Andy Bartlett on July 23rd, 2010

So, I haven’t been blogging much lately; things have just been busy at home and I haven’t put in the effort to post anything. Summer tends to be a busy time in the house with Megan visiting, so there’s less “free” time to sit around and come up with stuff to write about, and I’ve [...]

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Andy Bartlett on July 15th, 2010

No posts for 11 days! Bad blogger. I’ll fix this soon.

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Andy Bartlett on May 28th, 2010

Just realized I hadn’t managed to post anything so far this week, so I’m fixing that. It’s been a busy week and I just haven’t thought to pop in and post anything. So, in recap fashion: • Helen’s done with soccer practice Helen’s final soccer practice was last night; she’d been going Tuesdays and Thursdays [...]

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Andy Bartlett on May 18th, 2010

First – AARRRRGGGGGHHHHH. On April 14, I ordered an iPad through our computer store here on campus. It was supposed to be here on May 3. Then it was delayed until May 17. So yesterday, I checked to see if it was still on schedule. Nope. Delayed until June 3. Lame. The timing of this [...]

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Andy Bartlett on May 17th, 2010

Tonight at bedtime: I read Helen a story. I told her it was time for bed. Helen: “Daddy, now can I read you the story?” Me: “No kiddo, not tonight. You got one story; you can read me a story tomorrow night, OK?” Helen: “OK. Can you stay with me? Do you want to have [...]

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Andy Bartlett on May 17th, 2010

Saturday on the scale: 239.2 Sunday on the scale: 239.4 Today on the scale: 240.4, the exact same place I was last Tuesday. So, yeah – what the hell?

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Andy Bartlett on May 17th, 2010

On Saturday, Mel and I went to look at a house. We’d looked at it a few times before the last time it was on the market a few years ago, and really liked it; so we thought we’d go check it out again. The house has a second-level walkout deck overlooking the back yard, [...]

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Andy Bartlett on May 11th, 2010

Childrens Helen started soccer practice last week; she’s got another practice scheduled for tonight, but as it’s done for basically two weeks here, it’s raining today. Mel’s got her first appointment with a personal trainer tonight (she’s been hitting the gym pretty good for two weeks now; I’m proud of her), so I’ll be solo [...]

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Andy Bartlett on May 10th, 2010

I’ve enabled a feature to lock comments on all posts on this blog that are older than 21 days.

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Andy Bartlett on May 2nd, 2010

Helen: Dad, can you buy me a Juicy Drop Pop? Me: No, kiddo. Helen: Come on, Dad. Just one? Me: How many Juicy Drop Pops have I ever bought for you? Zero. I’m not buying you one of those. Helen: Grandma bought me one. Me: Grandma’s not here. Helen: You are ruining my life.

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