On May 14, 2013, there will be an important vote in North Stonington regarding Firefly Farms. We are not eligible to vote in North Stonington because we do not own property in North Stonington (renting only) and Rob is military…
Last night, Alex and I spent the night in the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, MA. There were about 60 scouts and parents from our Pack that went on the trip. The kids had a great time and the exhibits…
We have begun the task of moving the farm to Griswold. We are doing a PPM (Personally Procured Move – formerly DITY) which means we move it all ourselves and get 95% of what the government would have spent. It…
We have a lot going on with moving, but this evening we carved out an hour for a family trail ride. It was the first trail ride since my accident in January. This one was much less eventful, which is…
Last week, I bought myself a new car: 2013 VW Jetta Wagon with the TDI engine. I will soon be commuting 20,000+ a year, and with trimming clients spread around, I expect to exceed 30,000 miles a year. While I…
Well I forgot to blog about it on Sunday, but Alex got first place at this year’s pinewood derby race in North Stonington. His car was low profile, blue, weight just right and very fast. According to Alex his car…
Anna and I have been debating what to keep and what to sell as we prepare to move. The one thing we agree on is, we have too many goats. It was fun developing a larger herd, but we can’t…
Alex reminds me a lot of his Uncle Benji. While I always enjoyed readying, my brother Benji would stay up all night reading. Yesterday evening Alex started reading a new book called Fablehaven. I made him put it down for…
After nearly 3 months of searching for a place to buy and having 3 locations chosen, only to fall through, we gave up the search and began to look for a lease option. We had been continuously watching the rental…
Over 11 weeks ago, we found out the owners of our farm (that we have been leasing for 2.5 years) would not extend our lease another 3 years like I hoped. Instead, they plan to sell it. We have been…