Back in 2001, I got to realize a goal of mine ever since I started singing and writing songs. I went into a studio to record my own album. It was a lot of fun because my brother Dave came along to help sing and play guitar and to give me a reality check onContinue reading “Hundred Miles from Reality”
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Football, Swimming and Golf
It turned out to be a nice, relaxing Labor Day Weekend. We took it easy and didn’t do too much, but managed to stay busy enough and get the house cleaned up. We also got the chance to introduce Katie to several different sports and sporting events. Friday night I took Katie to her first high schoolContinue reading “Football, Swimming and Golf”
Minnesota Twins in 2008
Terry Ryan, GM of the Twins, is a frequent reader of my blog, and looks to me for advice on what he should do during each offseason. To fulfill this request, I like to put together what I would do if I were running the Twins next year. I’m only doing this for Terry’s benefit, sinceContinue reading “Minnesota Twins in 2008”
Amelia’s 18 month stats and random notes
We had Amelia’s 18 month appointment today and everything is looking pretty good. It’s been a rocky 6 months since we were last there, but she checked out just fine. Her stats were as follows: Height – 31 inches, 24th percentile Weight – 23 lbs 4 oz, 29th percentile Head size – 47.3, 69th percentileContinue reading “Amelia’s 18 month stats and random notes”
Our Big Girl
I’ve said many times that my memory is not very good – but I do remember when Katie was born three and a half years ago. I don’t know that I’m prepared for how old she is already. I was asked to sing in church and instead of doing it myself for the 50th+ time in myContinue reading “Our Big Girl”
Potato Days 2007
It must be time for the 2007 Potato Days recap. We’re still in the middle of Potato Days with the chocolate festival (the good marketing term for bake sale) and the big parade coming up tonight. We were invited over to a block party tonight, so that should be fun. But the main event ofContinue reading “Potato Days 2007”
New Car
My mom likes to tell the story of how in my toddler days my favorite phrases were New Car and Old Car. When I’d ride in the back seat of the car I’d shout out New Car or Old Car to every car that would go by. In two weeks, I’ll get to say buh-bye to our OldContinue reading “New Car”
I’ve Been Remiss
I’ve really fallen behind updating the blog. I’ll try to summarize our last few weeks so I can get caught up: July 30 – we received the very good news that Amelia’s seizures were fever-related and not related to any seizure disorder or malformation of the brain. This means Amelia should have no ill-effects long-term andContinue reading “I’ve Been Remiss”
Blogging about a Blog
I have more interesting items to blog about, but I haven’t made the time to write them up in an entry. I just wanted to write a quick entry to link to my blog posting on the Microsoft CRM blog. So if anyone wonders what I do all day – they can read this post and my bioContinue reading “Blogging about a Blog”
Several short stories
It’s been a highly blogworthy week with a number of interesting events, so I’ll try to hit a few: Katie was chatting with me last week as I was getting her ready for bed- "Daddy, we don’t change our underwear at night, right" I said "Yes, Katie, we can keep them on until we changeContinue reading “Several short stories”
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