Tonight, my family will play cornhole. If you don’t know what cornhole is, shame on you. This marks one of the two major cornhole events on the Shea family calendar. I have not won Cornholey Night in its three year existence. Maria won one year so I have a lot of motivation. I have proven […]
With the holiday approaching, I know we will spend a lot of time together in the car. I start to have flashbacks when that happens. As a kid, we did a ton of traveling. We drove pretty much all up and down the East Coast. I think I had visited every coastal state by the […]
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 […]
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 […]
I really don’t know how it all started. I guess we figured that because we were celebrating our first anniversary, we should take a trip. So we packed up and went to Wilmington, Del., so Maria could indulge herself in some of the DuPont houses in that area. Almost 11 years later, we’re still hitting […]
Today was the first day of school. To make sure Bridget got started on the right foot, Maria made pancakes for all of us. They were delicious. As she was clearing something off the table, I told her I would expect this kind of service every day. She just laughed. I told her that my […]
Today is the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death in 1977. I am not that big of an Elvis fan, but I grow to appreciate him a little more every year, especially since some family members are pretty big fans. I remember going to see a group of Flyin Elvis’ at a minor league baseball game […]