tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post7812946590567975027..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: Of FredUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-58042531387476838372014-01-22T11:04:30.274-07:002014-01-22T11:04:30.274-07:00Make time to make the sandbox. Scrape together $5...Make time to make the sandbox. Scrape together $50 worth of 2x4's and plywood. There is nothing better than being a hero to your kids and this is the time of life when it can be done for next to nothing.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-19221606756150791492014-01-22T10:02:07.542-07:002014-01-22T10:02:07.542-07:00Yes. I have lots of trees. My property is 700 fe...Yes. I have lots of trees. My property is 700 feet by 900 feet with a shelterbelt on all four sides.<br /><br />The north and west sides are my deer hunting spot.<br /><br />I'm so far behind. By the time I get my sandbox built the girls will be too old for it.Giraffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-14566504016624076762014-01-22T10:02:03.201-07:002014-01-22T10:02:03.201-07:00Yes. I have lots of trees. My property is 700 fe...Yes. I have lots of trees. My property is 700 feet by 900 feet with a shelterbelt on all four sides.<br /><br />The north and west sides are my deer hunting spot.<br /><br />I'm so far behind. By the time I get my sandbox built the girls will be too old for it.Giraffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-5320677030357251812014-01-21T14:53:14.332-07:002014-01-21T14:53:14.332-07:00Giraffe,
Do you have much for trees around your p...Giraffe,<br /><br />Do you have much for trees around your place?Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-85981594806282295742014-01-21T14:05:09.143-07:002014-01-21T14:05:09.143-07:00Don't know about the tree fort. I have daught...Don't know about the tree fort. I have daughters. There may be a playhouse. We'll see.<br /><br />The older two and I built a snow fort the other day. I think it will get some use this winter.Giraffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-76612493328008450812014-01-21T12:34:07.775-07:002014-01-21T12:34:07.775-07:00Ah tree forts. I remember several. The were all ...Ah tree forts. I remember several. The were all awesome. In a two by four and rusty nail sort of way.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-38079875800820571702014-01-21T10:05:50.233-07:002014-01-21T10:05:50.233-07:00Unfortunately, my kids never got to have the same ...Unfortunately, my kids never got to have the same kind of unrestricted childhood that I enjoyed.<br /> <br />I had more fun with the neighbor boys than I ever did with the girls. At that point in my life, I did not want to sit and giggle and play with dolls.<br /> <br />Growing up with brothers, who wants to do that, when there are far more interesting things to do, like climb trees and play in the world's most awesome field that was behind my house? Growing up in the sixties was great fun.<br /><br />Giraffe, one of the best things you could ever do for your kids is to make sure they have either a tree to climb, or a very tall, freestanding, tree house type fort. I promise you they will remember that very fondly in their adulthood.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-49480297763807241252014-01-21T09:12:00.829-07:002014-01-21T09:12:00.829-07:00Most of the time I love Fred, sometimes I hate him...Most of the time I love Fred, sometimes I hate him, it depends whether I'm the butt of his wit or not.<br /><br />A couple weeks ago he wrote about the obsolescence of Maureen Dowd, and I have to say that was awesome.<br /><br />Anyway. I live in the country, I homeschool. My kids are going to get the "sweet age of nobody cared" as much as I can give 'em.<br /><br />Giraffenoreply@blogger.com