Hannah All About Me Letter

Hannah will be three years old in less than 2 weeks.  I have wanted to start sharing information and experiences regarding Hannah for some time now, I just kept telling myself I needed more time to get started.

We recently completed an All About Me letter for Hannah.  I thought it would be a great starting point for sharing information about Hannah and special needs information in general…

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ALL ABOUT ME LETTER 

My Name is:  Hannah Pilkinton

Hannah in her new dress

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Ruger 10/22 Project


This weekend I finished the Ruger 10/22 that I was working on. Taken off the Wal-Mart website, here is a picture of the stock rifle:

Stock Ruger 10-22

The Standard Carbine as shown above can be picked up at your local Wal-Mart for $166.00, which I think is very reasonable for this rifle. They are very fun to shoot and have a TON of aftermarket accessories available for them. My rifle was picked up for less than $150 in a good used condition. By the time the project was complete, the only original parts were the receiver and trigger housing – everything else was replaced.

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Initial Woodworking Projects

The Woodworking bug has bitten and so I have been spending some relaxing time in the garage lately.  I originally planned to jump right in and make a bunch of stuff for some craft fairs this fall.  However, I decided that would be too much like work.  So, it’s back to just taking it easy and enjoying these little projects. 

I started off making some Crayola crayon ‘toolboxes’.  The holders will carry a total of 24 crayons.  I saw these at a craft show a couple of months ago and thought; I can do that!  The crayon holders were made using old one by and two by fours lying around the garage.  The only thing purchased for the holders was the dowel rod for the handle.  My plans are to paint them and give them away for Christmas along with a nice new pack of crayons, of course… 

 

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(More) Site Changes

All the technical content is moving to – http://tech.scottp.net.

Hopefully this will allow more flexibility and allow me to keep certain subjects separate that I could go on and on about… :>)

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