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As the Christmas Day festivities wound down and we settled into a quiet afternoon together, Liz asked me a question:
“Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?”
My thoughts flickered quickly across the warm and happy morning spent with my beautiful wife and daughter, singing songs, opening presents, cooking breakfast together, playing with the cats. […]

Dad got through his surgery okay, and should (hopefully) be coming home by the end of the week (maybe today).
Let me back up.
Last Wednesday, while eating dinner at I Trulli in New York, my cell phone did something it never does, especially when I’m sitting next to Liz–it rang. Mom was calling to let […]

Just got the news from my dad that my grandmother Pirnat passed away. I am not too surprised, as she’d been taken to the ICU yesterday with bad GI bleeding, but it still hurts. I’m feeling strangely disconnected from it all; I expect the grief will catch up to me once I’ve […]

Had a nice visit with my parents this week; their arrival was delayed from Friday until Sunday thanks to the weather in Denver, which allowed us a couple of extra days to get things in order. They’re back in Mountain Time now, driving from Phoenix to Durango. Highlights include:

A couple of excellent feasts […]

To celebrate our launch and the start of vacation, I took my team-mates out to Melt for beer and tasty food, and a good time was had by all. Of course, then I had to go home and pack, and then didn’t sleep much that night (I never manage to sleep well before a […]

My recent vacation photos hiatus is in part due to spending last weekend being all responsible and grown-up and stuff–Laura, one of my nieces, came to visit us for the weekend. Note the use of the word “my,” a big step for me, as for most of the past seven years, the girls have […]

Sometimes, life utterly baffles me.
Sears somehow thinks that, while fully aware that I’m a 29-year-old white male, adverts for “Olga Panties” are something that they should include with my bill. Even the name scares me… I mean, seriously, even if I were the panty-buying type, “OLGA PANTIES” just screams of bad branding. But […]

Monday, 7/25:
Up early to go rafting on the Animas (full name: Rio de las Animas Perdidas; translation: River of Lost Souls). Great trip, lots of fun. Water was about 40-45 degrees F, so definitely an eye-opener. Mostly calm trip, but some great fun rapids around the foot of Smelter Mountain, with much […]

Sunday, 7/24:
Slept in a bit. Read more of HPatHBP while Liz went out for a run. Delicious lunch at Jean Pierre’s with Josh, his dad, my folks, and Liz. Weather looked a bit off, so we put our hiking plans on hold. Liz napped while I finished Half-Blood Prince. Set […]

Thursday, 7/21:
Breakfast at the B&B; was vastly better than dinner, though perhaps perceived quality is related to the fact that the OJ pitcher turned out to be mimosas. (w00t!) Wandered Taos on foot, did a little shopping, then drove up to Durango. Stopped along the way to marvel at and fear […]