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
June 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
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
June 6, 2008 by Leave a Comment
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
June 1, 2008 by 1 Comment
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...]
The TN Renaissance Fair, 2008
May 26, 2008 by 1 Comment
It's that time of year again -every weekend in May - time for the TN Renaissance Fair. We were blessed with unusually good weather this year. It was relatively cool and breezy, while still being a nice sunny day. And despite all of the rain we've had this month, it wasn't muddy either. The knights were quite a spectacle on the jousting grounds and the living chess match seemed a bit more polished and with more elaborate choreography.Dylan and Emily had other plans for the day. I suppose I'll have to get more and more used to that as they each become more independent. But I still missed … [Read more...]
Vampire Babies of Amsterdam
April 28, 2008 by Leave a Comment
No, it's not a terribly parody of "Werewolves of London".I was walking through Amsterdam's airport, Schipol, enjoying the HUGE GINORMOUS shopping areas. That's when I saw her. A cute lil girl, no doubt. Adorable in fact. She was so cute that they chose to put her on the advertisement. But I had to wonder if I was the only person who thought her scary long. Those toofies are at least twice as long as normal. What do you think? … [Read more...]
Stonehenge
March 29, 2008 by Leave a Comment
On my recent business trip to the U.K., I was able to enjoy a little bit of tourism in Devonshire including Salzebury Cathedral where the Magna Carta (or at least the best extant copy) is located, the fantastic city of Bath, and the amazine pre-historic site called Stonehenge.The weather was quite bad - cold, rainy, and quite windy. Stonehenge is a world famous site and rightly one of the Seven Wonders of the World. And I'm sure you've seen many pictures of it. However, there's simply no comparison to visiting the place in person.Founded by the Romans as a thermal spa, Bath became an important … [Read more...]
Fun in Florida
March 29, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Dylan and I got a chance to take a trip together to Florida. We had incredible fun at Busch Gardens and at Universal Studio's Island of Adventure.One of the fun things about our trip was that I finagled a free upgrade on my rental car. So we drove around Florida in a nice, new Mustang. The big V8 had a powerful basso and a lot of acceleration. Too bad it sucked down the gas like a mutha.We went to two amusement parks, my favorite was Busch Gardens in Tampa. It was less crowded and less expensive, but the rides were easily as good, if not better than Islands of Adventure. Islands of Adventure … [Read more...]
BIG MAC
March 26, 2008 by 2 Comments
I came home from a run to McDonald's to pick up a meal for me, mine, and Rachel and hers. One of the kids (Emily, I think) burst out "That's a huge frickin bag!" I hadn't thought of it until she said so, but it really was big. … [Read more...]
So much to blog about and so little time
March 26, 2008 by 2 Comments
I'm sorry that I've fallen off the bandwagon. There's so much to do, but never enough time to do it.A couple things I'm thinking about right now are:Getting estimates from contractors on finishing one, if not two, unfinished rooms in the house. This is great because the unfinished rooms have always made the house feel, well, unfinished. I'll feel a certain emotional emancipation by having those rooms finished. It's like having a puzzle with a couple pieces not yet in place. Yes, it's a beautiful image, but it ain't finished yet.Maybe possibly potentially getting a new(ish) car for me. I … [Read more...]
