From the monthly archives: June 2009

Pomp and Circumstance

On June 30, 2009 · 6 Comments · In family

Cristina had just celebrated her 11th birthday when I started dating her big brother. Now?

Well, now, she’s a high school graduate. She’ll be heading off to college in August.

Excuse me while I go apply wrinkle cream and join AARP.

I kid, I kid. But it does make me feel old. I sat [...]

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Family & Baseball

On June 29, 2009 · 1 Comment · In babies, family, summer season

We have been going nonstop since we returned from vacation. Now, I think we’ll have a few days where we can finally breathe before we jump back into the chaos toward the end of the week and into the weekend. Such is life in the summertime, right?

On Wednesday, my dad got into town for [...]

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MJ

On June 26, 2009 · 5 Comments · In in the news

I cannot even believe that Michael Jackson is dead.

I heard the news that he was hospitalized, in cardiac arrest, and critical condition. I didn’t think any of that sounded good, but I don’t know… I guess I still didn’t think he would actually die.

Then Michael received a text message from a friend that [...]

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And I’m back! FINALLY!

On June 24, 2009 · 6 Comments · In san francisco, seattle, vacation

OK, so that whole “blog through our vacation” thing didn’t work out so well this time. Really, it was for a number of reasons:

1) Our internet access was somewhat limited. We had a few connectivity problems in Seattle, and then in San Francisco, the hotel wanted to charge us $12.95/day for internet access. And [...]

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Anniversary Day

On June 22, 2009 · 4 Comments · In marriage, san francisco, vacation

We knew from the get-go that today was going to be a busy day. We got out of bed at an early (but not insane) hour to get a jumpstart on it all.

But before leaving the hotel, we had to take care of business. That is, we had to get our celebratory anniversary champagne [...]

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