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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

This is the front of the house. In this picture the two areas on either side of the driveway have been freshly "terra-formed". The city offered to put in a swale to collect rainwater runoff from our roof, so we took them up on their offer. The swale is on the right-hand side; the left side merely runs onto the yard, but in a decorative way to mirror the right side. After they were done we had the driveway pressure-washed.

This is the swale area growth after a couple of seasons. It's fun to watch it fill up when we have a hard rain, which doesn't happen all that often.

This is the floor plan that was registered with the city. There are a few things that the builder changed. For instance, the front window is not a flat one, but a bay window, with a window seat. Also not on the plans are two skylights in the living room vaulted ceiling and one in the hall bathroom.

Jerry and I had been looking at condos but we didn't find anything we liked. Out of curiosity we looked into houses. This was the first one we saw and we fell in love with it.

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Kent Cooper

Monday, September 21, 2026

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Who would like this crisp 20 dollar bill? — All students say yes.

I’m gonna give it to one of you, but first let me do this. (Crumples it up.)

Who still wants it? — Everyone says yes.

Walks around desk and drops the bill onto the floor and steps on it. — Who wants it now? - Everyone says yes.

My dear students, I just showed you a very important lesson. No matter what I did with this money, you still wanted it because it never lost its worth. It’s still worth 20 dollars.

Well, there are many times in our lives when we feel like life has crumbled us up and ground us into the dirt. You may make some poor decisions, or have to deal with some bad circumstances, and sometimes life’s gonna make us feel worthless. But no matter what has happened, no matter what will happen, you never lose your worth, you never lose your value. Don’t ever forget that.