Archive for December, 2009
Future promises…
Posted by: | CommentsDuring dinner tonight, Sam was watching one of his favorite shows… America’s Funniest Videos. Sam calls it the Funny Show. Well tonight on the Funny Show they had a quick series of video’s showing kids getting their baby teeth pulled out in funny ways. Sam thought it was really funny until he asked if he was going to lose his teeth. I said yes he would some day. He was fine with that until it sunk in that he was going to lose them some day.
Sam sat there a bit and finally looked up a little teary eyed and asked, ‘Dad, you’re not going to try and pull my teeth out like those mean Dads? Are you?’ I said no, we’ll let them fall out naturally. He seemed a little better after I assured him I wouldn’t do that. But no less than 15 seconds I made Sam feel better he turned to Evan and said, ‘Evan, you’re going to lose your teeth someday and it’s going to bleed and hurt a little bit. Too bad.’
He then turned back to his toys as if nothing happened. What a great big brother.
How I spent my Christmas…
Posted by: | CommentsA special thank you…
Posted by: | CommentsAs we wrap up this white Christmas weekend, a special thank you goes out to my wife Holly. She put in the effort to put together another wonderful Christmas for all us. Thank you for having the patience to put up with the boys (sometimes all 3 of them) when you were doing your baking. Thank you for making sure the rest of us were enjoying ourselves, even when you were the one who needed a rest. And thank you for the planning and preparations you did to make this all seem so easy.
Holly, as we wind down this holiday season, please remember this one last thing… it’s someone else’s turn next year.
Love, all your family.
Welcome to the new MyGeekDaddy…
Posted by: | CommentsThe move to our new site is finally complete. The update to switch web addresses took longer than I anticipated, which is why you may have seen an error earlier today. Look for new features in the weeks to come.
Remembering a great friend…
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Some of you may have already heard, but we had to put Pepper to sleep this past weekend. Pepper’s health had declined over the past couple of months and we could see his happiness was not what it used to be. Pepper was the first ‘major’ expense I got as I transitioned from college student to college graduate. It was in the fall of 1993 that I found him at a local pet shelter in Marshall, MN. The person at the shelter said Pepper and his brother were found tied to a stop sign near the shelter. Within two minutes of seeing him in there I knew he was the dog for me. So with nothing more than a leash and collar from the shelter, I signed the papers, paid his registration feed, and took him to Wal-Mart to get a kennel, dog dish, food, etc. so he would be comfortable at my apartment. Did I mention that I hadn’t even checked to see if my apartment accepted pets?
Pepper was with me for over 16 years, which is almost half of my memorable life. He was the epitome of what defines a great dog. Thank you Pepper for being such a wonderful companion the past 16 years. You were always there when I needed a friendly face to cheer me up or be next to me to get through darker times. There will never be another dog to fill the hole you’ve left in our lives. You will be sorely missed by all us, especially me. Take care and I know I’ll see you again someday.
Just wrapped bringing our Maxi…
Posted by: | CommentsJust wrapped bringing our Maximo service back to main server after RAID controller failed last week. Lots of notes to pass to IS Dept. #in
No matter how good you think y…
Posted by: | CommentsNo matter how good you think your disaster recovery plan is, you won’t know until tested. RAID failure put ours to the test today. #in
How we spend our nights: http…
Posted by: | CommentsHow we spend our nights: http://yfrog.com/3gjicrj
