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Spring ‘08 Improvements

This time of the year a couple key things converge in the Kennedy household: warm weather and annual bonus money. With the government promising us a stimulus package in mid-summer, we are focusing for now on home improvement projects (the big TV will have to wait). The first project is one that we [...]

DIY Ron Paul Sweatshirts

I have left Pam alone with the kids for the last couple Saturdays, which is one of the reasons I am taking Aidan, Isabel and Ethan to tomorrow morning’s Ron Paul rally. As a learning experience, I figure that the children should come appropriately attired. I found sweatshirts on sale at Wal-Mart for $3 [...]

Homemade Alabama Cornhole Boards

For Christmas this year (2007) I made a set of cornhole boards for my sister-in-law Laura and her husband Bobby (a huge ‘Bama fan). The plans I used were Jackson Van Buren’s Open Sided Cornhole Instructions – Advanced (pdf), which utilize a thicker playing surface to avoid the dreaded bounce effect. I decorated [...]