March Update
Wow – things move fast around here. Â Hayley is now 8 months old, been in the new house almost a year, construction software is kicking ass, and life is generally pretty good. Â Busy, but good. Went skiing for the weekend with Ryan and Marie at their gorgeous place up in Big Bear this weekend, and […]
St. Pats Drinking
For more years than I care to remember, I have been a drinking MACHINE on St. Pats. I worked at Brennan’s Pub for years running the turtle races, and as a result I would drink there – often from 6am until 2am the next day – every single year. This year I ended up with […]
Courage at the D-Land
Took Sydney to Disneyland – our Xmas tradition with the Chidachis – this week. Stayed in the hotel, ate at Blue Bayou and Goofy’s Kitchen (some fine fare there) and generally had a fantastic time with my favorite person in the world. Th eonly two rides whe hadn’t been on were the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, […]
General ranting
Ok – so the flight to Sedona was awesome, the trip was awesome, the flight home was perhaps the best I have ever had, and the US got absolutely stomped in the Ryder Cup. Now I need to get a few items off my chest: Raising a child is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, […]
Sydney at Disneyland
Sydney danced again at Disneyland today – just like last year. It was great of course, and she did a great job in a more supporting role. Her Alice role will be her big one this year. 🙂 She got such a spectacular report card this quarter, that I decided to take her to New […]
One HELLUVA party
So – I figured it would be something good, but I just had no idea how great my 40th birthday was going to be. Arrive at golf course at 9:30 for breakfast, to find out that I’m not just playing with my parents, Pam, and Pam’s parents – but there is in fact a golf […]
Daddy Dancing
Sydney has a dance recital next weekend (Father’s Day weekend, thank you), which is of course very exciting. She is in four parts for this one, including two – count them – TWO solos. She is almost 8, and very talented and an incredible genius and gorgeous. To do my part for the recital I […]
Kris Graduates
Truly incredible. My sister graduated from nursing school yesterday. An RN. Lots of people do it, sure. But very few do it while having not one – but TWO kids, one who is hell on wheels, the other with a small heart defect, as well as losing a grandmother in the process. I told her […]
Gracie’s Heart
Ok – so my niece Gracie (second one – sister of exceptionally cute but high speed terror Katie) has something called a Ventricular Septal Defect . In short, it means a hole inside your heart, that happens to about 1 out of 100 babies. I can’t tell you how much it sucks that that 1 […]