Author: Ashlin

  • Fire in the hole!

    Last night we took my new rifle to the gun range to test her out. I hadn’t shot in over a year so it took me a moment to remember what went where and how to load the cartridge and everything.  We placed the target out at 100 yards, I shot four times and when…

  • A new week

    Monday was the first day of Ezra going to preschool that he was fairly eager to go. When we got to the classroom he went right to his peg and hung up his backpack, then got hand sanitizer, then headed over to his spot on the rug. On the other hand, Leo is still not a…

  • We own fish again

    Jesse has been setting up a salt water aquarium again for the past couple weeks.  We started more slowly this time, let it cycle awhile before adding snails and hermit crabs.  Two nights ago we went and bought our first set of fish for the new tanks, a set of clown fish.  They are super…

  • Keto log #1

    All right, folks, I’m going to keep it very real in these posts. I decided to start a ketogenic diet on 8.29.16.  Technically I guess you could call it a lifestyle because really I should be eating this way from now until I die, but who can see the future? I decided to commit to the “No…

  • Ridiculously bored and unmotivated

    I have a new position at work.  I started training in June so it’s been a couple months and I’m well into the groove of things, though I have questions for teammates that come up from time to time.  I like my manager and I like my team.  And I have not felt so bored…