Posts Tagged “My Boring Life”
This is the third (of I’m not sure how many yet) part of a series chronicling the adventures associated with our summer 2012 vacation. Parts one and two are easy enough to find. We arrived at our destination about 5 in the afternoon or so. The rental house was easy enough to find. With…
Warning: This post will degenerate into whiny self-pity towards the end. You have been warned.
The following is part 2 of a series chronicling our epic 3 day vacation in the summer of 2012. At Longview we crossed the Lewis And Clark Bridge over the Columbia River into Oregon, then turned westward. You could smell the raw lumber being prepared for shipment. Rolling down the window you were hit…
Earlier this month we took a small trip to the Washington coast. It was a much needed break for the family. Our previous vacation was two years previous, and even that one was short. Then the year before was also short, and before that it had been years. part of the reason is economical, but…
I cannot stress enough the importance of travel, especially in children. Sure international travel is great, and should occur when available. Getting to witness and experience other cultures, even if the same language is spoken, is invaluable. Instead, I am referring in this instance to local travel, or road trips. Recently my family went…
I had a guest post on Dadcentric last month, but it wasn’t my first attempt. This was what I originally submitted, but it was wisely rejected because it doesn’t have a conclusion. I still haven’t come up with a conclusion, but here it is. Writing about fatherhood, in a way, can be like dancing…
The past Saturday was the annual Greenwood Auto Show. It’s a mile of classic cars and more – and it’s not something I don’t go every year, various circumstances prevent that from happening, and usually I don’t get to go the whole length of the event. This year, however, we did. Mostly.
So I’m driving one of my various kids either to or from one of their various activities the other day, as is typical for the afternoon. I see a woman walking towards Aurora Avenue. If you live in a major city, you have some variation on this area, where certain women… work.
This year for some reason or another lice have been running rampant throughout my kids’ school. The second grade in particular has been hard hit. Somehow August has been largely exempt from this, but Déla got hit a few weeks ago. Thankfully she didn’t get it nearly as bad as some others, but we had…