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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 →
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 →
Just sat down with the oldest and went through the next steps for his college course registration. This is getting real. He can register for classes next Wednesday and has his first orientation later this month. Then in mid August,… Continue Reading →
It is Memorial Day Weekend Saturday and I am home. I’ve been home most of the morning and will be home until we venture out for dinner tonight. This is weird. For the past four years we have spent Memorial… Continue Reading →
Do you remember the first car you rode in as a kid? We all probably have some memory of a car from our childhood. Rolling around in the back of a station wagon before it was a felony to ride… Continue Reading →
I wrote this on the train ride home so it is a couple months old but better late than never. I was encouraged at work to take a few days off during the boys’ Spring Break. Typically we don’t do… 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 →
I write a lot about kids sports. Perhaps it is because we spend a lot of our non-work, waking hours with games, practices, clinics and all other manner of supporting our kids’ athletic endeavours. I am not complaining, I love… 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 →