Archives for June 2008
Vacation 2008 Slide Show
Surgery
I've posted about my problems with vagus nerve a couple times in the past. Well, I finally sucked it up and got the pacemaker installed so that I won't ever have to worry about dropping dead.It wasn't a pleasant experience and I had a lot of complications due to an allergic reaction from one (or more) of the chemical preps they used in the surgery. … [Read more...]
Robbery, Burglary, and Theft
Anna Lynn, in tears, watches the patrolman take fingerprints.I'm not trying to make 2008 a bad year, but events are conspiring against me. After we returned from our beach vacation to Orange Beach, Alabama, we found the house ransacked and burglarized. Emily has a good recap of what she and Dylan found on her blog. It was pretty dramatic and everyone was really shaken up by it.They stole a LOT of stuff: most everything with an electical plug (a couple TVs, 6 computers, iPods, Wii, Xbox, etc), some of my clothes, all of my jewelry, all of our musical equipment and instruments, lots of china, … [Read more...]
Gulf Shores ’08
My adult Sunday School class has been organizing a trip down to the gulf coast every summer for the past several years now. It's gradually grown from a handful of families to well over 100 people. One of the things that's great about going with such a big group of close friends is that there's always a bunch of kids for your kids to hang out with and there's always a party in someones condo each night.This year, Rachel and I decided to brave the chaos of a full family trip to the beach that included my teenage kids, plus one friend (Connor McCoy) and all five of our little kids. (They're all … [Read more...]
Love That Chicago Pizza
Giordano's Pizza in Chicago simply rocks. These pizza's weight in at about 5 lbs for small pizza. I was full after one slice. … [Read more...]
