Happy Birthday Daddy (early)…

We made our daily trip to Lowe’s this afternoon, much to the jmonsters utter disgust and found the deal of the century. Daddy has been eyeballing the Super Duper Big Man Hammock and can’t walk into Lowe’s without checking them out. Well today the stand and hammock were marked down 50%. Daddy was so [...]

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Summer Vacation…

Woo-Hoo summer vacation is here!! The jmonsters made it through the last (useless) days of school and are excited to start their summer vacation (and brain drain). Mommy is excited to be off from work, but has enjoyed getting back into the work force. She enjoys working at Pearce Elementary School not far from home [...]

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In the Books…

We tried to prepare for the latest onslaught of winter weather with a quick trip over to Edward McKay Used Books in Winston Salem. We also made a stop by Blockbusters the night before. Plenty of snacks, movies, and books… Let it snow!
What we watched:
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 – At World’s End
Harry Potter and [...]

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We’re Famous…

We received a strange email a while back wanting to use on of our Denver photos to promote travel to the Denver area. We were a little skeptical at first, but then decided what the heck… Here is the original solicitation:
:: Schmap: Denver Photo Short-list
Hi jmonsters,
I am writing to let you know that [...]

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Mommy’s New Tractor…

After all of the complaining and gnashing of teeth from Mommy’s first and only time mowing the lawn with a push mower, Daddy thought he would be kind and gracious, and buy a new riding lawn tractor. The kind and gracious part came from a solid threat that Daddy would be the principal lawn [...]

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We made it…

We are finally made it to the new house in North Carolina. We pulled in the driveway around two in the afternoon. The truck was slow going along Route 220 as it wound its way through the mountains. Grandma, Pap-Pap, and the boys we’re waiting for us in the driveway, and the jmonsters were bursting [...]

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No more SCHOTT in Auburn…

Today the announced the closing of the SCHOTT plant here in Auburn. Still a little shocking although everyone new that this day would someday come. Onward and upward…
Some links to the news articles:
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/09/11/news/local_news/news01.txt
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/09/10/news/latest_news/latestnews02.txt
http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1189630525202590.xml&coll=1
http://blog.syracuse.com/wtvh/2007/09/plant_closing_to_affect_73_wor.html
http://www.9wsyr.com/content/news/breakingnews.aspx?content_id=f3f515d9-d94d-4d5c-865a-222c4e398d04
Not much affect on the jmonsters, still off to Colfax, just reporting to a different site come December 2008.

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The Newest & Final jmonsters’ Place…

It official the jmonsters have yet another place to call home. After a whirlwind tour of the homes for sale in the Greensboro area we have settled on one. It was a tough call, we had honed in on two the zip line house and the traditional white.
The zip line house ,which we named [...]

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Uses for Peroxide…

We got this email forwarded to us. Not sure how much is worth while, but interesting non the less…
This was written by Becky Ransey of Indiana “I would like to tell you of the benefits of that plain little old bottle of 3% peroxide you can get for under $1.00 at any drug store. My [...]

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Adventure to Florida…

We got an early start to our first leg of the drive to Florida. Smallmonster was up at 5 am when a thunderstorm rolled through. Mommy decided to get up around 5:45 and pack sandwiches and the other snacks so the jmonsters will be able to survive the 7 hour trip. We started around [...]

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