A stupendous first post

There's most probably no real need to brace yourselves for this, but just in case, go ahead. I am leaping with fervor into the world of blogging, and to be honest, I can't rightly tell you what to expect 'cause I don't really know what the heck I'm doing. I've only actually read 3 or 4 blogs in my whole internetal life, so when I finish this post... make that 5.

If I were to make rules about blogging (if there's not already rules governing this) probably number one on the list is make that first entry something so stupendous that folks are gonna step back in awe of it all. On down the road, I'm just guessing that someone is gonna go all the way back in my archives and read the very first thing I blogged about, so it oughta be a good one. Right? The best you can hope for here is coming back to read this and saying "Bless his heart".

So here's my story, such as it is. I live in very rural North Missouri with my lovely wife, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 3 sheep and a whole buncha cows. 3 didn't seem to be enough cows. I do antique furniture repair and refinishing and build quite a bit of custom furniture as well... that's quite stylish and trend setting. Ahem. We're empty nesters, got the place to ourselves, pretty much do what we want when we want to and have a pretty darn good life. We live a few miles off the farm and my Uncle and Aunt live on it and are half partners in the cattle business with us. Works out great for everyone concerned.

I probably should insert a picture of some cows that I've worked on and with. I noticed on the 3 or 4 blogs that I read prior to starting this one, pictures are quite popular.

Some cows staring at you.


It's likely that you might want to see some broken furniture as well, I don't know why you would, but I'm gonna try and cover all bases here.

Some busted chairs staring at you.


Pictures and everything, I'm almost an old pro here already. ha....

Okay, so that's the basics of my life and a stupendous first post. I guess now is when I sit back and wait for volumes of comments and such. Here goes nuthin'!