Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 15th, 2010
Andie received a photo frame wrapped in felt for Christmas, so she decided to put a picture of me in it. I know, how sweet, right?
Turns out, she couldn’t find one. Not a single one. She came in my office, exasperated, and gave me a mini-lecture about how I don’t have enough pictures of myself [...]
Posted in Discussion of the day, Health, Miscellaneous on Jan 5th, 2010
¤¤¤ Warning — if you are of the male persuasion, you may want to click elsewhere, unless you don’t mind reading about uteruses and their miraculous functions. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. ¤¤¤
When I said in my first post of 2010 that I plan to be more honest and personal in my blogging this [...]
Posted in Holidays, Miscellaneous on Jan 2nd, 2010
One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2010 is to be more honest and personal in my blogging. There are several subjects I’ve been wanting to tackle that are going to require depth, courage and exposing some of my most raw feelings. While this is daunting for several reasons, I’m generally a very open person, [...]
Posted in Holidays, Miscellaneous on Dec 31st, 2009
New Years: A time of renewal, of starting over, of somehow making life better. At least that’s what we tell ourselves. God knows we all need a fresh start from time to time, the hope that we can be better people, better parents, better in our businesses, maybe even, gulp, happier than we’ve been in [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Dec 31st, 2009
As I predicted earlier, we’re getting tired of all this forced togetherness, despite having gotten out for the afternoon and evening yesterday. The kids’ sickness doesn’t help the overall mood of crankiness at all either.
A few of the highs and lows this vacation:
High: The kids begged me to let them all sleep in Logan’s room [...]
Posted in Holidays, Miscellaneous on Dec 25th, 2009
I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season, whatever you celebrate.
As for us, we’re in the middle of a blizzard out here in the middle of nowhere, U.S.A. Rather cozy, at this point, though I’m sure cabin fever will strike eventually. We’re all nestled in and have had a nice, relaxing day doing [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Dec 24th, 2009
I’m happy to announce the birth of another parenting blog, authored by Yours Truly. It’s on the Psychology Today website and it’s called “Outnumbered!” Seeing as it’s about my experiences being the parent of a larger-than-average family, I feel the title is more than appropriate. I plan to cover everything from childhood depression to seizures [...]
Posted in Gripes, Holidays, Miscellaneous on Dec 22nd, 2009
I nearly told my boys last week that there’s no such thing as Santa. I’m all for using one’s imagination, but I have serious problems with the whole Santa fantasy.
You see, I never believed in Santa as a child. He was just an imaginary figure who represented Christmas, similar to The Easter Bunny being the [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Dec 12th, 2009
My daughters are baby-sitting today. Of course, they’re watching the kids over here, where I’m available if they need something.
As my regular readers and close family and friends know, I love kids. However, having a 2-year-old and an 8-month old who is crawling added to the mix is enough to make even the most child-loving [...]
Posted in Reflections on Dec 7th, 2009
I have been reminded again of what’s really important in life.
One of my dear college friends informed me tonight that his 5-year-old son, just a month younger than Logan, has a brain tumor. He and his wife just found out yesterday, after a couple weeks of the little guy complaining of headaches and not walking [...]
