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so…Saturday was Sammy’s first birthday!
I am pretty much without word to describe what a year it has been and how amazed I am everytime I look at him. If parenting wasn’t such an engaged activity I would sit in a corner to watch him explore life — he finds enjoyment in everything, including the […]

so…in my excitement over the idea of eating more of Erika’s previously mentioned chicken tortillini soup today for lunch, it would seem that I filled my thermos a little too much.
This over-zealous act caused said thermos to leak.
Now, I think the mark of a good thermos is that it is water/air-tight and that it […]

Happy Anniversary Erika!
Thank you!

so…I don’t know if we own anything that isn’t covered in baby mucous.
Sammy has been sick all weekend long.
Poor little man. What started out as a little drooly cough that we chalked up to teething blossomed into a full-fledged if-I-were-a-cat-I’d-cough-up-a-hairball cough.
Trying to entertain a ten-month old with a cold is kinda like orchestrating a peace […]

so…’tis the season to take down all of the Christmas decoration, lest ye be known on the block as “that house.”
Erika is truly amazing! In addition to taking care of a ten-and-a-half month old that might be teething, might have a cold, definately has as much energy as his three-year-old cousins, yesterday she painted the […]

so…it’s Wednesday, and I’m on the train. Yesterday was Tuesday, and I was home, and still in bed at this time.
No, this isn’t just the introduction to the opposites. The consulting company I work for is having a holiday lunch, so Erika and I switched days.
It may seem like a small change but it is […]

so…last year on this day I got laid off from a job I had held for nine years.
I’m not going to say anything profound about the experience — don’t get me wrong, it has definately changed our lives — except this: I don’t think I ever got up at 4:45 am to go to work […]

so…a very relaxing 4-day weekend is about to come to an end. All weekend we’ve been saying that “today feels like Sunday, but it’s only Friday,” unfortunately today feels like Sunday, and it’s actually Sunday.
Today we had Alisa and Jeff, Su and Jay, and Amber and her fiancee, Samantha, over for brunch. It was nice […]

so…Erika has made zero attempt to hide her questionable music tastes — we all have our skeletons and we all dance them out into the living room when no one is home…I don’t, but…
One of Erika’s weaknesses is Canadian pop-rockers: Maroon 5, Jars of Clay, Carbon Leaf, Gavin DeGraw.
I know, I know…but, they’re not from […]