John Deere 1938 Model A Antique Tractor Restoration

I restored my John Deere 1938 Model A antique tractor (on steel wheels) that my grandfather gave me when I was back in high school.  It took me working on it off and on for over 20 years.  I finally realized I was in way over my head and enlisted the professionals.  Regardless, an antique …

Listen To People Smarter Than Yourself!

“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” – Charlie Tremendous Jones These days it is as easy as ever to access smart people.  I figure if I seek them out maybe (or is it hopefully) they’ll rub off …

Deano’s Musical Masterworks – The Beatles

NOTE: I originally wrote this for my kids back in 2015. Ask anyone who the greatest songwriter of all time is and I guarantee that John Lennon and Paul McCartney wind up in the discussion.  Most important musical act of all time?  Same thing I guarantee The Beatles are in that discussion.  When I look …

Spring Break 2020 In Vero Beach (Coronavirus Edition)

We’ve spent many Spring Breaks in Vero Beach over 14 years.  See what makes this our #4 Florida city (out of the 14 we’ve spent time in)! Video is rated PG-13 (at least)?!?! We braved the Coronavirus this year and went to Vero Beach, Florida for our Spring Break.  We’ve spent Spring Break (and other …

We Bought Our First RV!

After doing a good deal of research on my own I decided to get more help.  Back in January I put out a call for help from friends and family to learn as much as I could about the RV lifestyle. https://deanorolls.com/2020/01/26/why-i-think-the-rv-life-is-for-me/ I had some great responses that were super helpful.  I took what I …

The puzzle isn’t finished…

I normally don’t work puzzles.  Time is a very precious resource.  I believe it is the MOST precious resource!  I usually can always find something I deem more important than putting a nice picture someone cut into 1,000 pieces back together.  What kind of sicko does that!?!  This Spring Break my in-laws bought a puzzle. …

Why I Think The RV Life Is For Me!

“That There Is An RV…” – Cousin Eddie Cousin Eddie had a ‘really nice’ RV…why can’t DEANO?!?!  I had always had a grand vision of packing all the kids up and going on a big RV trip.  We never did it.  I never could rally the troops.  I guess we/they had watched the movie ‘RV’ …