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About David

A college-educated, Michigan farm boy born in the mid 60s. He's taken a variety of broken and sometimes misdirected paths to finally reach the woman of his dreams. Mistakes and bad choices were made along the way, but each experience - positive and negative - helped to make (shape) him into who he is today and prepare him to be Sandi's partner in every possible way.

About Sandi

A graduate of the school of hard knocks; she is a driven and focused mom from Texas finishing not one, but two college degrees concurrently. She's the techie of this pair who has an affinity for photography, reading, psychology, education and making faces. A future college professor, she answers every challenge with a plan of action and solution, not a whine and cry about life not being fair. She holds David's heart in the palm of her hand - no, the right one.

About Captain Stinky (Josh)

Josh is our 11 year old star soccer goalie. He loves hockey and can't imagine life without his Wii in it. He adores his sisters as much as they adore him, and is quite the amazing big brother.

Captain Stinky (Feet) is his self-proclaimed super hero name, and since the preteen hormones have been spiking, his feet aren't the only things get that so stinky.

His heart's desire is to make as many friends in his new Florida home as he had in his Texas one.

About The Twins

Our fraternal twins were born at 34 weeks on August 6, 2008. Hannah is the oldest by 1 minute, and she is our little pistol. She is curious beyond measure and into everything she can reach. Morgan is the youngest, and is the easy-going one. She loves music and wants to either be making her own or dancing to her own beat.

It’s almost here…

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Two years ago, the world shifted on its axis. The wind stopped blowing, the earth stopped spinning and even the deepest, darkest reaches of space brightened. Within three minutes two beautiful girls….two beautiful girls that I helped create….entered the world. Sure, the wind picked up again, the earth started spinning again and the darkest depths [...]

Happy Endings

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Sandi and I were talking today about how we met. How she tried (in vain) to keep me at arms length. Why? Because she was afraid. Afraid it wouldn’t work. Afraid that it would turn out as disastrous as her earlier marriage (or mine). She said she was afraid that there wouldn’t be a ‘happy [...]

Welcome to 2010

Friday, January 1st, 2010

So is it “twenty-ten” or “two thousand-ten”? How will you refer to the new year? My resolution for what will be my 45th year of life is this: no resolutions. I was in bed by 9:30 last night, so I missed the big whoop-la. Big deal. My nephew sent me a text at 4 am [...]

An old, bitter man

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

I have become an old, bitter man. I see always the negative and ugly before the positive and beautiful. I am so far beyond cynical, I see ulterior motives for ulterior motives. And my words, often spoken without thinking, hurt deeply the ones I love the most. I have heard this a number of times [...]

Dear Blog,

Friday, October 9th, 2009

I’m sorry I haven’t written in so long. I could give excuses, like how I’m back in school and the kids are a 29 hour a day job, but the truth is that with FaceBook, I’m not quite the blogger I used to be. (Which means, if you guys want to, find me there and [...]

Swine Flu: The Aftermath

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Josh headed back to school today, beginning what will be his second week of school — having missed the actual second week of school because he was home with swine flu. Per the doctor’s instructions, he wore a mask until this past Sunday when he was no longer considered contagious. He was confined mostly to [...]

The honeymoon is over

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

It’s true. I came to that realization yesterday while I felt the blood trickling down my leg, knowing there was no one who could save me. All the blood in my body could have spilled out on the floor and Sandi would have only said “Did you find the file box yet?” After only being [...]

Some late July rambling…

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

…thoughts and stuff that have been tumbling around in my head: I live 3.8 miles from work. I live 5.2 miles from the nearest Hooters restaurant. One year ago, I was about to begin full-time at work. My brother turns 41 tomorrow. Holy shit he’s old. I have swam in the ocean (Gulf) at least [...]

Little Moments

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

This morning — which began at 5 am when Sandi and I decided Hannah could just cry herself back to sleep (and she did until 6:40) — Sandi noted that we will never remember all the little moments with the girls. The expressions on their faces as they try out new muscles. The little noises [...]

Arbitrary

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

I am amazed that the Chiapet people think that making an Obama chia head could in any way be construed as “honoring the President”.

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