So the Supreme Court ruled that the gun ban in Washington DC was unconstitutional. That is great, but…aside from the tight majority (5 to 4), there seemed to be a lot of things left open, or down right closed.

I’m glad they defined it as individuals rights, that we as a person have the right to own (keep) and bear arms. I’m not happy with the end of the statement used “self defense in our homes”, to me that sounds too much like opening a door to rid people of the ability to carry them outside the home.

They are also very vague on what guns are open for ban, and actually say that if the congress gets to a gun early enough before it becomes “common use” they can ban it. Which brings up another contradictory remark, that “common use” weapons are ok, but those that are used by the military are not - exactly how is that defined? Common use today would include a lot of military type clones the AR for example. There is also a flood of military surplus weapons out there too. You can even argue, that for a militia to have any sort of effect, they would need weapons on some level to that of the military.

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So as we all saw last weekend, we got our pad poured and finished. Now we need to seal it. Have you been to Lowes lately? Concrete sealer is like $23 bucks a gallon!

Luckily my father in law came to the rescue again, suggesting a home made method of sealing the driveway. It’s comes out to be about $33 for 3 gallons, instead of the $69 dollars it would take to buy 3 gallons of the other stuff.

It’s only 2 ingredients and dead simple - watch out for the concrete labor union though, they don’t want the secret out (hahaha - think Simpsons and the garbage can back fixer).

Across the isle from the concrete sealer, they have some other items. Look for a gallon of “Boiled Linseed Oil”, grab it. That was actually $23 bucks. We also needed a couple of things so we grabbed a 5 gallon bucket while we were there.

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I remember when I was a kid coming across art work that my mom had done and was really impressed with her work. As I got older I did my own thing, but as I moved out of high school and in to young adult hood I started giving up my artistic pastime. I’m made some strides to get back into it, but it’s more through photography and design then actual sit down and draw something art. I still from time to time draw (according to my wife and kids) fantastic sketches on Sydney’s Barbie magna doodle.

But more recently, we’ve been sending our boys to a local artist for classes. They both love to draw, and have been doing stuff for years and my wife thought it would be good for them to actually learn proper techniques and how to do things and whatnot.

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