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Pahty Time

We’ve been trying to potty train Katie now for about 3 months. She’s 2 1/2 now and she has been going without diapers throughout the day except at night and sometimes not during her nap. About every other day when we show up to pick her up for daycare, we’ve found her in different pantsContinue reading “Pahty Time”

Halloween Recap

The girls were all excited for Halloween last night. Our work was allowing for trick or treating during the aisles, so I went and picked up Katie and brought her to work to get some candy. She was dressed in her pretty pink Princess costume without the crown (because it hurts me daddy). Since itContinue reading “Halloween Recap”

The End of Baseball

My prognostication abilities have never been in such high order as this year in baseball. Here’s a sampling: 1) I will do well in my fantasy baseball league of which I’m the commissioner (I finished dead last) 2) Francisco Liriano won’t be that good this year (He was 12-3 with a 2.17 ERA) 3)Continue reading “The End of Baseball”

The Thunder

I’m on the school board in my hometown and normally when I show up for meetings, it’s just the board, the administration and our hometown reporter. So I was pretty surprised last Monday to walk in and see 15 or so folks assembled in the back of the room. They were there to debate ourContinue reading “The Thunder”

Becky’s First Post

As this is my first post I figured I would start out talking about the act/art of blogging. I’ve been reading Eric’s entries as soon as they come out, I read Jane’s blog from the radio show Chris, John and Jane and I routinely listen to Tim Gunn’s podcast from the tv show Project Runway. Continue reading “Becky’s First Post”

32

I turned 32 last week. I was in meetings for work all day in Charlotte, NC, so I didn’t get the chance to reflect on how old I have become. That was probably a good thing. Unfortunately it’s started crashing down on me today. At lunch, Becky and I went out to get my haircutContinue reading “32”

Sutton Bay

This weekend, we headed back to Becky’s home town of Onida South Dakota to see her family and to play one of the best private golf courses in America, Sutton Bay. Take a look at this write-up for the perspective of Golf Digest – http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/critic/index.ssf?/courses/critic/suttonbay.html. Becky’s mom was nice enough to work with a localContinue reading “Sutton Bay”

Week in Review

I didn’t have any big topic this week so I just have some random updates from the week. > Amelia got her first teeth this week, and she’s finally back to normal after struggling through a week of terrible diarrhea, diaper rash and fevers. Finally on Wednesday night we saw the teeth start toContinue reading “Week in Review”

Beauchamp Building

Our downtown is littered, like many towns this size, with old (circa 1900) buildings which are not the greatest shape. The problem with the condition of the buildings is exacerbated by the fact we have one particular owner who owns most of the buildings downtown, and he never does any work on the buildings. AsContinue reading “Beauchamp Building”

Uncle Dave’s Wedding Weekend

My baby brother, Dave, got married on Friday afternoon, and it was a busy stretch of days surrounding the big event. He and his bride, Alicia, decided to get married outdoors at a place called Gale Woods Farm. It’s a park that is a working farm – kids or whoever can come out and seeContinue reading “Uncle Dave’s Wedding Weekend”