In Which My Work Is Rejected By A Five Year Old.

When Peanut started preschool, we were given a piece of paper to put pictures on and decorate, and they would laminate it and use it for a placemat for snack time.
Stellar parents that we are, we lost it. But only after going through piles of pictures with him and putting the paper and said pictures [...]

In Which I Am Thankful.

I got home last night from work to find Peanut asleep in my bed. He was running a fever and had climbed into bed with mommy, so I left him there and climbed into his bed instead. This morning when mommy left for work, I went back into my own bed to get a bit [...]

In Which We Learned About The Electoral Process.

Above: Peanut (4) and Chester (9) display their mad Electoral skills.
Last week I picked up a copy of Schoolhouse Rock: The Election Collection. I thought it would be fun to watch with the boys, but there was a surprise inside — a map of the US listing the number of electoral votes from each state, [...]

In Which I Finally Post About Rocks.

Life, illness, and just plain procrastination kept me from getting this up any sooner. I apologize to those who helped me with these thoughts, and hope you find this at least half as interesting and inspiring as I did.

In Which I Try to be Motivational, but Fail.

Here’s a shot from our Fourth of July party. This one’s for you, Matty! (Click on the image if you want to see it larger, or you want to print it to display in your office.)

In Which We Celebrate Twelve Years of Marriage.

Sixteen years ago, I took The Wise One to prom. Yesterday we celebrated 12 years of marriage. As we discussed yesterday over dinner at the Keg, some of those years have been better than others, but we’ve been blessed to have each other all this time.
In our wedding, Jim Lyon read to us Song of [...]

In Which I Have A New Toy.

I’ve wanted a new laptop for a while now, and the stars finally aligned this month at work. How very geek of me to post it on the ol’ blog: