…with boughs of folly!

Santa with Santa Claus Land sign

Happy Saint Nicholas Day! This HoliBlog story was originally posted exactly 10 years ago today. —– I’ll bet every parent has a sweet and funny story about a little one…

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Podcast: The Moose Out Front

We’ve made it to Episode 014 and are heading into our second half-year of podcasting! (That bit of non-math makes me think of when you have a baby and at…

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We brake for billboards

Poor James. My youngest son, that is. This is his final year as a too-young-to-drive teen, and he has to put up with just two more semesters of me dashing…

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Travel tales

November is IAAPA Expo time around here. Several of us head to Orlando as speakers, committee chairs, or buyers. It’s an incredible trade show. Here’s a series of HoliBlog posts…

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My coaster-crazy kid

It was getting close to bedtime for James last night. My second grader had grabbed a good book and made himself comfortable on Daddy’s side of the bed. (Stories from…

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Snow day!

… well, there’s snow, but we’re here at work. If you haven’t already, you might want to take a look at our Kima Bay Construction Cam, as the sweep of…

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Coming soon

As a public service, we offer the following rather startling information: Thanksgiving is two weeks from today. How did that happen? Actually, it’s the earliest that Thanksgiving comes. It’s always…

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When numbers mean, well … not much

Although my career choice doesn’t make it obvious, I really like math. My math SAT score was 80 points higher than my English. Go figure. Our three sons are all…

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“Are you out of your mind?!”

Lovely. My seven-year-old just hollered, “Are you out of your mind?!” to his teacher. Teachers, actually. Swim teachers, to be precise. They laughed and encouraged James to try. And off…

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A mother’s prerogative

It’s a mother’s prerogative to be really rotten once in a while.  Yesterday evening, my son James and I headed down to The Voyage. I had to check on a…

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One last day for the auction

Gary and James on The Raven

The excitement is just beginning for our eBay charity auction. We’re down to the last day, so it should get wild in the coming hours. We’ve received lots of wonderful…

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“This is more-like paradise!”

Final tunnel

That funny little phrase was uttered Friday evening by James as we walked hand in hand through the park. The hours get long this time of year, but the burden…

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