Helana & Co. + Monday night futbol

We had the good fortune to see our long lost friend Helana yesterday afternoon when she stopped in with her husband Michael and their kids Keith and Brett in tow. Michael works as a crane operator for General Motors in Ontario, Canada, while Helana plays Super Mom. As...

An early take on November

It’s time to start some political handicapping, and as those of you who remember my adventures and pontifications in the 2000 presidential election will recall, I have no problem going out on a limb to say what I think. So here it is this time around: Bush will...

Good ol’ weekend

I spent yesterday up in Portland with Garr and his girlfriend Adrienne. I’d not met Adrienne before other than in passing at a loligo concert some years past (she plays violin, I believe). We lunched at Cricket Cafe in SE. Good food, lousy service. Worked a few...

10 years

Today is Erin’s and my 10 year anniversary. It’s been a glorious time. We continue to be enormously blessed, with love and support flowing in from family and friends, with relatively good health, with the financial resources we need to raise a family, and...

Here we go Davison, here we go!

I am not wanting for things to do during my days. Here’s the latest on the remodel: Except for a pesky shelf, I’ve finished installing the closet organizer in the master bedroom. Very much looking forward to filling the thing. Erin painted the trim this...