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When you consider ceiling fans, your mind isn’t typically drawn to the science behind how they work. They are just a fan that hangs from the ceiling that blows air down on you to keep you cool. Well, things aren’t always that simple. My wife and I are one of those couples who sleep with a ceiling fan running. We do this year-round. We like the air moving and also the small amount of white noise created by the motor and air movement. A few days ago, the ceiling fan in our bedroom started making a sort of squeeky click at a regular rhythm. This does not make a good companion sound for sleeping. So, we went to our local big-box hardware store and bought a new fan. ...

I’m glad it’s Christmas. My only regret for this year’s Christmas season is that it has gone by way too fast. I don’t feel like I’ve had time to enjoy it this year. We have been so busy, going from one thing to the next, that I feel like it has all slipped past and I missed it. I never put off buying a gift for my wife, but this year I’m shopping on Christmas Eve. Yikes! ...

We hit the ground running when we got home on Sunday. I immediately started mowing the yard, as it had been two weeks since it was mowed and I think it rained every day we were gone. I had a little trouble with the mower at first. It appeared that the fuel pump was not working, but after I worked on it a bit I found that it had lost it’s prime. After that, it was just a battle to plow through the wet, thick grass. The yard looks horrible. I should have had a local farmer come over and bale it for hay. :) ...

We finally got on the road at about 2:00 Wednesday afternoon. (June 18th) I really wanted to be on the road by noon, but packing and trying to get videos for Dance Craze kept us too busy. After a trip to town for a few things, we finally set out. Our first stop was Mammoth Spring in Arkansas. By the time we got there, we were all in need of a restroom and a leg stretch. The park is very pretty. Stef and I managed to get a few good pictures. We saw some kind of little critter in the water that we first thought was a beaver, but after we noticed that the tail was not right, we decided it was something else. We also saw a water snake of some kind. ...