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The Past and the Future

I treasure life’s unique experiences, especially those that come out of nowhere. Last weekend, I had one of those experiences. I went to two parties on one weekend – one for our 96-year-old Baba and a first-year birthday party for … Continue reading

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Date Night – Flirting in a Bookstore – The Books

So, for our date night, below is the list of the types of books we were tasked with finding. It’s kind of a cool way of spending some time together and certainly got us looking at books we normally wouldn’t … Continue reading

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Date Night – Flirting in a Bookstore

Time to Talk About Date Nights One of the hardest things to do with work and hockey games and concerts and sick kids and exhausted husbands is to find couple time. For a wedding gift, a friend, Sheila Watson, gave … Continue reading

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Top 10 things I Will Never Hear as a Parent

Top 10 things I will never hear as a parent Joe, thanks so much for getting us to bed on time so we can get a good night’s sleep and not be complete asshats the next day. Joe, thanks for … Continue reading

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10 Best Kid Smells

The list of bad kid smells could fill a book, but maybe there is another side – Smells that are awesome and you pretty much only get them around kids. Crayons. Now this could just be me, but opening up … Continue reading

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10 Things I Had To Leave Behind

10 Things I Had To Leave Behind Nowadays, the airlines have limits on the baggage weight. So, being a ‘rules’ guy, and having heard that Allegiant airlines was pretty strict about their baggage weight, I didn’t want to take anything … Continue reading

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Pi Squared

I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a beautiful movie. Ok, sure, there is absolutely no pie in this movie, but what it lacks in pictures of tasty pastry, it more than makes up for with stunning visuals, characters we … Continue reading

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