Married In Ohio

The Girl is so busy shopping, attending graduation parties, and generally hanging out with friends that California Girl and I are already getting a mini preview of the fall. She doesn’t have a summer job, so, unlike when school was in session, she doesn’t have a regular schedule. We recently decreased her allowance because she [...]

The Girl had her last club soccer game this weekend. She won’t “officially” be an adult for another month or so; but I feel a lot older than I did last week. In just a few days, she’s graduated high school, got her college identification card, registered for classes this coming fall and found someone [...]

The Girl is now a high school graduate! Wow, 4 years went by quickly. It almost seems like yesterday that we were taking her to soccer practice before her freshman year. The Girl has a summer birthday so she’s not yet 18; so, although it doesn’t seem that way to us, she’s basically “grown woman”. [...]

The Girl recently started taking boxing classes like I do. She’s very athletic and in a great shape; but I still like to see if I can out do her. And, even though I claim I’m an “old man” she likes to see if she can outperform me as well. I’ve attended a lot more [...]

For the fourth weekend in a row, I was on the road, this time to pick up The Boy from college. We’ve put a lot of miles on our vehicle recently and it’s not happy about it. We got stuck in heavy traffic on the way out and the engine started overheating. The coolant level [...]

It was another busy but successful weekend for us. For the third weekend in a row, The Girl had an out of town soccer tournament. She played really well in the championship game and her team was victorious. You may have seen in the background of some of our photographs that our mantle is full [...]

In a preview of this coming fall, we just completed 900 mile round trip to and from a soccer tournament for The Girl. It was a lot of driving; but it was fun to get out town and be some place warm and sunny. The temperature wasn’t that much different than here; but, because of [...]

The Girl has “decided” on where she wants to attend college. Decided is in quotes because not everything has been finalized; but, after a lot of deliberation, there is definitely a #1 and #2 school in her mind. The fact that she is almost gone hasn’t sunk in yet. It happened in February with The [...]

Since we’ve been a bit droopy lately I thought I would replay a text message conversation I had earleier this year with The Girl. The Girl: Hey check the fridge when u get home. Me: That’s all we need. Something else that is broken. The Girl: Oh no its been enhanced. Not the actual fridge. [...]

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 [...]