Life With Boys

Last night Matt found this for the boys and of course they thought it was the coolest thing in the world. (And I can’t tell you how many times they replayed it. There are other versions too.) So cool that they were still singing it this morning. So when I handed Morgan his stuffed animal… Continue reading

When Tyler gets a hold of my camera I end up with about 50 photos like this Continue reading

Tyler started first grade Wednesday — was he excited — well he arrived in my room at 5:54 a.m. dressed and ready to go it that is any indication. (Thursday we were back to dragging him out of bed again.) And the homework power struggle has already begun. Seems this year he has a “red… Continue reading

Didn’t realize I hadn’t posted in a bit — I have a reason though — I’ve been trapped on memory lane. You see in April when I went to help my Dad get ready for his garage sale I gathered up all the negatives and slides I could find and sent them in to ScanCafe… Continue reading

Cousin Byron has been in from Vancouver this past weekend and the short visit was filled with activity — lunch at Beaver Dam, swimming, St. Louis Science Center and of course a Cardinals game (where much junk food was consumed by all). Continue reading

Did you know 1 in 3 people has depression? I could put suffers from depression, but I hate that. Went off Imipramine due to dryness of mucous membranes to the point of bloody noses and weight gain. It also wasn’t helping. I was in a pretty dark place. And it didn’t help that it was… Continue reading

Recovering from surgery has pros and cons … Cons … I was intubated during surgery and turns out my throat, well actually my uvula (the hangy down thing in the back of your throat) was so swollen it was touching my tongue. I’m now on a lot of steroids to get things back in order.… Continue reading

Got home about 10 a.m. — sleeping off the drugs. Will post more later. Continue reading

Just FYI — I’m having a planned surgery tomorrow morning to repair a hernia. (It’s an incisional hernia from my gallbladder operation in 05 — I thought it was scar tissue — it’s not.) I’m actually looking forward to being off work for a week. And not being able to lift anything for 6 weeks… Continue reading

From an enewletter I get … THE PRICE OF GAS VERSUS PRINTER INK All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; they just illustrate how high some prices are …. Puts prices in perspective. Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 … $10.32 per gallonLipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 … $9.52 per gallonGatorade 20… Continue reading