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How an appendectomy can ruin a perfectly good day.

6 Aug, 2012

I’m currently on day 5 on the road to recovery after a laparoscopic appendectomy; that’s a fancy way of saying I got my appendix taken out. I’m moving around quite well and most of my pain is gone. Lucky we found it early and nothing burst. I hear that if it bursts, the person is […]

After 12 years and 150,000 miles, I say goodbye to my Ford Focus.

11 Jun, 2012

My Ford Focus - In its glory days.

12 years ago I was excited to get my first new car. Back then I thought I’d keep it for a long time, but I didn’t imagine it’d be 12 years! My green Focus didn’t let me down either. Sure, it had its issues every now and then, and I haven’t had A/C for years […]

Desk organization step one: clean off desk. Check.

25 Feb, 2012

Turns out I have a lot of stuff on my desk. I keep organizing it and I keep messing it up. This time will be different…. or not.

I’ve been an official Nerd for a year now.

20 Jan, 2012

This past Tuesday marked my one year anniversary at The Nerdery. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year, and it’s also hard to believe how much I’ve learned. When I started I was a little nervous. It was my first time starting a new job in 6 years. I was excited though as it […]

Here comes the holidays, ready or not.

20 Dec, 2011

I’m not exactly sure where all my time goes. Last I knew it was Halloween and now Christmas is just days away. I have so many movies to watch and things I want to do, but I’m about out of time. Thankfully I have all my Christmas shopping done. I did most of it online […]

Welcome Home Troops

14 Dec, 2011

In October, the president said that troops in the Iraq war, nearly 40,000, would be coming home; and they’d be home for the holidays. Keeping right on his word, the troops are coming home. The greatest thing a family can hear from their soldier is “I’m coming home” and lots of families are getting that gift […]

Daycare: In-home, at home and now a center.

6 Sep, 2011

Daycare Day

Lily started her new daycare today and she was very excited. It was a bit like sending your kids off to school as she had her little backpack, supplies and some new clothes. She was going someplace new with lots of other kids, toys and the unknown. Ok, so maybe it was more Mom and […]

Cupcakes, Cows, Presents & Water

29 Aug, 2011

Riding in a Tractor

Our little girl is now two years old! What better way to celebrate than with two parties and doing all the fun things she loves to do. It started out with Uncle Josh visiting on her birthday. That’s pretty special as he was in from California. Josh gave her some plastic food so she could […]

Lily has completed her first swim lessons.

6 Jul, 2011

Swim Lessons Certificate

Today was Lily’s last day of swim lessons. The 1 month program was just to get her comfortable with the water. She learned some things and got exposed to quite a bit. She even got dunked under the water a few times. One of these days she’ll learn to close her eyes and mouth first, but […]

TwisterMc – New for 2011

16 May, 2011

As I posted a few days ago, a lot has changed around here. Here’s a quick rundown. First off, the design. You’ve probably already noticed it. That is unless you only read this via an RSS reader. The new design is focused more on CSS and less on images. The images that I do have […]