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9 years ago we said “I do”. It seems like only yesterday.
This year is pottery. Something tells me I won’t be able to get away with tin next year.

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Before she left the hospital today, Emma conned sweet-talked the nurses out of one last serving of Blue Bell ice cream.
As for the viral/bacterial question? It turns out it was viral the whole time. The emergency room hospital somehow contaminated one of the preliminary tests that pointed to bacterial meningitis. Once they [...]

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First of all, Thank You to everyone who have emailed, phoned, text messaged and otherwise expressed your support. We really appreciate it.
Emma is doing much better today. Aside from getting a major case of cabin fever (she cried about wanting to go home and see her family), she’s progressing quite well. We [...]

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I don’t know how long this post is going to be, so here’s the bottom line: Emma has meningitis (either viral or bacterial - that diagnosis has changed twice) and is doing pretty well in the hospital. We expect her to come home sometime in the next day or so.
Here’s the slightly extended [...]

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Today is my dad’s birthday. I won’t say how old, but in my eyes he’s magically stayed the same age.
Even though my dad isn’t the Ward Cleaver stereotype, he did teach me a few things.
Things I learned from my dad:

Elgin Hot Guts and Sun Crest Orange are nature’s perfect food
How to waterski with one [...]

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Round Rock got a new IKEA last week. For the past several months, we’ve been hearing the buzz about the Swedish furniture/housewares mega-store coming to town. In preparation, while in Chicago this summer, I went to the IKEA there to check it out. Not everyone loves IKEA, but I do. In [...]

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Ha hah! Tonight we put the “hex” on the Aggies. This is the night where the entire campus a few hundred people get together in front of the Main Building and light red candles in attempt to cause the Texas A&M Aggies great misfortune in their upcoming game with the Texas Longhorns. [...]

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