Category: Jenni
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Anniversaries
Anniversaries are a great thing, even though they’re frequently overlooked. They help celebrate occasions worth remembering and celebrating, especially as time goes on and that original event begins to fade into history. Around here, we’ve been celebrating a couple of them: One year ago today (October 20th), we got Etta and Gus, our fun pair…
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Twelve Days
It’s all part of the whole exercise thing. I knew that when we signed up at the Y: you’re spending money to use their facilities so that you’ll get in shape. And hopefully keep going. The fact that you’re paying for it hopefully is part of the motivation. But then there’s extra motivation: health insurance…
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I Still Don’t Know
Have you ever found yourself somewhere, or doing something, and the thought suddenly hits you making you wonder just how you got to that exact place and activity, and probably even how you weren’t sure how it all came to that moment? Yep. I had me one of them… So here’s the story, with identities…
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The Lesson Here…
It’s been a busy several days around here, so I’ll use that as the crutch when I place blame for not writing here for the last couple of days. I was up at the crack of doom on Saturday morning–4:30, to be precise–in order to make sure the rest of the herd was awake, fed,…
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Updates–Late Edition
Sorry that this is appearing on Monday night instead of Sunday night as normal. But last night, I just felt like being lazy after dinner, flipped around on the TiVo between recorded shows and baseball and then settled down to watch Mad Men. By the time that was over, it was 10, and I was…
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Positives
I’ve debated about even putting up this post, but it’s big and important, and I can’t really talk about it in too many specifics. So with apologies for the vagaries, here’s the deal: it’s all good. Over the course of just about 24 hours, Jenni and then I received some good news at work. Both…
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Talent
Yes kids, conclusive proof that I’m the talentless hack in the household… So, for the three of you out there who haven’t seen the videos on Facebook, I’ll bring them to you here, but first the setup, so you know what this was all about. The kids are heading off to our family’s favorite state–Wyoming–this…
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Right and Wrong. Or Left.
Eighteen years ago, I put a ring on my wife’s finger and made her my wife. It was the first mistake I’d make as her husband, but certainly not the last. And she’s been there with me for eighteen years since accepting my challenges, loving me, and being my best friend. A mistake, you…
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Birthday
40! My wonderful, amazing, beautiful wife is 40 today! Happy birthday, Jenni! I love you.
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Recovery
My apologies if this gets too far off track. I’m not entirely here this evening. We all got home around 1:15 or so this morning, to bed then sometime shortly before 2 a.m., I think. I wasn’t with it, so I’m not entirely sure. But it was well worth it. Jenni threw…
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All Together Now
So, with one last celebration for Jenni and a cousin who just completed her Associate’s program, a bunch of my family gathered at my uncle’s house for really just some together time. The celebration, honestly (and I hope I’m not belittling it, but I don’t think I am), was just all of us being…
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Hooding: the update
For those who don’t see these things, Luther posted a link to their photo set on their Facebook site (Jenni is largely responsible for Luther’s Facebook page, by the way). And in that set is a great picture of Jenni getting her hood: Still proud, even a week-and-a-half later. See you later.
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Mastering: An Event in Three Parts
A couple of weekends ago, you all will recall that Jenni delivered her thesis defense. Aside from the actual researching, writing, and proofing of her paper, this was one of the last stages of her graduation from her Master’s program at Luther Seminary. For those who don’t see my Facebook or Google Plus pages, here’s…
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Smart
I had the honor on Saturday of sitting in to listen to Jenni and eight of her fellow students give a 10-minute presentation and 15-minute defense of her thesis paper. I read Jenni’s paper, as I have with a lot of papers Jenni has written for school over the last five years. And it…
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May Day!
May is shaping up a lot like March did. We’ve got Mother’s Day. Hannah and Zoe’s Birthday. Jenni’s graduation. Memorial Day. All packed into a month of Sundays…And all the other days of the week. Disclaimer: Don’t get me wrong–I’m looking forward to all of the celebrating, and all of the events. I’m…