Married In Ohio

HNT – 261

Midwestern City Boy — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:25 +0000

The scene depicted in the following photos would never happen in real life or at least not to us; but, considering the way that some people text, we might see sexting like this one day in the future. We thought that it was a fun photo but it’s not something that we would ordinarily do.

For some fun while texting with your smartphone, talk to your significant other. To find out what Half Nekkid Thursday is all about, visit Osbasso.

Random Wednesday #15

Midwestern City Boy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:22 +0000

Miscellaneous musings from the mind of Midwestern City Boy (and sometimes California Girl).

I’m not sure if it was a good idea but I went to TWO boxing classes back to back in the evening and ran in the burning sun at lunch on Tuesday. I’m not sore but I’m not moving quite as quickly as I usually do.
Now that both kids are away at school, both California Girl and I have lost a little weight. We’re not quite sure why.
I’ve become an expert at texting on my new phone. Because they have class, lab, recitation, etc. and can’t always pick up a call, it’s the best way to reach the kids.
I’ve been watching “The Ultimate Catch” of and on for the past few weeks. I’ve never watched reality dating shows in the past; but this one as captivated my interest for some reason; perhaps because I’m a fan of 85. He’s quite a character both on and off the field.

Two For Tuesday – 253

Midwestern City Boy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:45:05 +0000

After not having our weekly photo session until Wednesday because I was at boxing class with the kids, we are back to our customary Tuesday night photo session. I still went to evening boxing lass; but, we had our photo session any way, since we weren’t concerned about it being a late night since it was just the two if us. Since it was just the two of us, we decided to take some candid photos of life after kids. Unfortunately, the battery in the camera died after only one shot and the spare battery no longer holds a charge. We intend to take more photos in the days and weeks to come (after I the charge the good battery). Here is our first edition of what will be an ongoing life after kids series.

No More Spam

Midwestern City Boy — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:00:26 +0000

We were drowning in spam emails so I used some of my “extra” free time this weekend to configure a spam filter for our mail server. We’ve had a few spam messages get through; but nothing like what we were getting. I had forgotten how pleasant it was to start my email client and only see messages that I’m interested in reading. (And unlike beforehand, it’s now practicable to synch emails to my phone.) It’s a shame that spam filters are required. The only “good” thing is that since everyone is using them, we don’t really have to worry about false positives.

On a completely different subject, does anyone have any suggestions for our next photo shoot? We’d like to do something a bit different to commemorate being empty nesters.

Empty Nesters

Midwestern City Boy — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:00:24 +0000

We took The Boy back to school so California Girl and I are officially “empty nesters”. I never realized how much I talked to and interacted with the kids until now. The house is really, really quiet. The Girl called earlier today just to check in. We text and FB chat a lot but it was nice to hear her voice. She had a lot of homework; but was trying to stay on top of it which I think is good. She’s certainly matured a lot over the past year. I know what she can take care of herself; but I still worry about her. She used to call me every single day when she got out of school and let me know what she was doing, where she was going, and who she was with. It was one of the rules unless she was going straight home which she seldom never did. Now she’s making her own rules. I just hope that the “wisdom” I tried to teach her is enough.

HNT – 260

Midwestern City Boy — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:40:33 +0000

We mentioned this past Saturday that California Girl got a smartphone and that it would be coming soon to a photo shoot near you. This has been an exceptionally busy week for us; but we still wanted to post some pictures of her with her phone. We’ll update everyone on all the happenings at Married In Ohio land tomorrow or Sunday. In the meantime, please enjoy our very belated HNT post.

For a fun way to read emails on your smartphone, talk to your significant other. To find out what Half Nekkid Thursday is all about, visit Osbasso.

Two For Tuesday – 252

Midwestern City Boy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:00:02 +0000

With being “empty nesters” becoming eminent, we thought that it would be fun to experiment with the permanent placement of our “bedcam”. We need a spot that’s not too much in the way yet still has most of the room within its field of view. The photos below were taken with the camera positioned in our first option. We’ll try different places in upcoming photo sessions. What do you think of the angle?

P.S. We will feature photos of California Girl modeling her new smartphone for this week’s HNT post. It may be a bit later than usual; but it will be up before the end of the week.

A Freshman Again

Midwestern City Boy — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:50:05 +0000

Sunday was the last time that the “Fab Four” will be together for a while. The Girl will start classes soon and orientation has already started. It’s hard for us to believe that we have TWO kids in college. It doesn’t seem that long ago that The Boy was starting high elementary school. I know that they’re “grown”. After all, I do things like go to boxing class with them. But, to me, she’ll always be that little girl who years ago when we were having a series of heavy snowstorms that were cancelling school and work said with such excitement that “There’s snow outside almost every day Daddy!”

Another Distraction

Midwestern City Boy — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:00:34 +0000

California Girl got a Droid phone too! She had been planning to keep her old phone for a while longer; but really liked the capabilities of the Phones with the Android OS, so we purchased a smartphone for her on Friday. After having a basic feature phone for so many years, the technology is amazing. It was a bit finicky to set up but it’s a very useful device. It will come in handy when we’re on the road visiting the kids; especially if we need to use the mobile banking app to transfer some money into one of their accounts. We spent a while today and last night getting it set up. The Android MarketPlace was down for a so we couldn’t install some of the apps that help with setup. It looks a bit intimidating at first but it really is easy to use. She’s really happy that she decided to upgrade.

P.S. We definitely plan to post photos of her showing off her new phone next week.

HNT – 259

Midwestern City Boy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:18 +0000

Once both kids are in school, we’ll probably leave our bedcam set up all of the time so that it’s easier to photograph things spontaneously. Since the only thing that we need to do is turn it on, we’ll probably make more movies too. Unlike now when we’ve temporarily been having our photo session on Wednesday night, every day will be photo day. After one more Wednesday photo session we’ll return to our regular schedule In September. Here’s one of our favorite types of photos no matter when it is taken.

For some help with your favorite photos talk to your significant other. To find out what Half Nekkid Thursday is all about, visit Osbasso.