRoeafrGegA6d-0-IkDQiuuUj2VI_4ivIxYYdl-UfbmnJq7Pw8qqq_pTeMBAsxiGbZJSoXCNcJtKwo_CERXaRKDANrmSxoisqe_B6i3pQ/s2048/REACH+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwdke5G3REX1yvuO_l6j1-GhmEh-zi-n-OkMRoeafrGegA6d-0-IkDQiuuUj2VI_4ivIxYYdl-UfbmnJq7Pw8qqq_pTeMBAsxiGbZJSoXCNcJtKwo_CERXaRKDANrmSxoisqe_B6i3pQ/s320/REACH+014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I'll take it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We can go to an old movie for $5, sit in our own theater, and raisins have more calories than Milk Duds. </div><br /> <p></p>The Mighty Stuber Broodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280424332708996406noreply@blogger.com0