Category Archives: Personal

These are posts about me.

My birthday present

My birthday was back in July. There was one thing that I wanted more than enything else at the time. Well, truthfully, I have wanted one for years, but I have never been in a position to be able to … Continue reading

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What have I been doing for the last few months?

Not blogging, clearly. The reason in part is because I’ve been quite busy purchasing and taking care of our new house! You can see in Kimberly’s post a number of pictures of our new house. Hopefully in telling my side … Continue reading

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Mail Order

I got this in the mail the other day: I feel extra nerdy and awesome.

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A Family Outing

As per my previous post, we decided to visit the Ophir, Tintic and Western annual Train Show at Thanksgiving Point this weekend to enjoy the model railroads that many clubs and individuals put together. So, I would like to display … Continue reading

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A new hobby for me

Lately, I’ve been struck with a desire to get into model railroading. This is something my dad did when I was young. I remember him having a giant (to a 4 year old) railroad in our basement in New York … Continue reading

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Childrens books

So, I’m a big fan of the Richard Scarry books. I remember reading them when I was a kid and enjoying how all the “people” of the town are different animals. So, Alisa has one of these books right now, … Continue reading

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Bedtime Ritual

We started fairly early to give Alisa a bedtime ritual, and now she’s at the points where some things have to be just right. For example: Just before bedtime we always say family prayer and then when we’re done we … Continue reading

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Why I haven’t been to the dentist in 8 years

In response to http://www.seegmillers.org/?p=647 I went to the dentist this morning. It was nice to get a cleaning. I feel all nice and fresh. The hygienist asked me how long it had been since I’d had a cleaning, and she … Continue reading

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Overheard at Washington and Lee University

Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia is named after George Washington (for donating the largest sum ever given to a college) and Robert E. Lee, who served as the University’s President from 1865 (the end of the Civil War) … Continue reading

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Name that baby

Yes you’ve seen this post on many of your friends blogs before, but the people that actually read my blog still enjoy this sort of thing. We like to ask Alisa “What’s that?” Who’s that?” etc to test her understanding … Continue reading

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