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Photos from Ankeny, Iowa

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  • Billinator - I'm determined to get a good pic of this
  • A wreck in Ankeny
  • A big cigar
  • Charoodles
  • Charoodles
  • Charoodles
  • Charoodles
  • Charoodles
  • Playing Charades
  • Back Flip
  • Back Flip
  • Back Flip
  • On the Porch
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  • Jeff's "this is a good gift" face
  • Ninja on the trampoline
  • Fixing computers up is messy
  • Some big lawn mowers on the street
  • A nice site, which I haven't seen in a while
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  • Ankeny's Largest Beer Cooler!
  • The bartop - installed and ready for stain.
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  • Weight for the glue
  • Adding the trim
  • Routing a piece of trim
  • Our hole.
  • Routing is Faster
  • Cutting a hole in the ply for our support
  • A bit more support - so Nehru can sit in his spot
  • Kreg Jigged!
  • Joining the countertop
  • Jimmy John's Paper Airplane
  • Making a Paper Airplane
  • Daddies Brown Sauce
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  • The bottom of the bar wrapped out
  • The back of the bar wrapped out
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  • Some Ditchweed Growing in my Yard
  • Twitter sent me a pretty hilarious shirt
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  • My First Decent Lightning Photo
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  • My First Lightning Photo
  • Dinner when Kari's not home and we have no money nor groceries
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  • Countertop Bolts with Biscuits
  • Formika Join Grooves
  • Formika Join Grooves
  • For the record - Walmart has big red bats
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  • How to put a 9 foot tall dead tree in a Ford Escape
  • The corner cut is not as perfect as I wanted.  :-(
  • Cutting it close.... This is all the floor glue that was left after 3 jugs.
  • Homebrews!
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  • Rico's Panel Saw Saves My Life
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  • How to carry a sheet of plywood in a Ford Escape
  • Kari's mom grinding on Kari, haha.
  • Kari won, Jeff got second, I lost bad
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  • Wii Bowling on the Hundy
  • Ankeny Walmart has 4 Wiis... not sure why I didn't buy one.
  • Finally filled 2 rows of DVDs
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  • 2007 Lollapalooza Souvenir Tickets - $60
  • Where I've thrown my building receipts for the last month
  • Now if I could just decide on the finish...
  • I don't think the bar will be moving anytime soon.
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  • Microwaved Peep
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  • Guiness Marmite
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  • Absente - Absinthe
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  • This is how the pros run wire...
  • Cut up wall
  • Cutting some drywall
  • Spraying Lacquer
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  • The floor - mostly done.
  • The Bar, Thus Far.
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  • Bar Construction.  Everything is just sort of propped up... It's not as close to done as it looks
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  • I just got done using Trig and Geometry ... in real life.
  • I've shot a bit of video in my life...
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  • If I ever do my nova again...
  • dang... winter's over.  maybe i should jump my goped...
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  • When you skimp on picking up after the dog for a couple months
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  • dual 22" widescreen monitors, yeeeeeeah.
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  • Filled tack strip holes
  • Holes from the tack strip.
  • A good glass of Scotch
  • Schell Pilsner
  • <3 Dremel Drills
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  • Chipping thinset up from the floor
  • 35 of 49
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