http://www.adventuresofbigk.com Life as experienced by Kyle Abbott. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:11:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Boy, blogging has been on the back-burner, hasn't it. Well, there just hasn't been much happening out of the ordinary.  Most of the day is spent in the shop finishing up the shamisen. All the pieces are finally made after 6 months, now I just gotta put 'em together. For the ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/06/takin-time/ Years ago, when Luke, I and some other kids would play bluegrass gigs, we would dress up. Not that much. I mean we would dress nicely in shorts and cotton shirts. The main part of the get up was our straw hats. We had worn them to all the ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/05/goin-too-far/ We've been changing things around, beach-wise. You see, we normally go twice a week on two standard days. Well, recently, on the first (out of the two) day we normally go out, it was pretty cloudy and no sun was shining through so Pa and Luke didn't want to go ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/05/sandy-principles/ As you may or may not know, twice a week, we go to the beach. At the beach, we do yoga and then Tai Chi. After that, we are warm enough to dive in the ocean. Keep in mind, it's not like we are swimming. It's a little too cold ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/04/rough-waters/ I probably haven't mentioned, but our Grandma had a recent brush with death through pneumonia. In fact, she was at death's door. Fortunately, she managed to ring the doorbell and run away. She a lot better now and is walking again and is getting her strength back (which, if she's walking, ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/04/garbage-lunch/ So, we first went the hardware store to look for the file. They had a file that looked just like the one we were looking for. Unfortunately, it didn't have the orange rubber cushioning that the one we have did. So, back home, I looked online for one. I soon ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/04/semi-futile-search/ This new shamisen has taken a lot long to make. I notice I've made more 'lack-of-attention' mistakes with this Shamisen. I think with the first one, I was being exceptionally careful but when I moved on to the next one, I got a feeling of confidence ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/04/searching-for-another-way/ At our Homeschool "school" (or community), there's a yearly talent show where the kids of all ages display their . . . talent. Every year since the beginning, we've played Bluegrass as our talent (we tried Shakuhachi one year but that was a sinker [if you know what I mean]).Now, ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/04/last-talent-show/ Well, I had to come back with a prank of my own. I remembered that I had one that I had been saving in my head for a while. So, afterwards, I ran to Ma's computer and opened up her email. Now, we have a house that we are looking to ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/04/april-fools-extravaganza-part-2/ We in the Abbott family have never been good at pulling off good April Fool pranks. I don't know, it's in the genes or something. We just never been successful at it. They've always been things like, "It's snowing!" or "Hey! There's a cow down the street." You see, April ... http://www.adventuresofbigk.com/2007/04/april-fools-extravaganza-part-1/