Category: Mashup

Blackburn San Quentin U-Lock

Place your bike in solitary with the Blackburn San Quentin Bike U-Lock. The 18mm cut-resistant alloy steel shackle with anti-scratch liner will spoil any theft-attempt without scratching up your beautiful ride. The bump-proof, pick-proof dual-bolt locking mechanism will stand up…

Squirrel Eradication

Throw this in to the dad’s job category.  We had a family of squirrels decide to come live with us, but they overstayed their welcome and the weather was nice this weekend, so the fascia came off and the nest…

Add this to the rules…

The Scott family blog has a post I love with a picture of their “rules that might not be obvious.” Among these are:  No writing on countertops, even with pencil, No pants on the kitchen floor… We need to add…

Cursive for Boys

You might be shocked (as I was) that kids are not being taught cursive in many schools.  Often they are learning how to write their name only.   We decided to write a workbook that would be fun for our sons…

Lizzagator Swamp Race

Here’s a pretty fun event we did at the Chickasaw Council Centennial Expo.  Called the lizzagator swamp race, it is pretty simple and the scouts really had fun with it.  Two teams of 4 to 6 boys compete to get…

Fox Grape Jam

While we were at football practice last year, I found several muscadine vines that were easy to get to and looked promising.    When harvest time came around, however,  there was only enough to make a pint or two of jam…