The Good Old Days?

The good old days. That can mean a million things to a million people. What were the good old days? Were they when you were in your 20s and going to concerts every weekend? Partying with friends and getting home in the wee hours? Or was it when you were a kid playing with Star […]

Keeping A Family Tradition Alive

It’s been a busy week. Tuesday I had an early doctor appointment in Fort Wayne to have a CTA, which is a CT scan of my heart. They run a contrast dye into my blood, which is the weirdest sensation as you feel this warmth go over your whole body. It only lasts about a […]

walks are therapy

Man, I’ve missed my walks. Walking was always two things for me; one it was obviously for my physical health. I was never an athlete, unless you count backyard Badminton. I was a very physical Badminton player. But then following it up with a 64 oz Mountain Dew and a Jeno’s frozen pizza pretty much […]

I feel like I lost a winter

These months are cruising by. We’re already heading into the last bit of June and I feel like I was in a haze during the winter of 2025/2026. The halfway point of 2026 is just a couple weeks away and I’m feeling like someone accidently hit the fast forward button on time’s remote control. A […]

Chrome Weekend

Any time away from work is a good time, so the weekend was better than being at work. Unfortunately my wife was sick all weekend(still is.) She gave her boss a ride to work a couple days last week and her boss was getting over a vacation cold, and shared it with my wife. By […]

Mondaze

Off my game today. Rolled out of bed later than I wanted to. Yesterday was a lot of physical activity, to be fair. Best friend came over at 8am and we got a 5-mile walk in before 10 am. Not too long after that I went outside and got up on the roof. Living surrounded […]

Sinking In

Despite dealing with some poison ivy itchiness(chaos), this past weekend was really nice. We had all of our kids home and under one roof, with their significant others. Along with my wife, parents, and myself, our 23-year old that lives at home with us had the day off and our four-legged grandkid Celeste, it was […]

Anger is an energy

I’m definitely getting back to my old self. I know that because our town’s traffic is making me angry again. I feel in my heart of hearts that our town has the worst drivers per capita in all of the Midwest. Turn signal? What’s that? 4-way stops? Who goes next? Flashing lights? Whaaaa? And don’t […]

Am I Straight Edge Now?(For Your Health)

Last week I had my usual weekly phone call from the nurse from the Heart Failure Center to check in and see how I was doing. At my first cardiologist appointment the nurse said they wanted me to be a part of the Remote Health Check Program where they send me a scale and blood […]

Time Flies

Yesterday we celebrated our middle kid’s 23rd birthday. Seems like it wasn’t that long ago I had her sitting on my knee making her dance like a disco 6-month old, her stoic face never flinching as she gyrated to “Boogie Oogie Oogie”. Out of our three children, our middle child was our roughest parenting road […]