The life and times of a happily married couple in Ohio.
Life as Mom and Dad to Two Teenagers
The Girl went on another college visit this past weekend. She’s completed her applications to the colleges that she is interested in; but, she hasn’t made up her mind yet. Prior to her visit, it was her “second choice” but now she’s not so sure what her first choice will be. Where to go to [...]
We’re still unsettled whenever The Girl has to drive somewhere; but it is nice to that there is someone else besides ourselves to run errands. Today, for example, The Girl had to get gas for the car she drives, so, while she was out, California Girl had her go to the grocery store and pick [...]
If you were following us last year, you may remember this post where we discussed how The Girl was mad that we wouldn’t permit her to attend an off campus party being hosted by some friends of her and her brother who were sophomores to be in college. Now she’s pouting because we won’t let [...]
Because of the holiday, The Girl didn’t have school, so we went to the photographer and selected her senior pictures. She looked good all daughters (and sons) look good; but they were expensive. And we didn’t even have anything special done. I know that senior portraits are a big deal, especially for girls; but I [...]
January
Did a lot of tinkering with the number of posts on the front page to speed up page load times. Finally I wrote a plugin that shows all posts published in the last seven days on the home page.
Created and published our favorite HNT photo post of the year.
February
Got California Girl a nice skirt [...]
Now that the high school season is over, The Girl is once again playing club soccer. It’s not really been soccer weather; but they are still playing in a Thanksgiving weekend soccer tournament. The players wear UnderArmour, etc., plus they are moving around; but it is coldfor the parents on the sidelines. Even though I [...]
After a very long drive on Tuesday to retrieve him, The Boy is finally home after three months away at college. He can sleep in his own bed for a few days; and his mother and I will sleep a little bit better having him home. Much like last year, he had some homework to [...]
“Next year, this is how we’ll talk.” That was a message that The Girl sent me in a chat window one day this week when we were both on Facebook. California Girl and I don’t use chat applications much; but I’m sure we’ll soon be doing more of it. (The Boy likes for us to [...]
We took The Girl to visit a college this past weekend. It was a typical college visit. We toured the campus. We talked with professors and administrators. She visited with some current students. And like all of the places that she visits, she bought a keychain in the bookstore. We could see her attending there. [...]
Like all of the other girls high school soccer teams in Ohio, The Girl’s team played today. It tournament time so for the season ended for half of them. And so it will be for every game day until a champion is crowned. Fortunately, her team won easily; but, every game could be the last [...]
