The Cottage story … a work in progress. The family cottage on beautiful Lake of the Woods was the brain child of my dad.
Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
Just a fun loving guy who’s interested in technology, passionate about family, and a follower of Christ. The blog started a long time ago when we were family camping and I had an experience with one of my sons that made me realize how fast time is going by, hence the title, Tempus Fugit. I Read More ...
Hey! Welcome to the bigDadoo website. You’ve landed here for some mysterious reason only know to you but, thanks for dropping by. Most likely, perhaps, you were looking for my original blog? Well, you are there. If you were looking for my Journey blog, well that’s over here. If you are interested in some of Read More ...
In addition to this blog I have a presence on several other online services for some of my various interests. Photography. The bulk of my online photography is over on Flickr. For the family, there are a couple of special albums that are dedicated to the grandkids. Parker Easton Dane Clark Other album collections are Read More ...
I’ve lost some weight over the last 10 months. Around 30lbs to be a little more specific. For quite some time only close family noticed or perhaps they were the only ones who said anything. But towards the end most people have noticed and said something. Generally. it’s been positive and I feel great about Read More …
Saw by s2photography Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. This weekend the renovations focused mainly on the basement. During the week Eric & Dez finished the upstairs drywall and started mudding the walls. Currently there are a couple of coats in most areas and sanding should start during the week. On the weekend about 3/4 of Read More …
This was edited lightly for profanity but I must admit if I heard this in line at Starbucks I’d be thinking the same thing. Besides, if Guy Kawasaki can post about it, so can I. How to Change the World: Book Review: The No A**h*** Rule by Robert Sutton The first step is to recognize Read More …
Bathroom Wiring Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. This afternoon, after church, I was helping Dez and Eric with their house renovations. Today, I was the electrician. We wired up a bathroom ceiling fan, replaced a bunch of wire, re-routes lights to different switches and roughed in the bathroom light fixture and a GFI outlet. Len, Read More …
Actually, that would be catch up on reading my personalemails. More specifically, The daily devotion emails from John Fisher at thePurpose Driven Life. Some of the thoughts that challenged me were: To be more aware of and think about being eager to do good (1 Peter 3:13). looking for opportunities to serve others To see Read More …
Kitchen with some new drywallOriginally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Today,I send a good portion of the day with Eric and Doug at Eric’s new house doing renovations. He’s only two weeks into the project and major work has taken place. I was the drywall guy today and did the inside of the new front room Read More …
Very cool photos on the spiral theme. Spiral pictures – Spiral photo gallery Technorati Tags: spiral, photography
I flew in to Vancouver this morning for some professional development and a western regional team meeting for work and I’m having a great time. Vancouver is my favorite Canadian city and any time here is a good time. After the meetings the team was out for dinner and then I headed back to the Read More …
I’ve just noticed that Writely has been renamed and further incorporated into the Google camp and is now Google Docs. I think I could get used to living in Google, between Gmail, Docs, Spreadsheets, Calendar and Groups life is looking pretty complete. While I use Picassa on the desktop, I’m not yet a big enough Read More …
Dock Shot #2 Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. This photo says it all. The leaves are turning and falling. It’s the Thanksgiving weekend and we’re at the lake to close up for the season. The weather is very nice on Saturday, hitting 21C with a light overcast. After a couple of cups of coffee on Read More …