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Fantasy Baseball Update

I know no one else will be interested in this post, but I need to get it out of my system. On March 31, I wrote about my fantasy baseball team and how I had high hopes for it this year. I just want to illustrate how badly all of my projections have ended upContinue reading “Fantasy Baseball Update”

Diary of a Long Day

May 23 AM 5:47 Woke up – each day Becky and I trade off who gets up first and today was my day 6:25 Woke Katie up – she had wet her bed – that’s too bad since she’d made it 4 days in a row without 6:30 Woke Amelia up – as I changedContinue reading “Diary of a Long Day”

New Year’s Follow-Up

I thought it was about time to do a follow-up entry. I haven’t been doing a great job of following up on entries – I kinda bounce around from topic to topic. So for my next few entries I’ll try to recap and finish stories that I started before. The first one I wantedContinue reading “New Year’s Follow-Up”

An Ode to Q

I have to make a quick write-up praising my new cell phone – the Motorola Q. I swtiched from Verizon to Sprint after I was able to get out of my Verizon contract without paying the penalty (apparently not getting service at your house for 2 hours with no new towers in the foreseeable futureContinue reading “An Ode to Q”

Once you learn to ride a bike …

When I got home from 500 weekend a couple weeks ago, I had patience in reserve from not having seen the girls for a couple days. I needed all that patience as I worked with Katie to get her riding her bike. She hasn’t been able to pedal by herself up to this point. SheContinue reading “Once you learn to ride a bike …”

500 Weekend #9

This past weekend was my 9th in the series of card weekends where I get together with 7 friends from college to play cards and rip on each other. We play the card game 500 which we played all the time in college (and I only play once per year now). Each year we rotateContinue reading “500 Weekend #9”

Quick Amelia Update

Thanks to everyone who has been praying for us and Amelia – she’s doing well now. She’s starting to get over her sinus and ear infections and she’s getting back to normal. I can tell this because she ate two brauts, a hot dog bun, a bowl of applesauce, some stars and a box ofContinue reading “Quick Amelia Update”

The Scariest Hours of Our Lives

Today started as normal as any Saturday. Becky woke up early and the girls woke up soon afterwards, then came in and drug me out of bed. We had cereal, got dressed and headed out to run some errands – to some rummage sales and the meat store. Amelia was a little crabby on theContinue reading “The Scariest Hours of Our Lives”

Lasik – under the laser and back

I can see! For the first time in 20 years I woke up this morning and could tell what time it was. Yesterday was the day of my lasik surgery and I made it through. Here’s how the surgery went. They told me to expect to be there three hours and the surgery wouldContinue reading “Lasik – under the laser and back”

Controversy in the League of Dorks

I like to think of myself as a sports General Manager in waiting. I’m in a couple fantasy sports leagues, just to prove how ready I am in case something ever happened to Terry Ryan (Twins GM). I care about my fantasy baseball league (and I’m the commissioner), and I’m in a fantasy basketball leagueContinue reading “Controversy in the League of Dorks”