Life is Shot: Photo Journal #1

Some days you come home and there are just chicks in you laundry room... But how can you say "no" to that face?

Easter art by Lucy

Easter outfit by mom

Jesse decided (on his own) it was time to stay the night at grandma's house. He was pretty disappointed to find out it wasn't.

Brace for impact during every elevator ride.

Lucy has lost both of her top front teeth. He bark is worse than her bite.

Mystery of the month: Who is this green haired super saiyan?

Short silly video: Lucy can ride her bike with no training wheels. Kid's still love rolly pollies. And Jesse is apparently a Chris Tomlin fan.

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Writing Goals

Recently I came to the conclusion that I should write more often. That is, I believe, I should start to consider myself a "writer." That's the main reason there's been a bit of an increase in publishing to this blog (going from zero over the past few years to a couple times a month is a pretty huge jump). I, like most humans, have thoughts and opinions which are a product of the times and places in which I live. I figure I can do my part for future historians and write a few of them down. I also just might have enough creative juice to pump out a story or two. This blog I'd like to post to this blog at least once a week from now on, or at a minimum once a month. Really, anything at all would be better than what I've been doing. I'll mainly write about my life, family, interests, and opinions about, current events and local and state politics (I'll try to steer clear of national issues for my own sanity). Pretty...

Playing Mari0 on Ubuntu 12.04

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Some Goals for 2021

I have had a lot of time by myself recently. I'm working away from home for a few months and my family hasn't been with me for several weeks of that. I've tried my best to use that time for some productive self reflection, contemplation, navel gazing, etc. The product of that is a list of goals for the year. I wanted to put (some of) these out there publicly for some positive social pressure. Recreation & Relationship To start off, I'd like a little more fun in my life. And I'd like to have that fun with people who I cherish. Have at least one meaningful, memorable one on one experience with each of my children. This time apart from my family has highlighted just how valuable time spent together is. We're pretty good at finding ways to have fun all together at home. We play board games, read books aloud (we read the first four Harry Potter books last year), spend time outdoors, etc. But I have not been very good at spending...

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