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 […]

Lazy Days and Well Earned Vacations

I have never been much of a nap person. Even as a little kid I couldn’t find myself laying in my bed under my Return of the Jedi comforter when I could be on the floor of my bedroom playing with actual Star Wars toys. Naps felt like wasted time where I could be concocting […]

Took Some Days Off, So I thought I’d get Sick

At this point now it seems like it’s a given that if I take some time off I’m going to get sick. It’s the vacation playbook; take a couple days off for a nice 4-day weekend and 24 hours in I’m going to start feeling like crap. It was the case last week, as I […]

Songs From Dreams, New Year Here, And What Else Is New?

Hello all, we’re officially out of the holiday season and back to the grind. I’m not terribly excited about getting back to the grind, but what are you gonna do? Nothing, that’s it. It was a lovely time off. Seeing all the kids in one place was great. Christmas Eve, our oldest and their partner […]

Back In Business

Hello everyone. It’s been a minute since we talked. It’s actually been one whole week. That’s the longest I’ve gone without posting in a very long time. I’ve been on vacation. Had Thanksgiving and the Friday after off, then took all of the following week off. It was a full week for sure, filled with […]

The Hits Keep Hitting

I think I’ve gotten to the point this summer that I’m done complaining. It seems the more you complain the more the universe wants to mess with you. What’s the phrase? “The squeaky wheel gets the grease”? Yeah, well the universe is greasing me up real good this year. But hey, we’re all alive and […]

Back At Monday, 4-Day Weekend, Kept It Low Key

This was a four day weekend that was much needed. Unfortunately it’s already in the rearview, and we’re looking down the barrel of another 5-day work week. Wednesday was my last day at work, yet it feels like I’d just clocked out. Ehh, that’s pretty much how this life goes, innit? You enjoy yourself and […]

Breathe It In…It’s Friday

I know that Friday is different for everyone. The weekend workers, retirees, unemployed, and the off the gridders probably don’t care about Friday. Just another day, amirite? Well, for those of us that do the 9 to 5 Monday thru Friday, Friday is church. It’s Holy Ground in an unholy, corporate world. It means you […]

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”

July, 2004. We were a family of four living a pretty great life. We’d always imagined that we would have 2 kids, a dog, house in the woods and jobs to keep the cupboards full and a roof over our heads. The year before we’d traded my wife’s 1994 Nissan Maxima in for a brand […]