I'm still not sure what to say to people who ask what I do.  Well I have an undergraduate degree in art.  Graphic design.. Well for wh...

So I have to just say, I'm kind of lucky to just be here.  And let me say this, it's nice to be able to just type something and not ...

Since I stopped working I've been doing things.  Like I put new flooring in my kitchen entry and bathroom.  I pretty much redid the whol...

Faking it Here's something I wrote a long time ago about faking it   I had to fake my way through a few church hymns. I'm a pretty g...

Every dog is a service dog It's like every dog is a service dog.  I was in Walmart the other day and there was a service dog somewhere i...

My Way Back Ok, so I finally got my way back into Blogger.. Good grief. I hate passwords and that sort of thing.  Now I'd better write s...

When I was in 6th grade I had to do a social studies project.  It had to do with your heritage.  So I was mostly Scottish so it was about Sc...

Man,.. I haven't logged into my blogger account for some time and I had used an old email, which I had to try and figure out how to revo...

I used to blog a lot more.  I've been diverted for a while.  I found by tracking this that people would come here look at a photo for a ...

I pretty much cut ice cream out of my life.  The only time I have it is if someone else has it.  I just don't buy it.  It isn't that...

I've never been a dog person, mostly because I'm allergic, but there are a few dogs I've liked, one was a Boston Terrier.  I h...

Man.. They say you gain wisdom with age,. I don't know how true that is.  Maybe you just get out of touch to what is really going on, li...

Well, today is President Trump Day, so of course I have to work.. I would have thought he would have at least let us have the day off.....

I sat here looking at a blank page.  A lot has happened in the last few months but do I really want to air it all out?  Not really.  And it...

We've all seen Donald Trump's private jet,..  and we've seen the Trump helicopter,.. But I found the Trump pickup truck an...

While on vacation this summer, Queenie and I built a rock patio down by the lake.  We've been collecting flat rocks and turned a spo...

I tend to keep buying mid century dinettes.  I found this Chromcraft table at a thrift store for $14.99.  It came with a leaf.  Good deal...

Here's something you'll really like!.. A while a go I bought this lamp shade off of Craigslist.  I drove all the way across town ...

Here's how the new Amana Radarange microwave looks in the Gochenour kitchen.  It's one of the newest things we have in there. Tha...

So I needed a road bike so I could keep up with Queenie while riding with her in Canada.  She is quite speedy on her new bike and it was ...

Been hitting the back roads of Alberta with Queenie for cool old things to add to the Gochenour collection. Picked up a mid century pol...

Here's a picture of Windermere Lake.  What a lovely morning we had along the shore, and what a difference a day makes.  It is pouring...

So I was in the grocery store the other day and walking down the shampoo isle and there's this bald dude picking out shampoo.  I wanted ...

I love you sweetie!

When I was a kid we used to come to Spokane to shop at the Bon Marche.  It was like this really classy place to shop and the whole thing bac...

I tuned Dad's old Fender Concert Tone banjo EBGD so Julie could play it like a tenor guitar.   Dad would have loved that.  He'd l...

The strangest thing.  People growing up and morphing into an older version of their high school self.  Men who try and maintain that same ha...

Funny this should come up now.  In the last week the fall weather has been really nice.  Often the only times I get to be outside are to and...

OPEN LETTER TO CHRYSLER JEEP AND NHTSA Dear Chrysler Jeep, Stop sending me these worthless recall notices about my Jeep.  And shame on...

I had the pleasure of teaching Queenie's son how to ride a bike the other day. Now there's one more convert on the planet and we c...

One of the things that has really been bothering me lately is light pollution.  I remember as a kid growing up at Flathead Lake how amazing ...

To say that this was the worst ski season I've had ever is an understatement.. Far worse than 2007 I think it was.  I've never see...

I've been in a bit of a blogging lull.  More and more I find myself wanting to be in places where there are less people around.  I'm...