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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
We had quite the scare last night. Our dog, Kayla, went missing. She jumped out the window of our car to chase after a cat. We spent about an hour fighting about looking for her and a little more than an hour actually looking. Fortunately we found her about a ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
This was Christian’s first Easter. We were a little bummed because both of the kids were sick. On top of that some of the nursery workers at church had kids who were also sick so Mary had to fill in both services at church. That meant that I got to ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Mary and I have been going to a great marriage class called Marriage on the Rock. They have a fantastic set of DVDs and a workbook by Jimmy Evans. It has been enlightening in many ways, but one of the most poignant is in the area of trust. After spending ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
So I’m trying to be a better husband and father. Mary and I were talking about this tonight and we came upon an interesting question: How much personal time–”Me Time”–is acceptable. I’m an introvert so I could spend all day and all night in the house, preferably in front of ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Actually I like the slutty lingerie. I like the pinup girl lingerie better. But anyway, we’re not celebrating Valentine’s day. There are 2 good reasons why not:
Our anniversary was less than 3 weeks ago
It’s a corporate holiday that exploits consumers
Instead I’ll save my V-Day gift ideas for a rainy day ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Here we are, the second week of 2008 and everyone in our household is sick. We’ve got all the classic symptoms:
Runny noses
Congestion
Sneezing
Extra limbs
Scratchy throat
Extraneous antennae
Coughing
Foaming at the mouth
You know, the typical stuff. Kids get colds a bunch and there’s no cure for the darn things. The best you can ...
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Based on photography by Catface3 and Seamoor
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Now that I’m working for The Man I’m not around when Madeline learns how to say new words I’ve had to get most of these translations through Mary, the new household interpreter. Some of the things Maddie says are just freaking CUTE.
Since I was having such a hard time understanding ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
I don’t know that I love my dog enough to buy her gourmet dog treats but I am really happy for her lately. Since we moved in to our new house she can do her business any time she wants and she has a little place to run and play ...
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
Mary and I have been through a lot. We certainly haven’t made it into the clear yet, but we’re getting better. Pastor John’s message from last week was really good. One of the big points he made about marriage, and parenting is that you’ll really mess everything up if you ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
We just signed on our new house yesterday. Although we won’t move in until the end of next month, I already feel a sense of stability. We’ve moved several times in the past 2 years and with our recent marital issues it’s just time to settle down a little.
First ...
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
I just got back from a conference by Desert Stream Ministries and I just wanted it to be known that it really changed my life. I thought it was just going to be about sexual brokenness, but as it turns out it helped me to identify some deep rooted ...
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Well now that we’ve had our second child Mary is feeling a little worn out. Christian came one year and a few days after Madeline which means Mary’s body hasn’t had much of an opportunity to relax.
Mary and I used contraceptives for the first three years of our marriage. ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
When my in-laws were here this past week they made a point about how we need to start thinking about what we’re going to do when our commitment is up with Apartment Life (they give us a significant discount on our rent). It’s a good point, and something we really ...
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Madeline can play peek-a-boo with anything: hands, blankets, shoes, sippy cups. And it can be done with her eyes closed, or eyes open…and her eyes don’t necessarily have to be covered. What you didn’t know about peek-a-boo is that it’s really all in the forehead.
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
The last couple of days have been exciting. Mary’s water broke on Tuesday morning so we called Mom-Boston up and she came down to watch Madeline. We kissed the kid goodbye and then we were off…to the movies. :D
In an attempt to kill some time and avoid being hooked ...
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
Steve released the new redesign of Monkinetic yesterday. I would have mentioned it then but Mary and I were at the hospital having our son :D
I love the typography which places all of the emphasis on the content. There’s some really fun little details too like the REM sidebar and ...
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Our friends James, Danielle, and their daughter Zoe just visited from Australia. It feels like we spent most of our time eating but we watched a couple of movies, listened to music, and gabbed.
Our poor girls were really sick most of the time, both Maddie and Zoe had to ...
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
One thing is for sure. Living life with dad is never boring! Since we started living with him we sold both of our houses and got involved with Apartment Life; we became leaders at our church; I quit my corporate job and started a business—and that’s just the tip of ...
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