Category: Life
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Educating in a Pandemic
Life is hard, especially when making decisions that could impact you, your family, or others in drastic ways. The pandemic has put a twist on just about everything we took for granted. From going grocery shopping, athletic events, church, and probably worst of all, school. To have to make a decision to withhold a child…
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Dilbert
Scott Adams makes me laugh almost every time I read one of his comic strips. Laughing in a time like this has been critical for me. I have been reading Dilbert for a long, long time. He puts a fun spin on workplace environments and reminds me not to take things too seriously. I rarely…
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Letter to My Wife
I appreciate you. I don’t say that nearly enough. Appreciate is a commonly used word but I feel that it’s lost its true meaning: recognize the full worth of. This weekend, when we got the chance to talk between just the 2 of us (which is a rarity), I realized how much I take you…
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Minnie Mouse
I remain in touch with one of the very first friends that I ever had. How many people can say that? We started “hanging out” in 1st grade, grew up together, went to separate colleges, were in each other’s weddings, and continue to stay in touch today (even though we live ~850 miles away from…
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Tangrams
I like puzzles that challenge me to think but also aren’t impossible to solve. Tangrams have that perfect balance of complexity. The tangram puzzle consists of 7 geometric pieces which are normally boxed in the shape of a square. The pieces, called “tans”, are used to create different patterns including animals, people, numbers, geometric shapes…
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Our New Wall!
I have been wanting to do something with one of the walls in our living room for awhile. I found this post online about engineering prints and I loved the idea (link here). I had the kids get all dressed up, waiting until we had some good daylight flowing into our house and snapped some…
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I Love You to the Moon
For every scroll saw project that I work on, I am going to create a new post to provide the recipient with some additional information about their project and why I chose to do what I did. I am fairly new to scroll sawing and reached out on Facebook to see if anyone was interested…
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Sienna: 3 Month Update
Three months down! A little late but better than never. 🙂 Sleep – When I started writing this post right at 3 months we were struggling so much with sleep. She was doing “okay” right before but there were weeks that had been really rough. We had multiple night wakings (some nights 4!) And naps had…
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Sienna: 2 Month Update
Another month gone by with baby Sienna! Sleep – Still in the midst of sleep deprivation for sure! She typically goes a 3-6 hour stretch for her first sleep at night (4.5 hours is her typical, but it can start as early at 7 pm) and then eats one more time before being up for the…
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Effects of Kids on My Marriage (Part 5 of Birth Story Series)
At some point before we were married, I told Kacie I didn’t want to have kids. I looked at my three older sisters and the impact that kids had on their relationships and decided that wasn’t for me. Not that they had bad relationships or anything, just the commitment it takes from both sides to…
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Sienna: 1 Month Update
I’m going to do my best to keep up with Sienna’s monthly updates on the blog but definitely no promises! Sleep – Newborn sleep is really sporadic and it’s hard not knowing what you’re going to get each day and night. We have some really good sleep days where she takes good naps, goes down easily…