Less than a week after we said goodbye to Lucky I find myself writing another obituary, for our sweet little Claire. When my eldest was 9 she mentioned she’d like a puppy for her 10th birthday. Lucky was a Rat Terrier, and we really liked her, so Cate went looking for Rat Terriers. She found…
In late 2004 Cate and I started discussing whether we wanted a dog. The girls were 5 and 3, and we needed to decide if we wanted a pet to be part of their life. Then one fateful evening in January 2005 my father-in-law called and said “Do you still want a dog?”. Apparently someone…
Recently we were at Duluth Trading Company and I saw a small cob of corn shrink wrapped. I grabbed it and it said it was microwave popcorn. It was only about $2, so I figured it would make a great experiment. I tweeted about it, and got some queries. So today I decided to give…
We haven’t taken Agnes out on a trip yet, we’ve had a really busy summer. That said, this week we’re taking it back to the shop and they’re going to basically show us how to use it, right down to the last switch and button. Then we’ll feel a lot more comfortable with it. We…
Cate and I honeymooned in St. Ignace and Mackinac Island 23 years ago this week. At the time we said we’d go back every year, but we didn’t. We started going back every year several years ago, and now that we’re more established we can usually afford to spend the night on the island, which…
Warning: This article contains analogies. A lot of them. On paper, the job I started for WP Buffs in May looked ideal. Community building and writing are right in line with my skill set. The added bonus of support for my additional community projects was, well, an added bonus. There had been some concerns from…
So we bought an RV. But it was in Texas, and we live in Michigan. What better way to ease into RV life than by driving a 29 foot vehicle on a 1250 mile road trip as the first time we’ve ever driven it? As an aside, we named her Agnes because she’s from the…
In 2010 I quit a perfectly good job and started freelancing as a web developer. My wife didn’t have a job outside the house, and we were homeschooling our kids, and we realized we could live anywhere. We started looking around at the world to see where we might want to live. My youngest, 9…