Archiving the day-to-day events of my life for my own amusement.
The Kia and I safely returned to Austin Tuesday morning after a long 11-day journey that took the family to South Dakota and Minnesota. One of the main points of the trip was to get John to the farm in advance of his big 12-year-old trip to Seattle with Grandma Marcie. In this case, well [ ]
Coaching Finale? As June came to an end, I managed what I believe will be my final youth baseball game. (Unless of course someone twists my arm into doing it again, which I could totally see happening.) I counted 130 games managed between John and Edie s teams, culminating with the Centex tournament this June. But [ ]
Since returning from South Dakota, our lives have been largely taken over by John s June Centex baseball tournament. As his team s manager, I have had to be at 3 practices per week, and manage 3-4 games per weekend all month long. Even the week John was gone to Texas A M Galveston s Sea Camp, I still [ ]
I was asked last winter to be a featured speaker at WLHS s 114th annual alumni gathering, to which I happily accepted and promptly arranged a trip back to South Dakota. I could have just zipped up for the weekend by myself and come back after a few days, but figured it might be a good [ ]
John s 12U team (managed by me) had not had a very good season. The team started the season losing its first eight games. But after a morale-boosting 7-6 win on Saturday in a lightning-shortened game and Monday night s semifinal victory, we find ourselves in the championship game against all odds. (All teams made the playoffs [ ]
Greetings. May has arrived, and as usual, I was signing the It s Gonna Be May version of the N Sync song leading up to the new month. April was a quiet month by most standards. Baseball really dominated the family calendar. Edie s 8U coach-pitch team is in first place with an 8-1 record, while John [ ]
We re back from our big spring break 26 trip, and as usual, I must recap the entirety of our trip for posterity. Back Story Lauren proposed several trips for spring break, mostly centered around National Parks. Three of the itineraries involved Utah/Colorado/Arizona/Nevada, and then there was the Florida one. Chances are high we would have [ ]
My annual MLB predictions are back for a 17th installment! What started as a pick em contest amongst friends evolved into me making predictions. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 In [ ]
2026 has been a bit of a snoozer to start. I had written up a lengthy post detailing how boring it s been, but who would want to read about how I am doing nothing? I will say, the mentality of working from home really has changed now that I m inside the house all day. There [ ]
Man, this month has been boring! I am doing Dry January again this year. Last year I successfully went the entire month of January without a single drop of alcohol. This year has not been all that difficult either, but here s my conundrum: I work from home. I have nothing to do outside the house [ ]