The life and times of a happily married couple in Ohio.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Even though we never miss a match I am especially enjoying the last months of her club career. After ten years of being “Soccer Mom and “Soccer Dad”, it’s hard to believe that its almost over. Nothing lasts forever; but kids really do grow up quickly. P.S.: It was very late when we returned from The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
After planning to do so for weeks, we finally saw Avatar on Saturday. Since everyone may not have seen it, I’m not going to say anything other than it was a great movie. We only go to the theater to see spectacle-type movies that would lose some of their impact in the living room on [...]
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 [...]
