February 16, 2008Winter in Ohio has provided sledding, snowball fight, snowman, and snow angel opportunities. It also has the potential for some outdoor ice skating at the Dublin Recreation Center’s rink. We moved from Texas with rollerblades and plenty of roller skating experience, but do not own a single pair of ice skates. Before investing in ice […]
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February 16, 2008Carson owns red, green, and blue Power Ranger outfits. For Christmas, Alana got a pink one. It’s a little big…but that hasn’t stopped her from wanting to wear it for Power Ranger Play with Carson! And, we’re a Razor Scooter short of where we need to be. With the temperature just above freezing, all three […]
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February 16, 2008One of the items that seldom shows up in casual family photos is the family’s camera. Oh, sure, it may be caught in the odd reflection in a mirror, or it may even be included at a party where there are lots of cameras floating around that offer end zone video quality. But, obviously, it’s […]
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February 10, 2008Grandma Marilyn rolled into town on Thursday and brought with her a carload of stuff that Julie and she are dividing up to unload between craigslist and eBay. In the meantime, Carson has set up a “museum” in the family room with all of the neat stuff (he really wants to publicize the museum’s existence […]
February 7, 2008This is my “Trip from Hell” tale. It’s my own fault. To a point. (And it’s not over yet.) On fairly short notice a couple of weeks ago, I decided to make a one-night trip to San Francisco this week to attend a user group/product feedback meeting with one of my company’s key technology partners. […]
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February 4, 2008You may recall my tetherball set installation woes. I put off trying to come up with a solution to the dilemma long enough that my parents made it to town, and my dad applied some engineering problem-solving to come up with a reasonably stable solution (a length of PVC pipe with a lengthwise cut in […]
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February 4, 2008The National Hockey League is dying faster than the tulips I gave Julie when we were in college (a story for another time…which Julie will never live down). Nonetheless, Julie is on a kick to “expose” the kids to a lot of different things, and that includes hockey (they’ll be introduced to downhill skiing in […]
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