Paige took another step last night. I almost caught this one, but I was unfortunately one foot away with my head turned the other direction.

Put in a half day at work today. We kept Owen home with some kind of eye infection and Carrie and I split the day, with me pulling the afternoon shift at home with him. We don't get to spend a whole lot of time ( Read more... )

PNW adventure continues!

Andy came up to Tacoma for a few beers. Been something like five and a half years since we've seen each other. Was great to catch up.

Work rounded out nice and light. Not sure this trip was really necessary but grateful for the free airfare nonetheless. Sage picked me up round 3-ish and we headed out to his place, which is a ( Read more... )

Up in Seattle (actually Tacoma right now) till Sunday. Feel bad leaving Carrie at home with the kids but this kind of came up at the last minute and staying through the weekend was an opportunity that may not come again for a while in terms of work. Travel at the new job seems much less frequent even though it had fallen off quite a bit at the old ( Read more... )

I may have gotten out and walked Piper early once this week.  Having trouble remembering, but yes, I think I did it before going in to work late (since I was going to be staying late) on Tuesday.  Tomorrow I will endeavor to do the same.  That means waking up at 5:45 to get it done, but I am committed.  I also have new shoes that need breaking in ( Read more... )

Tomorrow we're off to the great northern lands of the new Mexico.  Mom's 60th birthday's not for a month but we're taking her up to a cabin in Taos, and for whitewater rafting.  Should be a ton of fun, and hopefully the weather will be a welcome respite from the heat.  Also, ifetus and snivelfish are slated to come up and babysit so both Carrie and I can ( Read more... )

The 4th (on the 3rd) went off lovely.  Lots of folks showed up, including a surprising amount of kids.  Our kids and Derek, plus Zolan, were knowns, but then about 5 other random kids showed up.  Was pretty cool.  Lots of food and drink and cornhole ( Read more... )

Insomnia for the second time this week.  This time I slept from 9:30 till 2:30, one more hour than I got Sunday night.  Glad I went to bed a little early, at least.

Lots of folks coming in to town this week; nakachuki, tea_em_que, Alex, Jon and Derek.  Found out Mike's son's birthday party does not conflict with Sunday's bbq plans.  Also found out I have to work 12-6 ( Read more... )

It is early of a Wednesday.

Burrito Quest rolls along, yet, with another Taco Bell Trek in the can.  And I added some intro/outro music to the deal, which may have, in the processing to bring their relative volumes closer in line, messed with the audio of the recording more than I intended.  I'm not even sure how to express what I feel is wrong ( Read more... )

Got booshed into oblivion by the US, Israel, and ifetus in Third World.  Martial law, save the day!

Last night was my night with the kids.  I got only 5 hours of sleep.  Here's why: The kids both kind of woke up around 2am and it took about an hour to get them both settled and sleeping again.  By then I was wide awake and couldn't fall asleep until around ( Read more... )

Went in to work yesterday, was there for two hours when they evacuated the building.  A water main had broken and was flooding the downstairs.  So, two hours of work and I got the rest of the day, and today off of work.  Thanks, Snowpocalypse ( Read more... )