Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
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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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
This is how we reduce our environmental impact (and save a little money too). It makes life more simple and it helps to have a more sustainable environment. All of these action points were taken from Make Me Sustainable, a great website for managing your carbon footprint.
What we already do
Eat ...
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Since I got my bike (and subsequently had it fixed) the weather has either been very hot during the day or very cold in the mornings. I’ve ridden it for sure but it hasn’t been the best it could be. This week things cooled down quite a bit during the ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
I’ll take the bait on Mary’s meme. Here are a couple of my “guilty secrets.” Note: I had to think hard to come up with these ;)
The Good
I sent Mary a postcard, everyday, for the entire month of July. Every day I told her something that I liked about her. ...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
I’ve started a bit of a night time ritual. At about 10 PM, when Mary and the babies are asleep I get out the laptop, prop it up against my pillow, and read blogs until I’m tired. I love it.
I’ve read about economics, recessions, the housing market, celebrities, blogging, ...
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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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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
I had the most absurd conversation with my banker yesterday. This is how it went. Seriously, almost verbatim. Click the image to get a better view.
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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 20th, 2007
Controversy brings traffic but, more importantly, it helps define our philosophy and views.…We don’t do this just to be difficult. We do it to take a stand for things we believe in…Matt. Conflict is good for business. 22 Sep 2006 [Online] Signal vs. Noise.
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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 6th, 2007
Planned Parenthood is shrinking. The number of abortion facilities run by the nation’s largest abortion provider is at a 20-year low, according to an American Life League (ALL) study. Planned Parenthood Losing Ground
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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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Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Madeline is just beautiful and she is growing up so fast. Just last week she started crawling—well I guess it’s more like flopping: left hand, right knee, right arm, flop, and repeat. But it’s so cute, and it’s great to see what she’s interested in. She currently loves cords, I ...
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
I love working for myself. I also love working from home. I hope that never changes. A commenter on Stark Raving Calm put it better than I could:
I work at home, with no disadvantage whatsoever:
I do not take the daily traffic jams;
I do not waste 2 hours of my day ...
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Saturday, November 4th, 2006
Yep you read that right. Maddie is going to be a big sister! We’ve known for a while now but we weren’t able to confirm it until this week when we went to the doctor. We had previously taken a pregnancy test and were fairly sure of it but still ...
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Saturday, November 4th, 2006
Server Change
Our web hosting provider moved our websites to a different server a couple of days ago and I didn’t find the notification email from them until after they made the move. We lost a bunch of email and this website is a bit buggy still. Sorry for the downtime.
Posting ...
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Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Brian mentioned that I’m lacking choices when I say that Lake Powell is my favorite place in the world. If Brian can find a lake with the following attributes—that Lake Powell has, mind you—I will humbly reconsider.Lake Powell…
Is the 2nd largest man-made lake in the United States
Is 186 miles long
Has ...
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