https://www.flickr.com/photos/hopers/55484759614/in/dateposted A lot of people asking for spare change put a cup at the end of a fishing pole. One of the things I liked the most about the schedule…
So we went to Palm Springs for Thanksgiving. And now it's Christmastime and I realize that I never actually wrote about our trip. Uhhh... whoops. Why Palm Springs? My stepdad's…
So, Lilian has Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (no relation to Hoof and Mouth Disease). In a healthy adult, it manifests itself with cold-like symptoms. In a 16-month-old? Uncomfortable sores.…
This is my dad. He's got a lot of hair. So, we all call him Sasquatch. Except for my four-year-old niece. She calls him Sad Squash. Because big words are…
A few years ago, Kristian and I threw a Halloween brunch and called it Brunchoween. I love throwing Halloween parties, but I hated competing with everyone else's parties for guests.…
Saturday night, Beans, Kristian, J and I went to Game 6 of the ALCS championship series. In other words, we were there when the Red Sox clinched the ALCS Championship…
After our house-bound weekend, Lilian and I were fortunate enough that we  felt well enough on Monday to meet up with  family that was still around. We all headed downtown…
What's that they say? "Man plans and God laughs." Well, in this case, it was more like "Hope plans.... and God smites her with a good ol' fashioned stomach virus,…