Elise left last night at 10:30 for Luling so she could get a hotel room and be ready bright and early for a photo shoot with Marc. I woke up bright-eyed today and did my usual morning ritual. I heard Maly playing in her crib a little before 8. Riley and I [...]

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Elise and Maly were setting off to go to the grocery store yesterday afternoon when Elise found that the Expedition wouldn’t start. I got up this morning and tried to start it because my being a man means that I can use my innate mechanical wherewithal to turn the key in the ignition to [...]

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I made a mad dash to the grocery store after work on Friday to pick up steaks and other miscellany for Saturday’s dinner. I got home, started a fire in the fireplace, turned the TV to one of those digital music channels and started making a marinade for the steaks before Elise and Maly [...]

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Dear Maly,

You turned 21-months-old this week. During this past month you’ve seemed to become a fully functioning, self-reliant human being. You’re starting to embrace your independence and take on life’s little challenges; like how many times can we all watch Finding Nemo in a single day.
You LOVE the movie Finding Nemo. It wouldn’t [...]

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I received an email from Dreamhost this morning stating:
This is just a notice that your DreamHost Account has a balance of $208.95 (including any charges not
due until 2009-01-24), with $208.95 due (since 2008-12-24).
You also have $189.05 past due (owed since 2008-11-24), and if
by 2009-01-24 you do not pay at least the $189.05 part, your
account will [...]

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It’s 2:00 p.m. as I write this. 2:00 p.m. Keep that time in mind.
Elise and I got a HDTV for Christmas this year. It’s a nice TV, too. And we were really happy to get it. We brought it home and I got it all hooked up with our newly [...]

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The girls and I spent Christmas at Mom’s this year. Christmas morning was a blast with Maly and, of course, the day was all about her. I filmed the majority of the morning and as all of the present opening was coming to an end, I thought, “Awesome! I have 53 minutes [...]

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