Married In Ohio

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 [...]

I don’t even know what day it is unless I think about it. It doesn’t really matter because California Girl and I are on vacation. It’s not much fun working for months without a day off; but it’s great having so much time to relax over the holidays. We had a wonderful Christmas. Santa was [...]

After a very long drive on Tuesday to retrieve him, The Boy is finally home after three months away at college. He can sleep in his own bed for a few days; and his mother and I will sleep a little bit better having him home. Much like last year, he had some homework to [...]

“Next year, this is how we’ll talk.” That was a message that The Girl sent me in a chat window one day this week when we were both on Facebook. California Girl and I don’t use chat applications much; but I’m sure we’ll soon be doing more of it. (The Boy likes for us to [...]

We took The Girl to visit a college this past weekend. It was a typical college visit. We toured the campus. We talked with professors and administrators. She visited with some current students. And like all of the places that she visits, she bought a keychain in the bookstore. We could see her attending there. [...]

For the second time in three weeks, The Girl has gone on a school trip and we’ve been by ourselves in the evening for a few days during the week. We’ve been home alone many times on weekends; but it’s different not having the kids around on a work/school night. Most of the occasions when [...]