Category Archives: Mike

January Was Totally Sick!

Seriously, that is all January was.  Just a full month of illness, disease, famine and pestilence.  Biblically, a plague.  Literarily, a pox upon our house. (I like that I used a made up word in the context of Literary.) I believe in … Continue reading

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Michael’s Summer Hiatus

So suddenly there went the 4th of July.  Boom.  Not ka-boom, as we didn’t even go to see any fireworks, more like Boom, there it is, over and done.  And I’m pretty sure July 4th marks the halfway point of … Continue reading

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The Uhbamas, The Second Half

When last we blogged, we had been having mostly bad weather on our Bahamas trip.  Luckily the 3rd day bloomed bright and sunny and… bah, who am I kidding?  It was cloudy and overcast and I was starting to get a little worried… … Continue reading

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Our Trip To The Uhbamas; The First Half, Mon….

“Are you glad we came to the Uhbamas?  Mom, do you like the Uhbamas?  Remember when we went on that boat in the Uhbamas?” No matter how many times I’ve said “The Bahamas” this is how it gets mangled in … Continue reading

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Rangers and Globetrotters, Together At Last

One of our new unwritten plans for 2012 is to get out and do more stuff.  Given our ‘druthers, we tend to lean to the comfy side of the couch which leads to too much TV/laptop time and not enough real world interactiveness.  … Continue reading

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November And December, Chock Full O’ Things

Not sure how full Chock Full is, but I like the saying.  And those two months were definitely full and busy and worthy of the Chock. Let’s see, last we spoke, I told you about Halloween, even though it was after … Continue reading

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We Did WHAT? The Forgotten Blogs

I was looking back through some pictures and realized I never blogged on some of the fun activities we did over the past 8 months or so.  Which is weird because I’ve blogged on so many of the activities we … Continue reading

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Why My 5 Year Old Went To The World Series

Somewhere in the midst of all of Mike’s sports watching, RileyG got involved. Mike has always been a big sports fan, watching all 4 of the major sports for the Dallas/North Texas teams.  On the main TV, we often take turns.  … Continue reading

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A Royal Good Time: Day 4 At Disney (And I’ll Throw In Day 5 Because This Needs To End)

After the lower key Day 3 the day before (I said lowER key, not low key… nothing is really low key at Disney) we were ready to take on a longer day, filled with a few more activities.  Our first … Continue reading

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Day 3: Bookended With Sleep

We continue our Disney Saga with us falling into a deep deep, sound sound sleep at the end of Day 2 which had bled into Day 3 just by virtue of the late hour.  We had 2 double beds in … Continue reading

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