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And Fun.) 2014-03-02 Fire Protection Update 2014-02-26 My "Low" for Today 2014-01-26 We're the Monsters Who Don't Believe in Santa Claus 2014-01-07 What I Learned From Polar Vortex 2014 2013-12-18 Today I Learned my Family has been in America since Jamestown 2013-08-11 Ch-ch-changes, 2013 Edition 2012-09-16 On My Anniversary, to My Wife 2012-08-11 Febrile Seizures: "This is the Seizure You Want to Have"...Wait, WHAT? 2012-05-04 On the other side of moving. Exhausted. 2011-09-28 Blogger.com 2011-05-04 Instantaneous midlife crisis, and the reply thereto 2011-03-11 Mea Culpa, Dave Ramsey: We bought a bed. Okay, it's paid off...now 2010-04-07 Now, she can breathe 2010-03-08 And that's married life.... 2010-01-25 The weekend that was, and other musings 2009-10-13 A strange sort of love story 2009-05-26 Memorial Day Hangover 2009-05-18 Bizarro Dream of the weekend.... 2009-01-05 Maria overcomes vacu-phobia 2009-01-05 The Break, Summarized 2008-12-27 On Finding it Impossible to relax... 2008-12-16 Joining the 21st century 2008-12-16 Joining the 21st century 2008-11-28 (FINALLY) New England Photos 2008-11-05 Memoir: 21 Months and loving it 2008-10-20 Quickie: "Quid pro quo" is dumb 2008-10-20 Weekend--moving bedrooms 2008-10-01 Maybe selling the BMW today... 2008-09-14 What happens when you get what you want... 2008-09-08 Quickies: The weekend that was... 2008-08-25 Quickie: "Frugal" is... 2008-08-25 Quickie: "Frugal" is... 2008-08-25 Quickie: One Family, under Allergies, with sniffles and Kleenex for All 2008-08-15 Guest Editorial -- Enter Pampered Chef 2008-08-15 Guest Editorial -- Enter Pampered Chev 2008-08-08 Reflections: Second Grade 2008-08-08 Reflections: Second Grade 2008-08-04 On Responsibility 2008-08-02 Three hundred miles, 3 dealers, 1 awesome tiring day 2008-07-07 How I spent my 4th of July... 2008-07-07 How I spent my 4th of July... 2008-06-25 On "Relaxing" Vacations 2008-05-27 Payback: Whitney's 10-year reunion 2008-04-16 Birthday wishes 2008-02-28 Off work for a couple days + quote of the day. 2008-01-02 Maria's first migraine 2007-10-11 Maria Update II 2007-10-01 Near tragedy... 2007-09-04 Courtesy of Joey... 2007-04-10 Why I'd be a bad housewife 2007-03-28 Oh, Hail! 2007-02-11 The condensed version: Maria coming into the world 2007-01-07 An old fashioned automotive resolution. 2006-11-19 Relaxation, day Zero 2006-11-07 weekend in reverse: the e34 fiasco 2006-10-29 The weekend of car shopping. . .no luck yet. 2006-10-26 The end of 'Sharkey' 2006-10-19 Whitney's accident 2006-10-15 The New Cardinal workshop 2006-10-02 As promised...ultrasound! 2006-10-02 As promised...ultrasound! 2006-09-11 Quoted from my household 2006-08-11 The next family truckster.... 2006-08-11 Mooching pics from others... 2006-07-29 Reports from the frontlines--DATELINE BEATTYVILLE 2006-07-08 Just overheard at our house 2006-06-22 Happy Father's Day! 2006-06-18 VBS -- a retrospective 2006-06-16 On random things 2006-06-04 The shortest PKI trip ever 2006-05-15 Weekend in review 2006-04-11 Negotiations 2006-03-20 Quick hits.... 2006-01-06 Bella pulls a "me" 2005-12-27 On buying a car...phase 1 2005-12-15 On (almost) making a fire 2005-10-15 Well, at least he's already circumsized 2005-10-09 The weekend that was...painting. 2005-09-30 The wedding summation 2005-09-28 I'm back, and I'm MARRIED! 2005-09-13 On becoming a curmudgeon 2005-07-24 Kings Island. 2005-07-10 the saga of the wayward oldsmobile 2005-06-28 The new house 2005-05-01 Miscellaneous 2004-12-15 Buying a 2004 GTO 2004-06-25 undefined 2004-06-19 Sometimes, you shut up