Category Archives: Family

A 7 Year Old Magpie

October 10, 2007 – 8:52 am

Our own Margaret turns 7 years old today. Happy birthday, sweetheart!
Hard to believe that our youngest is now that far along in life. I guess this parenting adventure won’t last forever after all!

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Weekend To-Do: Postmortem

October 8, 2007 – 8:41 am

Prove that I’m still constitutionally capable of eating nothing that isn’t fried for a 24 hour period. Regret it.
Attend library book sale. Feel inordinately pleased with myself for finding several books and CDs, the existence of which I’d been previously unaware and without which my life would have been no less rich.
Spend 92 minutes mulling [...]

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Pedernales Falls State Park Romp

September 26, 2007 – 1:53 pm

Over the weekend, the three youngest kids, Kathy and I met up with Chris, Becky, and Mom McMains for a long afternoon at Pedernales Falls State Park. We enjoyed a picnic overlooking the falls, nibbling from each other’s collections of goodies and catching up on the goings-on in each others lives. Floating through the falls [...]

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Weekend To-Do: Postmortem

September 17, 2007 – 8:11 am

Take youngest daughter to river. Get sunburned head. Consider Hair Club for Men or gluing a chinchilla to my noggin.
Get attacked by oldest daughter with cleverly captured goose. In retribution, use telepathic powers to make goose poop on her shoe.
Plan reunion of old friends. Have it dissolve utterly. Eat fourteen pounds of leftover sandwiches.
Play tag [...]

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Back to School

August 28, 2007 – 11:50 am

Kathy started classes at the University again this past Wednesday, while the kids kicked off their academic year yesterday. Though Kathy’s ardor for school hasn’t dimmed a bit over the summer, the kids were ambivalent about their return. Fortunately, their teachers seem like decent folks, and the prospect of getting to see all of their [...]

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Draw, Pardner

August 20, 2007 – 9:59 am

Emily has started posting a lot of her art over here. In my completely unbiased opinion, it’s pretty awesome. Check it out!

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A Day with Abigail

August 15, 2007 – 8:22 am

Last Thursday, I skipped out of work so that Abigail and I could spend the day together before school starts back up for her. She had entreated me to bring her to The Simpsons Movie, so we started the day with a visit to the movie theater at Barton Creek Square Mall to see the [...]

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Back Issues Online

August 8, 2007 – 3:46 pm

I finally got around to fiddling with some code today to get my old weblog content imported here. You can now read all of my posts back to March 2000 if you have nothing better to do. (I assure you, however, you do.)
In other news, today is Abigail’s 11th birthday! Be sure to lavish love, [...]

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Weekend To-Do: Postmortem

August 6, 2007 – 11:00 am

Post job opening to Craig’s List. Wonder why it doesn’t appear on the site. Email support. Fail to receive reply. Realize one gets what one pays for.
Go to airport to retrieve 15 year old. Scoff at 10 year old’s suggestions that repeated schedule changes are airline’s way of “breaking it to you gently that the [...]

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But How Much Longer Will I Be Able To Outsmart Them?

July 10, 2007 – 6:47 pm

Just got a call from Shawn, a friend of mine. Here’s the reconstructed transcript:

Maggie: Hello?
Shawn: Can I speak with your Dad?
Maggie: Who is it?
Shawn: The President.
Maggie: Daddy! It’s Mister Shawn!
Me: Hello?
Shawn: Dude, your kids are getting too smart.
Me: Yeah, Maggie’s pretty much the brains of this operation.

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