quarantined.

yard work, gettin’ done I’ve been working from home since March 10th, about a week before everyone was ordered to stay home and the schools…

The art of not being hustled

My older son may be becoming a grifter. Not a professional one, at least not yet. But I can see the little sparks here and…

end of year wrap up, or 2019, what a year

With 2019 coming to an end, let’s see what exciting things happened this year: Went to DisneyWorld for the first time. It was fun, I…

shit to get done in 2019 six-month update

It’s been half a year, let’s see where I stand with my 2019 goals: lose some weight. ideally about 40 lbs but in reality, anything…

fast car revisited

It wasn’t. His car didn’t place this year. Again. He says next year he wants a faster car. We’ll have to try harder I guess.…

if you had a fast car

I wanna go fast! These are the dreaded words I didn’t want to hear from the Hybrid. See, his cub scout pack’s pine wood derby…

a little sickness goes a long way

About four weeks ago, Hybrid 2 was sick with a cough. Nothing major, took a Monday off from school due to a lack of sleep,…

“all i did was sneeze”

A couple of weeks ago, Hybrid 2 stayed home from school one day because he had a bad cough and was up all night. He…

i thought i was done with homework

 When I was in school, I hated homework. Hated. It. It got so bad that in high school, for a math class, I would pass…

sunday sackbut serenade

There’s a lot of nothing that usually happens on a Sunday at eight in the morning. Maybe head off to the house of worship of…