A Fine Weekend

We had a great weekend. This past weekend we celebrated my dad’s 80th birthday. It was a surprise party. Our original plan was to have a get together at my brother’s house, but the weather was calling for rain Saturday afternoon, so I decided instead we’d all just meet at one of our favorite Mexican […]

Pay Attention To The Man(or Woman) Behind the Curtain

That man or woman behind the curtain, is in fact, you. Or me. Or your uncle Frank or brother Steve. The wizard is behind the curtain according to Dorothy and her farm hands-turned scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly lion friends. But as Glenda the good witch shared with Dorothy at the end of The Wizard […]

A Week In The Woods, Back To Work

Last week we spent in Brown County, Indiana, away from our jobs and everyday grinds and just hung out with our adult kids. We ate, we played pool, we walked a trail, we perused crafty shops, we laughed a lot, and we thoroughly enjoyed each others company. It was the vacation we’d been working towards […]

Nashville…not THAT one, the other one

Last night was our vacation dinner out, and since we’re in Brown County we made that dinner at Big Woods Brewing. It’s a tradition for our family to get pizza and pulled pork nachos at Big Woods. The first time we ate there was 2012 I believe, and we’ve been going back ever since for […]

Vacation 2026

Well we finally made it. The vacation I had to get thru heart failure to get to. It’s started out a little rough, as we drove thru a torrential downpour the last 90 minutes of the drive, but it was worth it. The place is lovely, with porch areas in three different spots. Trees and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Just a Check-in

Hi ho, everyone. Popping in here to say howdy do and that things have been going well. Last weekend we went down to Indianapolis to visit with our son and his girlfriend. Hadn’t seen my son since he came to see me in the hospital, so it was good to see him fluid-less and not […]

I lost a quarter of the man I used to be…

It’s a crazy thing to lose lots of weight over the course of a few months, or even a couple years. You look back at old photos of yourself and think, “Wow. I never realized how big I was.” You gradually collect boxes of clothes you can’t wear anymore and replace them with a size […]