I generally don’t get to show off my manliness. Last week, I made up for lost time. I like to live the easy life as much as I can. I always say that my greatest home improvement skill is writing a check. The only kind of yard work I even remotely enjoy is vacuuming leaves […]
I came home the other day to an empty house. Maria had not yet returned from dropping Bridget off at her Brownie meeting so I had some time to relax before I ate. Two nights a week, I have to fend for myself. Bridget has to leave for activities before I get home so we […]
Some people say that marriage is more like a marathon than a sprint. If that’s the case, I won the bread portion of our marathon a few weeks ago. For a long time, I have wanted us to get a breadmaker. Since I would have very little to do with the actual machine, the decision […]
When Maria and I first talked about getting married, we looked at where we might want to live. We had lived in Hanover for a few years each, but didn’t know if this is where we wanted to settle permanently. The longer we thought about it, however, the more we realized we didn’t want to […]
A parent has many proud moments as they watch their child grow up. Their first words, their first steps, their first day at school. I recently watched as another milestone in Bridget’s life passed by – the moment I realized she might have good taste in music.
Before Maria and I went on our trip to New York a few weeks ago, I had to pack my bag. I packed plenty of shorts and casual shirts. You know, the things you need to wear to a tennis tournament. Then I went to pack one final thing I thought I might need for […]
Sometimes, we have good intentions when we make promises. Then, when we have to pay up, we wonder what went through our minds in the first place. All of this started a couple of months ago when Bridget lost a tooth. She got all excited as usual, but she had something different to tell us […]
When I started pledging a fraternity during my freshman year of college, the older guys in the house did all kinds of things to scare the other pledges and me. They told us about all kinds of horrible things that would happen to us. They really scared a few guys. I pretty much took it […]
A little more than a week ago in a dark movie theatre, I realized what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be Jason Bourne. Well, not completely. I could do without having to kill people. That would be bad. And I don’t want people chasing me all over the place […]
My friends have me so mad at them. A few weeks ago, the two of them started talking more and more about the TV show, “Big Brother.” I couldn’t stand it because I knew they might suck me into watching it. I resisted as hard as I could, but then I found myself home alone […]