Hooray! We found out today that we are having a baby girl in December (93% accurate) . And Doctor says she looks all healthy and normal.
So, I can expect a sudden influx of pale pink, white lace, and all manner of teeth-rottingly-sweet things entering my home. We are all manner of excited and pleased and […]
My cousin, Mick, besides having stepped into the shoes of his famous grandfather, B.C. comic artist Johnny Hart, is also developing his own strip:
Good luck, Mick. And I’m so proud you have kept B.C. alive.
~Aaron
In case you haven’t heard, I have accepted a position with the U.S. Army as a civilian employee of ISEC. What I discovered after accepting, and turning in my notice is that I have to legally swear my allegiance to the Government of these United States:
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United […]
I remember my mom being very strict about thank you notes as I was growing up. She insisted that everyone who sent a gift or did something very nice got a handwritten thank you note directly from me.
I was pretty spoiled, with a plentitude of grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends that showered me at […]
I have a friend who refuses to go out on 4th of July or New Year’s Eve. She says there is just too much pressure to have fun and have “the perfect holiday” and that it inevitably leads to disappointment and frustration.
I have struggled with the notion of holiday pressure with Christmas in the past […]
Our son is 2 1/2 now and has entered that stage where he must watch everything multiple times and wants the same book read over and over. He asks us “Huh?” all the time, I think mainly to get us to repeat ourselves, not so much because he didn’t hear or understand the first time.
I […]
My kid is terrified of the Easter Bunny. I don’t blame him. It’s weird that we think it’s cute to subject our children to grown people dressed up in costume, pretending to be a fictional character. The kids know that bunnies don’t really walk upright and talk to us and they are freaked out that […]
It’s snowing in Southern AZ! I know many people out there have to scrape and shovel every day but we don’t expect to have to scrape our windshields on St. Patrick’s day 20 miles from the Mexican border! The snow on the mountains is gorgeous, though and I do enjoy that.
My mother-in-law (Grandma Suzie, Aaron’s mom) […]
We went to the Arizona Renaissance Faire over the weekend and realized something totally not fair - we’ve grown up! We both used to be enamored of all the “cool” jewelry and stuff you could get at the Faire. But it’s just not our style anymore.
The clothing and weaponry are still gorgeous but even if […]
Megan and I have decided to combine the two blogs we (ok, mostly I) were running. But I found that I was writing about very personal stuff here, and that was the stuff people read and commented on. Besides, my wife really likes the decor on this blog. Serene and not Herd’s logo has become […]
