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Happiness: Finding joy in the small ordinary things
I thought I would be the one teaching my son the important lessons of life, but every day I think he is the one teaching me some really important things. Today we were on the Staten Island Ferry so we … Continue reading
Happiness: When your crying baby falls asleep
Happiness is when your crying baby finally falls asleep while on an airplane. Few things are more stressful than being on a full flight in the middle of the plane and having your baby crying, screaming and annoying everybody, so … Continue reading
Ouray Ice Climbing
My Dad invited me to go ice climbing a few weeks ago, and without really thinking about it, I said I would go. I had no idea what ice climbing was, what equipment is used, how far away the place … Continue reading
Healthy Lifestyle Challenge
So I haven’t dieted since my short lived high school wrestling career. I have never been interested in counting calories or eating a specific number of fruits and vegetables. Nor have I exercised because I just wanted to be healthier.Unfortunately, … Continue reading
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No Flood- Tender Mercy
Received a tender mercy of the Lord today. Minutes after we got home from a movie, and being gone for four hours, we heard a loud gushing sound. I thought water was boiling over, but it was coming from downstairs. … Continue reading
My 2011 Year in Review
I have a tradition at the end of the year to review my journal and write down the highlights or interesting things that we’ve done. I did that this year, but as I was going through each day I couldn’t … Continue reading
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Letter from Liam- Goals 2012
Dear Padres, I heard you guys talking a lot about goals and so I wanted to write down a few of my own. I need to communicate this with you because I’ll need your help until at least the end … Continue reading
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England Highlights- The beginning- Stonehenge and Salisbury
We landed in London and we confidently walked to get our rental car. That all went smoothly. They gave us the car keys and we went on our way. I went to jump in the car and was kindly reminded … Continue reading
England/Ireland Trip Highlights- Getting there
We didn’t want to take one long flight with Liam, so we broke up our flight out to London, into shorter flights- New York during the day, overnight flight the next day to Iceland (cheaper ticket), and then after one … Continue reading
Journal Writing Day #1: Just Write
Several hours of my life have been spent arguing the merits of just getting something done no matter how good the result versus the thinking that if anything worth doing is worth doing well. There are truths to both of … Continue reading
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