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Well, my brother and sister came up for the weekend to help with building the fort. We spent the whole day Saturday cutting and screwing in all of the parts and ended up with a play fort that Anna nicely said ‘this turned out much better than I thought it would – it looks like it was built by a professional, like something you’d see in a magazine.

Here’s the building crew:

Three Builders

And here we are climbing on the fort:

Three Builders Climbing

• Estimated wood delivery: 3:48 PM. I wonder how close they'll be! #
• Remember how I said I had only 4 emails in my inbox? Well, two days on the road later and I'm stuck at 186 messages – can't get it down. #

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Last fall we got a family friend to help me build a play house in the back yard for the kids. We couldn’t really afford it at the time, but we had an opportunity and, since we knew we were moving south, it would give me a chance to do a learner house before building the longer lasting one in Charlotte.

So, fast forward to 2010 and our new house. Where the house in Akron had a good size yard and lots of room to play and build play sets and play houses, the new one has LOTS of yard, but no real place to put anything (too many trees). So, for this house, we decided to build a fort back in the forest out back. Anna wanted to buy a kit and build something with a built in swing and stuff, but I wanted to build something from scratch.

So, I spoke with my builder and got some design hints then Sunday Anna and I dug some holes, purchased some wood and we’re going to begin building this weekend. On Sunday, we set the cornerstone – a 12 foot long post that will be the anchor of the fort. Tonight we’ll put up the frame and the other posts and this weekend we’ll floor it and put up some railings. Stay tuned, but I thought you’d enjoy a photo or two of this lonely post sitting in the middle of the woods.

The remaining wood for the fort should arrive within the hour.

• Once again melbourne floride kicks me in the ass. Sorry deb, was only there for 5 hours. #
• First time I've seen my luggage in 36 hours. I hate Delta Airlines. #

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• Ok, the plane landed 80 minutes ago. No bags yet. #
• Stacked up at ATL. Nothing but planes to see. #

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• We eat pretty much all of our meals on the back porch – Amazing, very different than Ohio. #
• It's a rainy, half dreary day and I'm writing my first article for the View (www.eview.com) while the kids swim at an indoor pool. #

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• Very interesting tool for application mockups: http://is.gd/chScQ #
• Currently Browsing: http://is.gd/chScQ #

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• August dropped a 12 lb weight on his toe tonight. Hard to see him in so much pain. Gonna be the first of many finger/toe nails to fall out. #
• Got my work inbox down to 4 messages, how long do you think it will last? #
• Having a 5 lb bag of Dark Chocolate M&M's in your office is never a good thing. I wonder if that's the only reason Anna visits me up here. #

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My sister in law was driving home from a Family Reunion this afternoon and swung by to visit us. A little impromptu family play date, very nice. We decided to have dinner then she’d hit the road and put the kids to bed. Anna ordered pizza from Donatos and I went to pick it up.

Now, we’ve kinda ended up being the center of the neighborhood – not because we’re so popular but because our house is right between many houses with children. Anna and I were talking this weekend about how we needed to get a whole bunch of cups to have here. The kids use them like crazy and the adults need them too.

So, as I picked up the pizza, the girl behind the counter handed me a little plastic cup full of coupons. I thought for a quick second and asked her ‘can I have some more of those?’  Well, she asked me how many I wanted and I told her I’d like 10 (thinking we’d try to get 10 every time we picked up pizza and ultimately have enough some day). She grabbed a big stack and started counting out cups when I, of course, said ‘Can I just have all of them?’  Well, when I got home I counted them – 20 cups.  Free advertising for Donatos (too bad we already love their pizza) and free cups for us. Win-win on both sides.

Now all I need to do is find someone who’s giving away adult size cups so I can get like 50 of them. Stay tuned, I know I’ll find them somewhere.

• Purchased a nail gun today – life is good. Can never have enough tools. #

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