Last May, I reached the point that I needed glasses. It was just barely. I had a minimal prescription for both distance and for reading. Reading though is where I have seen the most advantage to having the glasses over the last year. Having never worn glasses and having such a minor prescription, I am [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
Mom and Dad are home
Finally! They had a blow out on their motorhome. It caused some damage, in addition to the tire. Due to some hassle with the insurance company and the company where the parts come from, it took slightly over a month to fix the motorhome. They were very frustrated. As a non-motorhome owner, I’m not sure [...]
When is it ok to be sick?
I’m a bit of a hypochondriac. It means that when I get a cough or hear someone else cough, I wonder if I’m sick and sometimes I think about it too much and just keep feeling sicker and sicker. It’s all silly, I know. It’s especially silly when I watch a medical show on some [...]
More Video Soon
As I noted in an update in the last post, I had to change the video I posted because it was just too darn long. Also I didn’t like the edit (or more correctly, Kathy didn’t like the edits and made me change it). The video up there now is part one. I’ve got to [...]
New Video
I’ve got a new video Up. It’s a long one too. It’s the entire period between November 1999 and March 2000 (I called the movie Alexander 1999 to 2000). It’s about 21 minutes long. It’s got a couple of firsts – haircut, walking, feeding himself – all good stuff. Enjoy it. The next one introduces [...]
Back to Some Video
Today I’m going to go back to do some video editing. I’ve already produced 2 movies (don’t get too excited if you aren’t a family member because they are just family movies). If you are interested, you can see them in my Gallery (see the top of the page then go to the video section [...]
Parenting is hard
How do parents convince kids that loosing their temper doesn’t really work? How do parents convince their kids that aggravating others (their siblings) really isn’t fun or empowering or whatever they think it might be? How do you get through the cloud of “I don’t like you” that can sprout up after you discipline your [...]
PTSA Meeting
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this but I’m the Treasurer this year at the boys school. Originally, I thought it would be no big deal since I was the Treasurer at their pre-school before for 2 years. Man, was I over simplifying things. This school is about 6 times the size and we have [...]
Updated GT-Widgets
I’ve just noticed that some of my files have a steady downloads and in fact 1 of them has almost 200 downloads. WOW!!! I’ve made an update or two to a few of the widgets so I figured I should update the file up on the server. All are just cleanups/bug fixes except for gt-picture [...]
Xander had his first overnight…
Wow! What a big milestone. As the cliche goes, they grow up so fast. I know it’s cliche but from a parenting perspective, these milestones just keep coming and coming so it always seems so true. I mean, he’s stayed overnight at his Omi and Opa’s (Kathy’s folks) both with his brother and by himself [...]
First Day of School
Xander and Mitchell have started school. Here is a photo (from our Gallery – see a few more shots!): If you look closely, you can see the first day of school was “BIG RAIN” so we were dressed for scuba (especially Xander). Even though we drove, we got pretty wet anyway. I talked to a [...]
Summertime, Summertime!
Summertime is over, at least as far as scheduling is concerned. My parents are on there way back home after being here almost 6 weeks. The kids really enjoyed having them here. We had a blast throwing a big bash for my Dad. A good time was had by all. School starts tomorrow. We’ve met [...]
New Photos
Kathy has posted some new photos from my brother Michael’s family and my niece Kirstin’s family visits last week. Check out the Gallery (top of the page tab) and then go to 2007, August. The new pictures start on the second page and go through the fourth page so quite a few pictures. Here is [...]
New Videos
I’m officially a video producer and director – pretty cool! Ok, ok, they are only family movies but I finally got off my duff and started making the movies. The first 2 are up in our Gallery (see our Gallery via the tab at the top of the page, then navigate to Videos, then to [...]
My Dad’s Birthday Party
We had a great birthday party for my Dad. I’ve mentioned it was coming in a few other posts. You can check out a few other pictures in our Photo Gallery (tabs up top). Here is my Dad and his cake (no there aren’t 70 candles!):