I called my contact over at Texell on Friday after lunch, hoping for an update on this car that was purchased in my name. She had just gotten the whole ordeal figured out just prior to my call. Since I was once a member of this credit union, they still had all of [...]

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I received a letter in the mail yesterday from Texell, a credit union that we were once members of when we lived in Temple while I was working at Scott & White. This was a welcome letter, indicating that our new savings account had been activated and inviting me to come into a branch [...]

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I left the house at 7 p.m. last night and headed south on 35. I got to San Antonio around 9 p.m. and Claudine (yes, I’ve named my GPS) told me how to get to my hotel. Adrian drove over shortly after I’d gotten my room key, put my things away and chatted [...]

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Elise and Maly left for vacation at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning. I’ve been a bachelor ever since. Saturday consisted of watering the lawn (and it rained 3 hours later), then buying, cutting, staining and installing new slats for our heirloom lawn chairs.

The one on the left is the “new” one.
I spent the [...]

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Matt Harding has a pretty kick ass job. He travels the globe, does his dance, and Stride Gum picks up the tab. The videos themselves are inspiring. They make me want to escape the daily grind, escape the “bubble” and experience our world. And dance badly, which I’m very good at.
Here’s [...]

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With the help of my friend, Rob, and the fact that my wife and daughter are going to be out of town for almost two weeks starting tomorrow, I have decided to indulge in the creation of The Ultimate Bacon Sundae (or “TUBS” for short):
Candied bacon ice cream, topped with chocolate-covered bacon and served in [...]

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A month ago I started an action plan to kill our consolidated student loans. In that month, I’ve thrown $2,638.09 at that loan. I sold $2,194.64 worth of Disney and Microsoft shares. I made our standard $218.09 and I’ve since doubled up on that payment by sending an additional $220 that gets [...]

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I found out at 4 p.m. today that I’m a bone marrow match for the 43-year-old male who has Myelodysplastic Syndrome.
I’m a match. I’M A MATCH!!!
Three months ago I was told that I had a 1/200 chance of being a match. I’m that match.
I can’t put into words what that means to me. [...]

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Elise went to her Mothers of Ministry Sharing (MOMS) group at her church tonight. It was just Maly and me. After dinner we went for a quick walk down the street, then back to the house to just hang out on the driveway, sitting in our lawn chairs and watching Ray water his [...]

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I gave Maly her bath tonight. We followed our usual ritual, for the most part. She ran out of our room when it was time to put on her diaper. I called for her. She didn’t come back. I called again. No response. I aggressively called. No [...]

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