The Pits: None. The Peaks: Short workday because of the holiday. I came home and got started on the stools for our porch.
South Paw
The Pits: My morning apple snack was interrupted by a few different technical issues. I don’t like my morning apple snack to be interrupted. The Peaks: I was eager to make progress on the tabletop, so I woke up early
2 Nice Things
The Pits: A problem popped up with our site’s MySQL server 30 minutes before I was supposed to leave. I had to stay a little late to remedy the problem. The Peaks: The boys were bickering in the car on
Maxwax and the Unknown Church
The Pits: Some challenging calls at work today dealing with different personalities and attitudes. Managing computers is a lot simpler than managing peoples. The Peaks: Today, I did what I should’ve done a week ago and tested out the stain
Fine Grit
The Pits: Sometimes, you’re just ready for your kids’ friends to go home, and you try to subtly relay that sentiment to your kids in hopes that they catch on, but their young minds just aren’t quite capable of fully
Ballgame Earplugs and a Chocolate Piñata
The Pits: None. The Peaks: Both boys had exciting ballgames today. Turner scored his first goal and his team won by two points. He tried out the new earplugs that I’d gotten for him and he seemed to like them.
High Low
The Pits: The boys were up around 5am. A large amount of emails to catch up on after the holiday. The Peaks: This was a rough day in that I didn’t have a lot of peaks overall. It was a
Hearty Boys and the Case of the Stubborn Stain
The Pits: Up early to take Turner to a cardiologist for an EKG. The tests didn’t show anything abnormal, thankfully. The doctor confirmed that Turner does have a Still’s murmur but it isn’t a big concern. The Peaks: We met
A Stainer Darkly
The Pits: On the way to church, I got frustrated with Weston who told me he went to bed crying last night because I didn’t give him a treat. We’d had a big pizza dinner! The Peaks: The boys have,
Driveway Dribblers
The Pits: Dragging a basketball goal with a base filled with water (and anti-freeze) through the grass isn’t fun. The Peaks: I moved the basketball goal around to the front driveway so the boys could play while I got started