Colleen and I (mostly Colleen) spent some of this morning emptying the refrigerator because it too, decided it was not in the mood to keep our food fresh.  I also am quite disappointed that Sears is not reading this website because they cannot send a technician out until tomorrow (if they had read this, they [...]

Last night we got another package of baby stuff from the Friedmans (to go with the surprise box of books from the other day). It is always a treat when a box marked with their return address arrives.
When we opened the box there was a giant foam alphabet puzzle mat for Avery. The [...]

Ok, Sears, when you read this can you come by the house somewhere between 1 and 5pm tomorrow? We have a busted freezer - again. Seems that the freezer does not want to freeze. Who would have thought that a freezer is supposed to keep food frozen? Why would someone want [...]

I was forwarded an article written by Shel Holtz this afternoon on “maybe not all blogs should be journalism“, and this topic is obviously one that is quite dear to my heart. Are bloggers journalists? Certainly not in all cases, and as an athlete at the 2004 Olympics I blogged and I kept [...]

Yesterday Colleen and I visited friends.  It was a good time except for the one unexpected occurance.  For some reason one of the friends scared the holy hell out of our daughter when she got too close to him.  It was definitely a first. 
Neither Colleen or myself had ever seen anything like that happen, [...]

As stated earlier we had our sitter here watching Avery last night. What did that mean? We had to clean up. It was almost like when housekeepers come. For some reason you always have to clean before the pros come to clean.
We recently signed up for a housecleaning service for every [...]

Here I sit - maybe regretting the fact that I wrote about Avery understanding weekends last Saturday.  Avery has been up since sometime before six this morning.  Normally, I honestly would not care because Avery’s early-birdness is an excuse for me to get some exercise in. 
This morning though?  Not fun.  The reason?  It is [...]

The greatest thing in the world is to wake up in the morning as your daughter is being put down for a nap, and when she recognizes you, she smiles and wiggles and just wants to see you.

Tonight at the grocery store I thought about buying Avery a jar of Peach Cobbler.  I decided against it.
When I got home I mentioned it to Colleen.  What was her response?  "Mmm.  What was in it?"  I do not know… "peaches and cobbler" maybe.
Then she says - "you know, pears are good."
Excuse me?
"Yeah, baby food [...]

Ok, please inform me why we are paying for someone to sit at our house, watch TV, and "watch" our child tomorrow night - all while she is sleeping.
Just another reason why babysitting could be the most lucrative job in the United States.