The life and times of a happily married couple in Ohio.
We all know the mnemonic “spring forward, fall back” for Daylight Savings Time. Unfortunately, for me it should probably be “just stay home”. Today was not a good day even for a Monday. I never get a good night’s sleep after the time change. I’m fine on Sunday when I don’t have to get up; [...]
I got some new boxing gloves last week. My second new pair in less than a year. Boxing gloves are like running shoes. They still look good on the outside even when they are all worn out on the inside. And new ones have to be broken in just like shoes, especially if they are [...]
I was talking to a friend recently about how lucky The Girl is (sports wise). She’s always played; so she doesn’t think much about it; but she was able to continue her soccer career in college, and, even though it’s “the next level” she’s still usually the quickest, fastest, strongest player on the field. 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 [...]
We’re going to a Halloween party this coming Saturday and we still haven’t decided what to wear. Costumes are encouraged; but we wouldn’t go to a Halloween party without being in costume anyway. Ordinarily, we’d just select something cute at the costume store; but, like everyone else, money is tight so we’re not making unnecessary [...]
We took The Girl to visit a college one day last week. She may or may not attend that particular college; however, visiting with administrators and coaches really drove home the point that, in less than a year, she’ll be a freshman in college, and we’ll be “empty nesters”. It seems like just yesterday that [...]
For the second year in a row, we will not be participating in any organized Mardi Gras activities. No one we know seems much interested in celebrating Fat Tuesday. I know that this is Ohio in the middle of the winter; but the bars and clubs have been dead when we go out. In fact, [...]
