Misc

So, my wife’s credit card just got hit with fraud… AGAIN. (Twice for her and once for me now… brilliant…). The beauty part is… almost $1,000 given to… a charity. Nothing says ‘I care’ like giving away someone else’s money… illegally. :) Gavin ps – how’s YOUR week going so far?

So, Barb and the kids just got back from a week at the beach. And, the conversation just now went… Renn: DADDY?!!! You’ll never believe what happened! Me: What’s that, bud? Renn: When we were at the beach… a huge wave… it… PLOMPED over my head!!!……. I almost DROWNDED. *sad face for effect* *pause for [...]

Met with an old family friend today… Like my parents, he’s getting up there in years, and we got to reminiscing about family stuff… his years teaching at Purdue (he was my first level accounting professor, actually… fond memories ofhim… not so much the class itself. :)). Anyway, during the course of the conversation, he [...]

Oy… 5 hours at the hospital today… As luck would have it, my sweet girl (in epic style, mind you) went and took a face plant off her scooter and double-fractured her arm… the day before she and her brother leave for the beach. If life doesn’t have a sadistic sense of humor sometimes… I’m [...]

Ok, if you’ll indulge me here… was watching TV tonight, and thought I’d write this down. Then… mmmmmm… thought I’d share it with you. :) Ok, so when I was 11 or 12… I learned the term ‘veneer.’ If you aren’t already familiar, at its core, it means… ‘A thin surface layer, as of finely grained [...]

Uhhhhhhh…. ya know what? I can’t lie. Not to you. My hair right now… looks… AWESOME. Three months overgrown… feathered… aaaaaaaaaaaaand… delicious. :) Seriously, I had a haircut scheduled the day of my surgery (6 weeks ago) and had to cancel. Didn’t reschedule. Just looked in the mirror and I look remarkably like this guy. Minus [...]

You really are too sweet…. I just let Fiona read all your comments and then snapped this picture as she was backing away. Seriously… thanks. Everything you said put a smile on her face (and made her Dad seem all the more cool… although, let’s face it… that’s gonna end in a few years. :)) [...]

Ok, so I’m gonna be completely honest with you…… had a spectacular weekend. :) Seriously, I got to spend it one-on-one with my my daughter Fiona… just the two of us spending quality time together (Barb/Renn/Raife were up in Indiana for the half-marathon). And the insight Fiona has (albeit wrapped up in her 7-year-old world)… [...]

Sitting here catching up some emails… aaaaaand… figured I’d checkin’ with ya. Sooooo, how ya been? (ok, yes… sure… it’s only been 6 days since I last posted, but hey… this kind of overkill social networking is just how I roll….) :) Seriously, hope you’re well. As for me, been trying (often unsuccessfully) to take [...]