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There is just something great about building things. Putting something together, something that is functional and improves your life and/or the life of others. Sometimes building can be fun, sometimes it is a chore, often it is a challenge but… Continue Reading →
Could it be the end of Empty Nest Syndrome? This past weekend we had a chance to hang out with the boys. We met them in Leesburg, VA for a wedding (my niece, their cousin). It was a fun event,… Continue Reading →
Doing laundry the other day I realized how much of my wardrobe is devoted to kids’ sports. Between high school volleyball and soccer, club soccer and the Richmond Volleyball Club, I have a lot of T-shirts and sweatshirts to “represent”. … Continue Reading →
This isn’t intended to be a gripe session. We know we have made our bed and we are happy to lie in it. This is, as much of this blog is, simply a sharing of our experience in case it… Continue Reading →
Perhaps the most important lesson from driving in traffic is “Don’t live your life like a driver in traffic”. I remember an old joke that if you wake up looking like the picture on your driver’s license you should go… Continue Reading →
A couple weeks ago my oldest and I were leaving the volleyball club. It was a Sunday evening and there was a couple open courts on our way out toward the exit. He asked if we could stop for a… Continue Reading →
With the beginning of the school year has come fall sports tryouts. We aren’t very good at staying uninvolved or uncaring around tryouts. We get a little too emotionally attached to what our kids want. I admit it- guilty as… Continue Reading →
Most of us would probably agree that telemarketing calls are annoying. They typically come in the middle of dinner or while you are watching a show or simply not wanting to talk to a total stranger about some offer they… Continue Reading →
The boys mentioned Donald Sterling tonight – something about him enjoying the spotlight (not sure where they got that from but seemed like a good opportunity for a lesson). While I do not condone the comments Sterling made to his… Continue Reading →
Well, it’s been four weeks with the puppies. Twenty-seven days to be exact. Twenty-seven nights of interrupted sleep. We aren’t regretting it but it has been trying at times. The puppies are more like babies than we would like to… Continue Reading →