Life With Boys

Monday evening we got a call from Papa Mike — “I found a tick — you may want to check the boys.” So we did and found nothing. Tuesday in the bathtub Tyler was convinced every freckle was a tick. “I found a tick” “No that’s a mole.” “I found a tick” “No that’s a… Continue reading

Once a summer I take the boys to have professional photos done (I like Sears because you can get all the photos that are taken on a CD that day plus the copyright release so you can play with them all you want). I really didn’t think we were going to have any luck this… Continue reading

At a garage sale last summer I got a box of about 50 kids audio tapes — a great deal if you have a tape player still. Anyway, in the car we were listening to a sing-along version of “Yankee Doodle” which of course could not be accepted as just a funky little song by… Continue reading

While we were in Hilton Head my BIL Brian took the kids crabbing (the act of putting a collapsible basket with a chicken drumstick tied to it in the water and waiting) The other night Morgan asked if next time we couldn’t go “sharking” instead. Continue reading

The boys spent the weekend with Grandma and Papa Oser so we could go to the Dave Matthews concert. Luckily they have a Grandpa who is patient enough to take them fishing — ’cause I’m not about to do it 🙂 Continue reading

Media-recovery record — original post confirmed. The June 6, 2008 FeedBlitz mailing confirms this Blogger post and preserves its title and URL, but no prose appears beneath the title in the surviving digest. The evidence does not establish whether the original post contained prose or was primarily images/media, so no text has been invented. Original… Continue reading

Partial original recovered from FeedBlitz. Hilton Head Mindy has the best ones, but I’m still waiting for her to send them my way — for now this gives you at least a taste of the Beck’s in Hilton Head. Recovery note: This is the exact surviving text from the June 6, 2008 FeedBlitz email for… Continue reading

Media-recovery record — original post confirmed. FeedBlitz lists “Computer Desktop Wallpaper …” among the recent May 2008 Blogger posts and preserves the original URL. No body text survives in the mailing. Based on the title, this appears to have been image-oriented, but the original media has not yet been identified and no text has been… Continue reading

Media-recovery record — original post confirmed. FeedBlitz lists “Papa Dave Show the Grandkids how to skim board … almost …” among the recent May 2008 Blogger posts and preserves the original URL. No body text survives in the mailing. The title strongly suggests that the lost content included photo/video media, but no missing prose has… Continue reading

Media-recovery record — original post confirmed. FeedBlitz lists “Sweet Potato Queens Parade …” among the recent May 2008 Blogger posts and preserves the original URL, but the surviving mailing does not include the body. The title and surrounding trip evidence suggest a photo/media-heavy post, but the surviving sources do not prove whether additional prose existed.… Continue reading