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Marley and Me: What Was I THINKING???

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Like I’d mentioned earlier, there is a base theater here which shows almost-first-run films.  They show other stuff too (I saw “Goodfellas” the other day, “Scarface” is running at 2am Saturday morning).  As for the first-runs, they’re currently showing “The Wrestler”, “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, “Nights at Rodanthe”, “Miracle at St. Anna”, and “Marley … Read more

Disaster Cake

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This is a Pre-Birthday cake for Timmy. We’re going to do cake and a couple gifts tonight, mainly so Mommy gets her chance to sing “Happy Birthday” to her almost-4-year-old. Dad plans to have a few friends over for cake and ice cream closer to Timmy’s actual birthday on the 26th.But the cake! Where do … Read more

Preparing the Boys

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This not a rigid amount of time but I think it’s a good estimate…90 days in theater, plus some travel time on both ends. Jacob will have a new responsibility: adding one number on the left, subtracting one on the right…every day till I come home.With Jacob’s affinity for numbers this will be really good … Read more

Howie, My Forgotten Baby

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I just realized that I never blogged about Dave’s and my first baby, Howie. From Howie The day we got him, he had to wear the leash for about 24 hours straight and the crate was his home for the first 18 months or so. Or Howard. Or Howie-the-Wonder-Dog. From Howie Howie is our 8 … Read more

Five Little Monkeys…

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From 2007 12 15 Po… Enjoy this picture from the holiday portrait session my boys and my nephews did together back in December. Imagine how tough it is to get 5 little boys to cooperate for the camera, so even though my sister’s youngest wasn’t quite looking at the camera, they were all posing well … Read more