The life and times of a happily married couple in Ohio.
January Had an occasion to do the Snoopy Dance because of something that happened at work. Took a cool photograph of California Girl with the flowers she received at The Girl’s last senior night. We reviewed the proofs of The Girl’s senior photographs and made our selections. It was a bit discomforting how rapidly her [...]
It took 16 hours of driving but both kids are home for Christmas break. The Girl is busy playing with the new Droid that she received as an early Christmas present. (Motorola couldn’t fix the one that I sent in for repair so they sent me a new one; but I still decided to keep [...]
The thermometer has been stuck on 46-degrees all day, and the Cincinnati Bengals are fumbling away yet another game. For me, Sundays are for relaxing (rather than doing something productive); but I really wish that that it was still summer. I’ve lived in Ohio all my life, so (obviously) I don’t mind gray November days; [...]
We watched The Girl play soccer on Saturday. College girls play rough! We knew intellectually that her games would be more physical; but it was still a different experience watching our daughter play a college game. We’ve watched many games in person and on television including the Womens World Cup; but it’s not the same [...]
We didn’t post about it this past spring when she signed her letter of intent but The Girl is playing soccer in college. We always knew that she had enough athletic ability to play at the next level if she worked hard and it was great to see her learn what she could accomplish with [...]
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”. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
