Busy with this thing called living.

I haven’t written a new post in over a week. I didn’t even realize it until today, but it’s been a week. Actually, I’ve spent very little time at all on-line in the last 7 days. And I think it’s kinda awesome. Life, it just gets busy, ya know? I have a months worth [...]

I just need to get this off my chest

So there is something I need to vent to a friend. So let’s pretend that you’re my friend, and I’m gonna call you on the phone just to whine and complain for a few minutes. Ok. Awesome. Here it goes: *ring, ring* YOU: Hello! ME: Oh hey, how was your weekend? Mine? Pretty Good. Just [...]

A change, will do me good?

We’ve almost completed the first week of the rest of our middle-aged lives. You know, being a parent of a school aged child, who goes to school. I didn’t think it would be a big deal, but it is. It’s already changed the whole family’s daily schedule. Getting all 5 of us out of the [...]

The love af(Fair) continues.

Growing up, my mom convinced me that the County Fair was “dirty and expensive”, and we never went. The Michigan State Fair was on the other side of the state, so we never went to that either, it was probably “dirty and expensive” also. Then I moved to Indiana, and my love affair began. Who [...]

7 hours. 5 days a week. Year round. For the next 13 years.

We just dropped you off for your first day of Kindergarten. More specifically, we walked you to the door where you quickly waved us off. You walked ahead of the rest of us, full of confidence and so grown up. I know you’ve been waiting for this day for a long time. Every evening, after [...]

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