gronkyco - just because

The time has come - we are looking at buying a half-house up the street from where we currently live. I don’t really want a condex, or condo, but I am tired of paying rent to someone else. Problem is, on our budget we can’t find a decent house in the area we want to live. Another issue I see with the condo thing is that it’s my goal to eventually build a jam room/recoding studio in my house. Having even one shared wall invites the embarrassing “knock on the wall,” asking me to be quiet. Paying all this money for your own place and not being able to jam seems to me outrageous.

So that said, we actually found a decent place with a huge unfinished basement. I’m thinking that I could possibly turn it into a music room/pub. It’s not perfect, but for a few years I should be happy.

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A few friends and I decided to go camping up north this Labor Day weekend to relax, drink a couple pints, and take in some mountain air. After a little consideration, research online, and a recommendation from a friend, we decided on the Tarry Ho campground located in Twin Mountain, NH.

My fiancée and I had recently bought some new gear (including a bigger tent because our last one barely fit our 20inch thick queen size air mattress) packed the coolers, stopped at the packy, and were all charged up for this weekend. There were nine of us total heading up, with drives ranging from 2.5 to 4 hours in length. During the week, a few of us had talked among ourselves and it was obvious that we all needed this break.

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