MyGeekDaddy » Jason Verly http://verly.me My place to talk about family, friends and tech Tue, 15 May 2012 00:33:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Christmas Card 2009… http://verly.me/2009/12/16/christmas-card-2009/ http://verly.me/2009/12/16/christmas-card-2009/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:47:00 +0000 Jason Verly http://verly.me/?p=40 Here is the picture for our 2009 Christmas Card:

Xmas Collage - 2009 Web 

The full size picture can be found on Flickr.

]]> http://verly.me/2009/12/16/christmas-card-2009/feed/ 0 Not my idea on the way to wake up… http://verly.me/2009/12/16/not-my-idea-on-the-way-to-wake-up/ http://verly.me/2009/12/16/not-my-idea-on-the-way-to-wake-up/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:13:03 +0000 Jason Verly http://verly.me/?p=41 My family is in Evan’s room singing ‘Joy to the World’ like a bunch of drunk carolers… very loud and not in very good key. But they are giggling halfway through the refrain.

That’s probably why drunk carolers always look like they’re having so much fun.

]]> http://verly.me/2009/12/16/not-my-idea-on-the-way-to-wake-up/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Holly!!! http://verly.me/2009/12/15/happy-birthday-holly/ http://verly.me/2009/12/15/happy-birthday-holly/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:01:00 +0000 Jason Verly http://verly.me/?p=42 Mickey-mouse-happy-birthday
To my very best friend, to the mother of my children, and to the one who holds our family together in the best of days and worst of times… Happy Birthday.  We all love you very much. 

Love Jason, Sam & Evan.

]]> http://verly.me/2009/12/15/happy-birthday-holly/feed/ 0 A special birthday thought… http://verly.me/2009/12/14/a-special-birthday-thought/ http://verly.me/2009/12/14/a-special-birthday-thought/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:42:30 +0000 Jason Verly http://verly.me/?p=43 Holly and I were sitting down with Sam to say goodnight prayers with him.  As we were taking turns, Holly said her prayers, "And God thank you for turning 38 years old, the last 7 years have been especially wonderful."  I added, "38 years young and hotter than ever."  Sam then added, "Wow Mom, you must really be sweating."

Holly and I just sat there laughing for at least 5 minutes straight.

]]> http://verly.me/2009/12/14/a-special-birthday-thought/feed/ 0 I was cheated as a child… http://verly.me/2009/12/13/i-was-cheated-as-a-child-2/ http://verly.me/2009/12/13/i-was-cheated-as-a-child-2/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:10:16 +0000 Jason Verly http://verly.me/?p=44 I took Sam sledding for the first time this year.  We got enough snow from our storms earlier this week to open up the sledding hill in Sibley Park.  Sam was excited to go because this time we were going sledding with our brand new snow tubes.  We got to the hill and walked up the big hill first.  Sam did his best to climb up the big hill all by himself, but a very nice girl helped him up the last 10-12 yards (I was carrying both tubes).  Sam and I went to this same hill last year, multiple times in fact.  So when we got to the top I was a little surprised to hear him get a nervous about going down.  Sam finally climbed onto his tube and went down the hill with no problems.  After Sam started down, I got on to my tube and went down after him.

And when I got to the bottom of the hill, it was at then I realized I was cheated as a child.  Cheated as a child who did more than his share of sledding.  If you ask my Mom she can attest I spent plenty of winter evenings sitting on my butt trying to go as fast I could go.  The park behind our house on Harold Drive was great because it was so close and the hill was partially lit from a nearby skating rink (warming house too).  The skating park for our house on Bryant Avenue was basically in a bowl surrounded by sledding hills.

So why was I cheated?  Never in my life have I had as smooth and comfortable of a ride down a hill as I did on that snow tube tonight.  Never.  Ever.  Period.  I got all the fun of going fast, but none of the bumps, spills or butt chills from a traditional plastic sled.  Sam thought it was the greatest thing ever too.  He commented all night long about how he’s not getting his snow pants wet or that snow was getting in his face.  In fact it was one of the first things he said when he got in the door and saw Holly. 

So tonight I rectified this tragic gap in my childhood experiences.

]]> http://verly.me/2009/12/13/i-was-cheated-as-a-child-2/feed/ 0 Very big day… http://verly.me/2009/12/12/very-big-day/ http://verly.me/2009/12/12/very-big-day/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:50:27 +0000 Jason Verly http://verly.me/?p=45 Sam is getting to play out in the snow… all by himself. I’m wedged between happiness and unending nervousness. So to come to a compromise with myself I sent the dogs out to watch him.

]]> http://verly.me/2009/12/12/very-big-day/feed/ 0 Like father, like son… http://verly.me/2009/12/08/like-father-like-son-2/ http://verly.me/2009/12/08/like-father-like-son-2/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:46:17 +0000 Jason Verly http://verly.me/?p=46 PhotoEvan appears to be our budding technologist.  Holly caught Evan reading a copy of my MacWorld magazine in the kitchen this morning.  Just can't put down the good stuff I guess.  

]]> http://verly.me/2009/12/08/like-father-like-son-2/feed/ 0 I realized I did something wrong… http://verly.me/2009/12/08/i-realized-i-did-something-wrong-2/ http://verly.me/2009/12/08/i-realized-i-did-something-wrong-2/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:49:00 +0000 Jason Verly http://verly.me/?p=47 I was in charge of getting a few items for the boys for the Advent/Christmas calendar house.  I just realized I gave Evan a very large jingle bell on Holly's day off with the boys just before a blizzard hits Mankato.  Probably not the wisest of choices. 

Sorry Holly.  Honest.

]]> http://verly.me/2009/12/08/i-realized-i-did-something-wrong-2/feed/ 0 Slow progress… http://verly.me/2009/12/04/slow-progress/ http://verly.me/2009/12/04/slow-progress/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:57:59 +0000 Jason Verly http://verly.me/?p=48 As I mentioned previously, I'm looking at moving the MyGeekDaddy blog over to a new hosting platform this holiday season.  I've started to make some progress in getting it setup.  You can take a sneak peek at the layout and watch progress by going here: Verly.Me.

When the blog is ready to move, you will automatically get redirected to the new site by still using http://mygeekdaddy.net, so any short cuts will still work.  The next task right now is to get the 2009 Christmas picture finished so we can get cards out asap.

Happy Holidays everyone!

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Happy Birthday Dad!
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