Working out

This was the week I was planning to resume working out on my lunch hour. But everything from weather to my workload kept me from going (I know, excuses, excuses). Then tonight, my daughter thought it would be a good idea for me to join her in doing the abdominal workout they’re doing in track [...]

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Basketball fun

Tonight our Plaza Booster Club basketball team had a ‘just for fun’ basketball game of dads vs. sons. It was a hoot. The game got pretty crazy with no referees and few timeouts. The kids won 58-55 and with 4 seconds to go, the dads had the ball, just couldn’t make the 3-point shot to tie [...]

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More snow?

I swear, it’s the snowiest February I can remember in 27 years of living in Southern Indiana. This is the 5th Tuesday in a row we’ve had snow or ice. I just love it! Really, I do.
It snowed during the afternoon today, which was no big deal until the roads quickly froze tonight, right about [...]

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Kids, school, sports

One of the frustrating things about being a parent is having a child who is intelligent, but doesn’t apply himself. My son Eric has a knack for math, yet barely has a B in the class right now, because he’s either not doing the homework or turning it in late. Why? I don’t know. Maybe procrastination is easier [...]

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Snow, sports, and shopping

Thanks to the treacherous weather on Thursday, we decided to leave for Indianapolis that night, rather than get up early Friday morning and drive 300+ miles without knowing how long it would take to reach our destination. I had heard the drive to Vincennes, IN, was 5 hours (it’s normally 1 hr.), so I wasn’t [...]

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The Ice Man Commeth

We’re facing yet another ice storm. It’s supposed to ice all day on Thursday. Normally I wouldn’t mind the ice, as I find it quite beautiful. But this time it poses a huge dilemma for my daughter and me, who  are traveling to Indianapolis early Friday morning for a gymnastics meet.
Now we are contemplating leaving Thursday [...]

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Happy Birthday Laura!

My daughter Laura turns 15 today. It’s hard to believe she’s 15. Where did that time go? Like most parents with their first child, I can remember bringing her home from the hospital and being lost in a sleepy haze of nighttime feedings and frequent diaper changes. I had no idea what I was doing. [...]

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Girl Scout cookies

Girl Scout cookies are here! I have more Thin Mints for my cookie stash (although some years, I’ve had more cookies stashed than I’d like to admit).
This is the first year Laura hasn’t been in Girl Scouts since first grade. Except for the one year where my co-leader and I didn’t have time to handle [...]

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Crazy weekend; crazy week ahead

No sports this weekend, unless you count Laura cheering on Saturday night and us watching the IU Hoosiers game afterwards. I spent time on Saturday shopping with Laura and squeezed in my weekly grocery shopping this morning before going to work at 1 pm. After work, it was fix dinner, clean up, and have my [...]

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Back to work, I think

I was almost ready to leave for work when Laura appeared behind me like my shadow this morning, to announce she had an earache. No surprise, since she developed a cold her earlier in the week. For her, the natural progression of a cold is to have an earache within a few days to two [...]

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