Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
2 years ago I lost in the neighborhood of 70 pounds. Through dieting, exercise and determination I was able to shed the weight that I've carried around most of my life.
In that period I took up running. As I worked up to 20-25 miles a week I was able to ...
Posted in Family, Running and Health | 22 Comments »
Friday, June 23rd, 2006
I stole this from Tracy, but I get to do 8 more.
Jesus
My darling wife, who can irritate me better than anyone but who I still want to spend all my time with.
My amazing girls. Chloe, Cassie and Shayla are my premiere source of joy.
Arriving at the office first thing in ...
Posted in Entertainment, Family, What I Am Loving | 10 Comments »
Friday, June 16th, 2006
I tried. I really did.
3 years ago, my parents gave me their 1996 Chevy Lumina. We were down to 1 car and rapidly approaching the day the lease would expire on that one.
Babies and losses on houses that we had bought precluded us buying anything new.
So, they gave us their ...
Posted in Family, What I Am Loving | 8 Comments »
Monday, May 29th, 2006
We decided to go to Antioch Community Church yesterday. This is the place that was the home church for Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry back in the day.
The sermon was great, but long. The preacher was beginning a series on all the different generations in their community. Looked promising.
Worship was ...
Posted in Asides, Church, Family | 8 Comments »
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
I've got a week off before I begin the summer series. We are trying to figure out where to go to church tomorrow.
I keep telling Tracy we're going to the Unitarian Universalist church. They have a special service tomorrow where the minister sits in a rocking chair and people in ...
Posted in Asides, Church, Family | 4 Comments »
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
It's official: there is no insurance money for us. The adjuster came by today to personally twist the knife. If it had hailed we would have been covered.
Texas had some of the highest home-owners rates in the country. For what? In case an airplane crashes into our playroom? ...
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Monday, May 15th, 2006
Just an update. Our house is completely sans carpet.
My promised moratorium on insurance will not happen. They refuse to pay anything. Therefore, my hatred of all things insurance increases that much more.
I know, I know. There was an exclusion for this type of thing in the policy. They are completely ...
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Sunday, May 14th, 2006
So, we come home from church this afternoon to a house that is completely flooded.
Some Mother's Day for Tracy, huh? And Happy Birthday too, hon.
It seems that while we were worshiping and chowing down at Chili's Too (on the lovely Baylor campus) our little tract o'Waco got hit with the ...
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Sunday, May 7th, 2006
Shayla, I never stop being surprised by you.
I did not expect another child. I was surprised when we found out your mommy was pregnant.
I did not expect another girl. I was surprised when I found out I would be even more outnumbered.
I did not expect to love you ...
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Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Or, Insurance
Health insurance had never been a problem for me personally. I had been covered throughout my adult life either through self-employment or by the church I worked for.
Now, granted, I did not have any grandiose notions about the benevolence or the ethics of health insurance companies. For three years ...
Posted in Family, How Did I Get Here, Politics, Scandal, Social Conscience | 20 Comments »