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Went golfing for the first time in many years today.

29 Oct, 2016

Went golfing for the first time in many years today with a friend. We had a great time and didn’t lose too many balls. The worst hole was this one as there was no way I was going to make it over the marsh. Basically you had the tee, the marsh, and then the hole. […]

We had an outdoor dance party tonight.

22 Oct, 2016

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It started with marshmallows around the fire and then we brought out the party light and cranked up the music.

It’s time to clean up your WordPress database.

18 Oct, 2016

When’s the last time you cleaned up your WordPress blog’s database? Over time, things build up that you don’t see, but can cause performance issues. The good news is that it’s easy to clean up. I use the Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions plugin and it works beautifully. Granted, always make a backup first just in […]

Love the colors in our backyard in the fall.

16 Oct, 2016

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Accelerated Mobile Pages are simple to setup in WordPress.

14 Oct, 2016

Accelerated Mobile Pages (or AMP) are the latest way in which Google and others are trying to make the web faster. Turns out, the more features you add to a site, the slower it gets. Since no-one wants to simplify their website, AMP pages were born. They’re a stripped down version of your website that […]

Shopping for fridges.

8 Oct, 2016

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So many choices. I won’t be getting one with internet on it though as I don’t see it working after a few years.

Minneapolis drinks my town’s waste water.

5 Oct, 2016

Lily in a police car and snowplow.

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Lily’s second grade class, and myself as a chaperone, went to visit the City of Watertown today and learned all about how things work around here. They got to sit in the back of a police car, learn about how emergency responders work and their tools, learn about the water/sewer system, and more. I learned […]

Why do we wear fitness trackers on our wrist?

28 Sep, 2016

I’ve been struggling with fitness trackers recently trying to figure out which ones are accurate. Turns out the issue isn’t always with the trackers, but where we wear them. Why do we wear them on our wrist? Who’s bright idea was it to track steps by putting something on your arm? If your fitness tracker […]