Tag: Oklahoma
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Axe-felled tree
There’s something really satisfying about falling a tree with an axe. It feels so good!
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Christmas Lights
Oklahoma is a weird place. About an hour from where I live, in the middle of nowhere, is this amazing Christmas lights display. You drive down this little tiny two lane highway until you think you’re lost, then you turn down a dark dirt road, then you park in a dirt field in from of…
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Icicle
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My Dichotomous Life
I’m a web developer. I work with technolgies built on technologies in a worldwide arena. I sit on a yoga ball in my office upstairs and can deal with people in several different countries in one day. I make my living staring at screens and typing on a keyboard. I have four screens at my…
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After the Snow
We had snow last night, went sledding today, and then took a quick trip around the property. We used my dad’s 4×4, and I crouched in the bed taking photos. We didn’t stop a lot, so the photos aren’t that great, but the view was spectacular! This is all on the property we’re living on!
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Sledding
We went sledding by the lake with me and Xavier, my parents, my sister and her kids, and everyone’s dogs!
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Oklahoma Cold
I’ve never lived somewhere cold. I’ve lived in San Diego and Phoenix, places where you could live year round and not be that inconvenienced if you didn’t own a jacket. Enter Oklahoma. When we moved here, I said that I wanted a white Christmas. I’ve never had one, and I just figured it’s time. Well,…
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The Siren Song of the Oklahoma Rain
A couple days ago, this is what I woke up to: It was in the low 70s, the air was clean and crisp, the wonderful smell of rain permeated the area, and the view from my porch was awesome. The whole thing was irresistible. Not the “I call it irresistible, but I resisted so it…
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Xavier Fishing – Oklahoma 2010
Xavier’s not the kind of person that you would think of as a fisherman. He’s clearly not patient enough. So, I think it’s understandable that I had my doubts when he wanted to go fishing. Last time we went fishing out there it took us an hour to get all the together and get up…