Osten Family Blog
Osten Family Blog
Monday, May 19, 2025
Amazon Orders Through the Ages
I placed my first Amazon order in 2000 and it is interesting to go back and see how my orders have reflected the changes in my my life. Early on, the books were mostly geared for the kids. There were also some from my hobbies then: cars and fishing. Then there was a spurt of business books when we started the ill-fated restaurant. Then came a bunch of exercise items. After that, there was a long list of outdoor stuff as I got into scouting. Another shift came with gun and prepping stuff when the pandemic hit. Lately, my orders have tailed off as I get stuff from other places and are mainly electronic stuff for radio.
Monday, May 12, 2025
Weekend Activities
- Short jeep trip down Thumb Butte Rd to Copper Basin Road to Skull Valley. Nice little trip and found some future hiking spots.
- Another great class as Compass Training Center
- Started building a trail down the hill from the house to the road
Monday, April 28, 2025
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Bengt's New House
I made my first trip to Augusta to see Bengt and check out his new house. It is a big place with lots of projects to keep him busy! We also spent some time in downtown Augusta which was really fun. With a bit of street and sidewalk maintenence it could really be great.
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Bengt's new house |
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Augusta river walk |
Monday, April 21, 2025
2025 Arizona Self Storage Conference
We attended our first storage conference at the AZSA show in Phoenix. We met alot of great folks, learned alot and had a great time.
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AZSA 2025 |
Monday, April 14, 2025
Weekend Activities
- Our priest came back from sabbatical
- Put in some drainage pipe
- Lily got groomed
- Granite Mt Hike - we ran out of time and didn't summit but will be back
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The way up Grante Mt |
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Granite Mt view |
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Another view |
Wednesday, April 09, 2025
Winter 2025 Books
• Tactical Wisdom series by Joe Dolio
• Be Your Future Self by Dr. Benjamin Hardy
• Neighborhood Watch and 1000 Miles of Bad Road series by E. E. Isherwood
• Dragon Days by H. John Poole
• Awesome Arizona by Roger Naylor
• Trackers series by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
• various Matthew Bracken books
• My Wars by Richard Bushong
• Helno-Gal by Walter Ram
• Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth
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