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I’m convinced that our animals are working together against us.

The dog, Güenther, loves the comfort of our king size Stearns and Foster mattress. I don’t blame him, I love the thing too! The first 5 years of Melissa’s and my marriage, we had a full size mattress with a nice bow in the middle… so we were sure to be very close together [...]

8Dec2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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my dad’s new book

 
 
 
 
I haven’t gotten a copy of it yet, but my dad just told me he’s got a book of his ‘rants’ published. Pretty cool.
 
 
 
 

29Nov2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Güenther the Weimaraner

We got a dog! We named him Güenther (pronounced ‘Goown-tur’), which is germanic for ‘Warrior’. I haven’t written about him yet, though there are a bunch of pictures of him in my photos section, so I decided to take a bit of time to introduce him to the internet. Internet, meet Güenther… Güenther, internet.
 
Güenther is [...]

29Nov2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Sunflowers!

(click the picture to see more sunflowers!)

Melissa and I don’t have a green thumb between us… so we were not very surprised with the fact that the only flowers that have survived on our property are the ones that germinated themselves and that nature alone has maintained in spite of our involvement. These sunflowers are [...]

13Aug2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Elizabeth and Miranda

Melissa’s neices were here for about 2 weeks, and we had a great time hanging out with them. Here are some pictures Melissa took when they went to Kentucky Down Under:
http://www.jimrising.com/photos/#album=72157600731130131

12Jul2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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