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August Updates

larry — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:20:44 +0000

Jack started Kindergarten this month. He is really enjoying it so far. He is wiped out every evening & falls asleep by 9:00.
Millie turned three this month. She is enjoying her time home alone with Mommy while Jack is away at school.
I recently deleted my Facebook account. I tried it for a little over a year — it just didn’t suit. You can still find me on Twitter.
We are glad to see the summer heat wind down. If you don’t already know, we live in a 104 year old home without AC. This was by far this most challenging summer. If I can find the time I will write up a full post on how and why we live without AC.
The Cardinals have been a never-ending source of frustration and disappointment for me this year. I am still hoping they can squeak into the playoffs. Their starting pitching is good enough to shut down almost any team in a short series.

Quiet Weekend – Update

larry — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:26:34 +0000

Laurie and the kids are visiting the Mackinaw McConnells today. Jack and Millie are really looking forward to going to the beach.

Update: Laurie snapped a ton of pictures. Only a few pictures are currently public, but if you are one of our Flickr contacts then you will be able to view them all.

I’ve got a little shopping to do today for Jack’s birthday. It is impossible to believe that our little guy will be five next week, and he will be starting kindergarten next month. Where did the years go?

Millie got her glasses this week — she looks cute as bug. She was excited at first, but the novelty quickly wore off once she realized that she was expected to wear them all the time.

This summer is putting our no-AC lifestyle to the test. We’ve already had more sweaty evenings that we did during the exceptionally mild summer of 2009. I’m sure we will all survive.

Finally I have a couple of minor site updates to report: I’ve added FeedBlitz widget for email subscriptions to my blog updates — RSS just isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Also I’ve opened up the site to search engine crawlers for the first time in years. I’m no longer worried about exceeding my bandwidth limits since most of my media content is now hosted elsewhere (Flickr, YouTube and so on).

Thankful

larry — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:12:46 +0000

Just a few things I am feeling particularly thankful for today:

I am thankful for my wonderful family.
I thankful that I lived in the same time that Bob Dylan made music — he is the greatest artist of our time.
I am thankful that I get to see Albert Pujols play baseball — he is a once-in-a-generation player.
I am thankful that I live in the greatest nation in the history of the world.
I am thankful for Dogfish Head’s 90-Minute IPA.

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Lots of Thanksgiving Pics

larry — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:29:09 +0000

We gave our new camera quite a workout on Thanksgiving — check out the pics on our Flickr album. Oh, and by the way, I am calling the priest first thing Monday morning to see if we need to get Millie re-baptized.

iWeek

larry — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:30:46 +0000

iMillie: Our little princess turned 1 this week. Happy birthday, girl girl!

iMow: The Shuffle came up with another good mix of mowing tunes:

“Kaitie’s Been Gone”; The Band
“Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Norwegian Wood”, “Roll Over Beethoven”; The Beatles
“Masters of War”; Bob Dylan
“Young Americans”; David Bowie
“This Year’s Girl”, Elvis Costello
“Lost Highway”; Hank Williams
“What Do You Do/The Glory of Love”; Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
“Sunny Side of the Mountain”; The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
“Private Joy”; Prince
“Enlightenment”; Van Morrison
“The Kids Are Alright”, The Who

iDrink: Stovepipe Porter, Otter Creek Brewing

iMac: I retired my old Dell this week and replaced it with an iMac.

Jack is Three Today

larry — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:02:48 +0000

I can hardly believe it, but our sweet little boy is three years old today. Happy birthday, Jack!

Winter 2007-2008 Video Dump (Update)

larry — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:30:52 +0000

I have a few months worth of home video that I am preparing to post. I hope to have it up by the end of next week. In the meantime, here is a sample: Jack and Sarah – 2007 (16.8 MB)

Update (5/23/2008): I never got around to posting all the video on this site, but Flickr came to the rescue: Flickr video.

Christmas in Missouri: Jack in the Box

larry — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:20:25 +0000