Almost a month ago I did the Mountain Do Challenge. It is a triathlon but this year the canoe/kayak portion of the race was cancelled because the lake is being redrudged. So, they just doubled up the...
I was sent this videop from youtube this week. It is pretty cool....
6th Grade Watercolor paintings based off Paul Klee using a variety of watercolor techniques 8th Graders making plaster casts of their hands. Using George Segal as inspiration, later students will be replicating their favorite painting onto the...
Gym Update: We just hit 300 people on Saturday and now pressing on. Lots of inquiries and foot traffic this month. If we can turn even half of those into members - it will be a great...
Ok, so here are some picks of our house and a pic of me with bad acnee. I am a little stressed but it is all good, no one can hear me screaming in the woods. The...
Lots going on here. The gym officially opened Sept. 9th! Things are going well, the place looks great, now Kris is trying to build his membership numbers. We move to the farm this weekend, so I have...
Here is a quick view of the Anytime Fitness space and the demolition. The front of the building. The cardio and selectorized machine area. The selectorized machine area and looking into the free weight area. The free...
I don't think any of us got these genes from our Scottish Ancestors. Although I do think a few of you could rock the kilt....
We had a great trip to NY! Great food and great company. Looking forward to a return trip....
There has been requests for an update on the Anytime Fitness. We (the real estate developers, architechts, and me) have been working through some curve balls the City has thrown at us with the floorplan but it...
SC is a fantastic state and I would highly recommend that you all vacation there sometime. There is obviolsy the shore line that has cute turristy towns and beutiful oceqan scenes, But I would recommend looking at...
The business action is now fast and furious. Many things are going on at once - I feel like one of those performers balancing many plates while standing on a ball too. The balance comes in getting...
School is out so Kris and I have been hiking more. I leave tomorrow for South Carolina. Traveling around the state for 10 days. Hopefully seeing great waterfalls, trees, etc....
Here are some picks from some recent hikes. Also Some pics of Kris talking to my 7th graders about bonsai....
Just wanted to let everyone know about my new adventure jumping into the entrepreneurial world. I am starting up an "Anytime Fitness" franchise here in Bristol. I'm still very early in the process and there are...
1. Carver's Gap, North Carolina 2. Virgina 3. Appalachian Trail, Virginia 4. Back Roads, Virginia 5. Tennessee 6. Apostel Islands, Wisconsin 7. Virginia Highlands 8. Lake Superior, MI 9. Wisconsin Dells 10. Virginia Highlands /heather_hartz/HeatherPhotoContest.txt...
Good Dog = Emme Bad Dog = Isacc...
Images 1-2 : 6th Grade, Egyptian Slabs, based off the Rosetta Stone, will use as a mold for paper pulp sculpture. Images 3-4 : 7th Grade coil containers, considered form and function before designing container. Images 5-7...
Students studied different artists, wrote a report about that person, made a color chart using colored pencils, gridded of a portrait and tried to match values from the original painting to their square Students designed and...
Ok, yesterday we got a dusting of snow.( you can still see the grass). Today no school!!!!! Awesome....
Pictures from my Hike on New Years Eve Day : Little Stony Falls (VA)...
So being banned has brought the fight out of this red head. I am back with a vengence!!! Can you name the movie where my quote has come from? So here is an update on our lives....
Last weekend I zipped back to Iowa to catch the Iowa/Illinois game. Overall, the Hawks played pretty well. Offense stalled a bit when it got close to scoring but much improved over the last few weeks. They...
Ok, Heather is into this, she is just a little technically challenged. Soooo, Life is great. Love the new job, instead of children setting each other on fire and swearing at me, the students say... Yes, mam.....
After Adam's tutorial on working heavy farm machinery, Adam and I removed this dead tree from the farm last weekend. Please notice that when it came to the technical skills of knocking the tree down - that...
Here are a few pictures from a kayaking excursion not too far from our place about 4 weeks ago. For our bonsai lesson of the week. This tree has nice "nabari" - which is a bonsai term...
We went to Grandfather Mountain for a Scottish Highlands Festival. Grandfather Mountain is the highest point in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We found the clan Mckinnon with the tartan. This is me finishing about a 1000 ft....
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