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Category Archives: The Wife
Air drag deployed (part 6: Sold)
While my insurance adjuster was looking for my old car, I was looking at a new one. Kim, Matthew, and I spent that Saturday at nearby dealership, test-driving multiple models and evaluating colors. We finally settled on one that afternoon … Continue reading
Air drag deployed (part 5: Stalled)
That weekend, I left a message for my claim contact, between her bankers’ hours. Her message had said she had a few questions about the accident, so I recapped it as best I could in a voicemail message – not … Continue reading
Air drag deployed (part 4: Scrutiny)
Back home, I had the first message from my claim contact. She had called while I was still dealing with the accident, and I thought she must really be on top of things. That was the last time I thought … Continue reading
Air drag deployed (part 3: Scoob?)
The tow truck arrived about ten minutes later. The guy got out and my first thought was “a right jolly old elf.” He didn’t quite look like Santa, but…he looked like Santa. Perhaps Santa’s southern cousin. He was rotund and … Continue reading
Air drag deployed (part 2: Shock)
Once I forced my car to hobble onto the shoulder, I turned off the ignition, looked further ahead, and partially solved the mystery of the missing second party. Maybe 300 yards in front of me (I’m a horrible judge of … Continue reading
Dan folds
It was September 12, 2001. I was stuck in Peoria, Illinois, where I’d been when the previous day’s attacks had occurred. I’d come for a communicators’ conference, which had ended early and left me more or less stranded there while … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Family, Life and how to live it, Music, Nostalgia, The Kids, The Wife
Tagged 9/11, baby, Ben Folds, college, growing up, parenting, Peoria, Rockin' the Suburbs, Still Fighting It
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Watching and learning…and wishing
Eighteen years ago, everything changed for us. That was the day we finally met Christopher, aka Doodlebug, aka Doodle McScootle, aka Scooter, aka CB, aka Mister Christer (those last two words should rhyme, by the way), after a long, nine-month … Continue reading
Posted in Birthdays, Family, Father's Day, Life and how to live it, The Kids, The Wife
Tagged 18, adult, baby, birthday, Episcopalian, Father's Day, humor, intellectual, son
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…Under the hood
The capper on yesterday’s list of admittedly first-world problems was a movie spoiler. Something related to being in a theater. So it was only fitting that the turnaround came from being in a theatre (and yes, I intentionally spelled them … Continue reading
Over the top…
I don’t know how to start this blog entry any more than I knew how to start this day. I only hope the entry ends as well as the day did. I woke up from either a bad dream that … Continue reading
Posted in Hassles, Health, Life and how to live it, Parenting, The Kids, The Wife
Tagged Avengers, cats, commitments, depression, exhaustion, high blood pressure, humor, Infinity War, spoilers, stress, work
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Silver lining
Twenty-five years ago, at 5:21 p.m. on January 2, our priest pronounced me and Kim “husband and wife.” I’ve already blogged the awkward love story that eventually led to that moment, and I’ve shared a lot about our life together … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Family, Holidays, Life and how to live it, Nostalgia, Religion, The Wife
Tagged 25th, anniversary, Christmas, Episcopal, humor, New Year's Eve, playoffs, silver, wedding
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