A New Day

Had bad dreams last night – of the night my mom called to say that Dad was gone. We had had torrential rains in the days prior and the water had gotten into the phone lines. When Mom called at about 11:30PM, I could barely understand what she was saying, let alone fathom the implications [...]

Projects and Tasks

Weekends are for relaxing… or at least they should be. Saturday was filled with being stuck in traffic on the way to pick up some hardwood flooring for a home office renovation project, followed by some heavy lifting getting that flooring into the house. Sunday had errands sandwiched between laundry and grocery shopping. I did [...]

She’s Only Three

That’s what I try to keeping telling myself when my daughter tries to assert her independence and get her way. It isn’t all about her, but to her it is. I have to be everywhere and everything while caring for her. Men just aren’t wired for multi-tasking at that level. We are designed to go [...]

Stuck at Home

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love the time I have gotten to spend with my daughter, but taking care a three year old is tough. I would much rather be working a “real” job somewhere. It’s not all bad, but the monotony can really wear on your nerves. I just want to get back [...]