Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin died at age 44 from a stingray. While swimming with a stringray during the filming of a documentary the animal felt threatened and reacted by using its barb, which pierced Irwin’s heart. It is a sad … Continue reading →
No turning back now. I took the day off from work today to get started with our floor project early. Carol took half a day off. By the time she got here I had been able to get up all … Continue reading →
The other day while deleting Spam emails from my google email account I noticed a clicker at the top of the page that had a recipe for SPAM Kabobs on it. I thought that sounded kind of funny so I … Continue reading →
One of the differences we have noticed about living in Florida is the types of “critters” we have in our yard. I have yet to see a rabbit. And we rarely see squirrels. Instead we see toads, lizards, and geckos. … Continue reading →
So the process of replacing the floor in the majority of our house has begun. We are replacing some old nasty carpet in our house with laminate flooring from Sam’s Club (thank you Tom and Linda for the use of … Continue reading →
It is interesting to go to Google and do a search for your name and see what comes up. Apparently, I am not the only Nate Dungan in the US. If I am, then I have more musical ability than … Continue reading →
I ran across this as I was doing a search of Dungan online. I was actually searching to see how easy it was to find this blog using search engines like google and yahoo. This image is the Dungan coat … Continue reading →
What started out as a serious conversation a few days ago with my friend Jarrod about how to convince Carol that I needed a motorcycle quickly turned into silliness. Enjoy! Me: I talked about getting a motorcycle yesterday on my … Continue reading →
Carol and I recently went to a local zoo. It is a teaching zoo located on the campus of Santa Fe Community College. They have a program there that prepares students to work in a zoo handling animals. It isn’t … Continue reading →
Have you ever noticed that when you get an email from someone’s work email it often has a notice of confidentiality at the end? I dont think anyone ever reads them. I didnt know that emails could contain such vital … Continue reading →
The fantasy football season has officially started. Our league recently had its draft. I am really excited about playing again this year. I really enjoy it. For those of you that dont know much about fantasy football it is basically … Continue reading →
Carol and I have been doing some additonal work around the house. The newest thing is that we spent most of the day last Saturday re-doing the flower bed by the front window of our house. When we moved in … Continue reading →
So this is my new dream. Everyone here in rides around on a motorcycle or a scooter it seems. I have had an interest in motorcycles for a while now. At one point I went and got a learners permit … Continue reading →
This past Sunday Carol and I joined our friends Tom and Linda and their friend Mike on a trip down the Rainbow and Withlacoochee rivers. We rented Kayaks in the town of Dunnellon and were dropped off on the Rainbow … Continue reading →
Well, it is official. I am a Florida resident. It only took 2 hours of waiting in the DMV to get this lovely license. I wish someone had told me I looked like I had fallen asleep on my face. … Continue reading →
Congratulations to my friend Aaron upon sucessfully completing the necessary training to become a US Marine. He is currently in reserve duty. There was a time when we lived together that I could do pretty well in a wrestling match … Continue reading →
I was going through some of the old photos on my computer from back in college. For those of you that didn’t know me back then, I was a very mature student. I took college very seriously. Looking back, I … Continue reading →
Chatting online with MSN messenger or another messenger service can be a good way to talk to friends that you dont get to see much anymore. It is an excellent way to keep in touch and find out what that … Continue reading →
It is amazing how quickly time passes. I was reminicing with my best friend, Jarrod, about the days we shared in an apartment in Olathe, KS. It doesnt seem that long ago, but it has been 3 years since he … Continue reading →
The college football season is almost upon us. I am preparing myself for another season of Husker Football. I am looking forward to seeing what the team can do this year. Husker fans are optimistic that Coach Callahan is going … Continue reading →
We just checked our Kansas banking account and the mortgage on the Overland Park house has been paid in full! I had to track down the payoff check today because neither the bank nor the title company claimed to have … Continue reading →
Our first experience at a “touristy” beach. Here we are at Daytona Beach. Look at the amount of people! We went with our friends, Tom and Linda. It was fun. Totally different than the other beaches we’d been to. It … Continue reading →
So it is done. Carol and I are now officially the owners of only one home. The closing went through this morning on our house in Overland Park. The money has been transferred to our checking account and our mortgage … Continue reading →
Before I left for Florida all the cousins on my side of the family were all able to get together. This is Dappy, Lucy, Neilly, and Freddy. Or was it Larry, Curly, Moe and Shemp? Or was it John, Paul, … Continue reading →
You cant really tell a major difference between these two pictures except for the furniture, but the wall color really is different. Our bedroom color is in the picture at the top. We decided to paint over at least one … Continue reading →