I had the news on the other day and it showed a picture of John McCain and his children, some from his previous wife and some with Cindy.  It reminded me of a funny story!
When we moved to Kentucky, Chad was 9 and in the 4th grade.  At the first PTO meeting, they had notes [...]

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Before you read this post, please understand that I’m not being political, I’m not looking down on anyone who lives their life differently from how I feel my life should be lived — I’m just stating my own personal feelings and how I feel my life should be lived.
I believe pretty much everything Dave Ramsey [...]

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I ordered a new lens (Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF) for taking closer shots.  The only other lenses I have are more for outside (deer!) shots.  As soon as my favorite UPS man delivered it, I asked Chad to let me take a few pictures of him.  I’m thinking he didn’t want his picture taken!

I have [...]

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Probably every parent has the same feelings I have — when Chad leaves home, I kinda hold my breath til he gets back. Usually when he walks in the door, I’ll ask how was your trip? The answer is almost always just fine! But as the hours/days pass, I get more information . . [...]

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Do you remember life before cell phones? Yes, we did survive without them . . way back in the dark ages! Know what? I remember staying at my grandparents’ during the summers without even a land line! It’s funny to even think about it because we lived 2 hours from them [...]

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Since Chad was a little boy, he has loved to fish. In Louisiana, we had drainage ditches in front of our house. Yes, I know what drains into them but Chad was about 4 and we have a picture of him with a fishing pole he’d rigged up and he was standing on [...]

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Not sure if this is the same one from yesterday or not but this guy spent quite a bit of time in my back yard and Chad was able to get about 10 feet from him.  This is when I wish I’d cleaned my windows as I was taking this picture out one of the [...]

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Just the Boys

They’re tired, they’re dirty (very dirty) and they’ve been wet!  There ended up being 8 boys and 2 girls (that’s the story I got).  When they got the weather forecast for last night, one group of them left and the girls were in that group.  One of the boys said “they caught the [...]

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Some of the Campers

Chad has been so hyped about this camping trip. It’s actually a three night trip instead of a two night trip. I guess I never thought to ask but just assumed a camping trip would involve all boys. Wrong! They’re picking up another boy on the way [...]

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I must be the world’s worst laptop owner. My poor Toshiba seems to be history. Back in July, 04 I bought a Compaq laptop and it lasted til December, 05. Thank goodness I had an extended warranty because it did something bad. Can’t remember what exactly happened but I blogged about [...]

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