I was visiting a few blogs I don’t read often enough tonight and saw this post about doing something that scares you every day for a month. And then I thought: “Hey, it’s only the 2nd day of November, but I’ve done that every day of this month! How cool […]
Thursday night, I co-hosted a Halloween party that was preceded by a Four Loko, which I’ve since learned is NOT supposed to be consumed in one sitting, because it’s like downing 4-5 beers at once. Doing this before dinner is an especially bad idea, and following it with sake and […]
“I am a rock. I am an island.” – Simon & Garfunkel Last weekend, I took Maddie to a classmate’s 6th birthday party at one of those indoor playgrounds where they make the children get active and compete with each other in order to celebrate another year of life. We […]
Disturbingly rare are the chances the Mrs and I have to go out and hear live music. However, when the opportunity to see an awesome cover band called Yacht Rock play the entire Thriller and Purple Rain albums at a small venue on a Saturday night presented itself, I had […]
Ever since we moved out of our small, 3-bedroom bungalow to a cramped, 4-bedroom ranch a few miles north, we’ve been looking for what our 5-year-old calls our “forever house” (in contrast to our current “in-between house”). I thought this would be a fun process, given the real estate dystopia […]
