After surviving a week where we all got sick at one point or another and The Wife nearly went bat-shit crazy from stress at work, we made an executive decision to lay low this weekend. Well, as low as is possible for us. Unfortunately, The Wife has the need to be doing something even if [...]
Over the past few days, The Girl has discovered how to use her hands more effectively. It all started with some general arm flapping last week and now she’s figured out how to move her little fingers independently, meaning she can now grab things pretty well. She’s become an expert at removing her pacifier and [...]
Yesterday in the mail I received a big bright happy white envelope from the good people at Honda, manufacturers of the 2007 Element I’m currently driving. On the outside in big blue letters it proclaimed “IMPORTANT PRODUCT UPDATE”, so naturally I tore into it eagerly to find out what kind of kickin’ upgrade my dream [...]
We are regular customers at our local H-E-B grocery store. It’s usually jam-packed with confused college students trying to shop without mom for the first time, but it’s cheap enough to merit driving a little further from home and putting up with the crowds. Unfortunately, that desire to save a little money on groceries and The [...]
Last week included Ash Wednesday, the one day of the year when us Catholics get to really freak out our co-workers. The Wife, who was raised in one of those assorted Protestant cults, admitted that she was somewhat unnerved by her fellow officemates who had gone to mass during lunch and reappeared with mysterious dark splotches [...]
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