Today, this gross and smelly kitchen becomes Kitchen Stadium! But on this version of Iron Chef, we do not have a theme ingredient. We have a theme power tool! Witness the stunning culinary prowess as our Iron Chefs create a traditional American comfort food using only a Pro-Line Heat Gun!!! (It’s Iron Chef meets […]

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Yup! And they’re amazingly yummy! We were invited to participate in a cookie exchange to benefit The Beacon, a women’s shelter in Des Moines. The idea was that each person would bring two dozen homemade cookies. One dozen would go to the shelter and the other dozen would get shared with […]

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I gave my post a very upbeat title today because I have a hard time getting excited about plumbing. I want plumbing to work. I’m thrilled with myself when I can get plumbing to work. I absolutely abhor the process of getting plumbing to work. So I’ll do my best to […]

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Today I’m handing over the posting to my dear friend, Gianfranco. “Franco” as we (I) like to call him writes his own blog, GBGames’ Blog: An Indie Game Developer’s Somewhat Interesting Thoughts. After he and Colleen visited a couple weeks back he wrote up a great account of their trip. It’s been […]

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We were delighted that our good friends Gianfranco and Colleen could come all the way to Des Moines from Chicago to help us work on our house! The pictures tell the whole story:
Caution: Men at work!

Brandon went medieval on the kitchen cabinet…

While Gianfranco pulled staples out of the ceiling. “One… two… three…”

“Oy, Mah-gerie, […]

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