Camp Cailey
To put things in perspective, this is how Cailey looked when I began this blog. She was five. I closed many of my older posts because my blog was rather bloated with ALL THE WORDS. But some of my...
View ArticleThe day my son broke Wal-Mart
I have a Sunday morning ritual that serves me well. I drop my two teenaged daughters off at church early on Sunday morning so they can attend their own Youth service and be present for their...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow alert
Fiddledaddy has been a busy little bee this Fall, in his attempt to hunt and gather food for our little family. He appeared in a couple of television shows, Sleepy Hollow and Resurrection. Both of...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with this picture?
Twas the night before Christmas And all through the village The creatures were stirring and beginning their pillage… With this heartwarming image seared into your retinas, I’d like to wish you and...
View ArticleLife is a Beach
Over our Christmas break, we went to Disney’s Blizzard Beach water park. Really. Someone ought to tell Fiddledaddy to lighten up and have more fun…
View ArticleBeached
I should be embarrassed to admit it, but we’re enjoying higher than normal temperatures here in sunny Florida, on this the last week of the year. I prefer cooler temperatures, as the comfort of my...
View ArticleBride of Chucky
I stumbled out of my room this morning to find Emme (age 15) asleep on the couch in the Family Room. My coffee making escapades caused her to stir. I assumed she wasn’t feeling well, as this was...
View ArticleBlood & Guts
I’m almost afraid to jinx it, but I’m proud to say that I’ve nearly gotten Emme successfully through her first year of high school. With little to no trauma. At least on my part. I was able to...
View ArticleA Bird in the Hand
Recently we traveled from Florida to the outskirts of San Antonio for a long overdue visit with my dad and step-mom. One of the perks of visiting the grandparents, are the grandbirds. My children...
View ArticleA Summer Symphony
Boys are different. For your listening and viewing pleasure, I present a summer symphony, featuring Jensen and his best buddies. Another proud parenting moment. My son is the one in the back. You...
View ArticleDecking the Walls
For the first time in the history of, well, me, I have all of our Christmas decorations up AND IT’S STILL NOVEMBER. Generally the deed trails on long into December, and I’m tripping over decorations...
View ArticleMange in the Manger
Just when I thought it was safe to be a wise man, this greeted me as I stumbled in to make the morning coffee. Mary is going to be begging Joseph to check into a Motel 6.
View ArticleSuper Mom, in my mind
Every once in a while I have a flash of brilliance. I’m having to go back a ways, but I thought I’d share the rare moment when under duress, I executed a really really good idea. Our church hosts...
View ArticleMy State of Being
My girls are taking a Speech/Debate class at our homeschool co-op. Speech covers the first semester, and Debate will be the second semester. Our English/Lit/Speech tutor is amazing and is one of the...
View ArticleWords that Rhyme
We will have mercifully reached the end of our 1st semester on Friday. My students have had a bit of catching up to do. Well. The two younger students, who have an aversion to writing WORDS, have...
View ArticleA Christmas Poem
As Cailey was penning her poem last week, she asked if I had ever written a poem. “Why yes, yes I have!” This was a little something that I wrote way back around Christmas of ’07. I find it...
View ArticleThe Gift that Keeps on Giving
Should you be prone to Squeemish, you might want to skip this one. You know how I live for a good vomit story. Consider yourself warned. The following is a post from December, 2009. In an interesting...
View ArticleThe Christmas Picture
When the kids were very small, we made it a Christmas tradition to take our Christmas photo ourselves. In other words, a “selfie”, before the term was coined. Most of the time we would simply set...
View ArticleNew Years Eve Fondue
We have a family New Years Eve tradition that began before we had children. My brother-in-law and his sweet wife invited us over on a New Years Eve, long long ago, right after we first moved to...
View ArticleStarting off the New Year on the Wrong Foot
Over the weekend, I was afforded the rare opportunity to slip out of the house and do something on my own. I chose to visit our local Goodwill. (Keep the bar low.) Without the minions. Who, by the...
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