Monthly Archives: September 2006
Madysen And Speed Play League Games [Soccer]
On September 9, Madysen and Speed played league games. (Madysen won her first league game 10 days before.) Since Madysen’s team played awful, we’ll recap Speed’s game first. It didn’t start too well. We are in charge of bringing corner … Continue reading
Lovely Labor Day At The Soccer Fields [Soccer]
As is our family tradition, we spent another holiday weekend at the soccer fields. Both Madysen and Speed played in the Plano Labor Day Tournament. Madysen’s team had high expectations going in; for Speed’s team, it was there first real … Continue reading
Posted in Disappointing People, Holidays, Madysen, Soccer, Speed, Video
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First League Game Of U13 [Soccer]
Madysen is approaching age 13–YIKES! Okay, so each time I contemplate that, I have a small episode, and I wake up in a closet in the fetal position. Any-who, Madysen/Sting Royal 94 had her first U13 DI league game on … Continue reading
42 Items Are 20 Items Or Less? [Disappointing People]
Speaking of morons, I had the opportunity recently to show Speed the utter lack of respect many people have for the fellow man–with the idea that he can avoid such displays himself. We were at Wal-Mart to purchase three very small items. … Continue reading
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Seriously, About Moving And Customer Service [Disappointing People]
If the thought occurs to you, “Maybe we should think about moving,” please call me. I’m the last guy to encourage people to call me, but this madness has to be stopped. I can’t think of anything more painful than … Continue reading
Posted in Disappointing People, Farmington, Rant
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Seriously, About “Delicate Moving” [Disappointing People]
We’ve been in Farmington for three weeks, and it’s starting to look like an inhabitable house–no pictures though, there are things even I won’t do for fear of upsetting Holly. But with every day of unpacking comes the increasing irritation … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Disappointing People, Farmington, Rant
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The Airlines Are Against Me [Travel]
Over my six flights in August, all but one was seriously delayed (more than an 90 minutes). Those delays did give me time to get a little more work done and to get a little reading done. A month ago, … Continue reading
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Farmington [History]
The other day, I mentioned that we have decided to name the new house “Farmington.” I have long wanted to name our homes–both because it has been a popular convention throughout history and in the hope that we’d be less likely to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Farmington, History
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Still Moving? [Funny]
We started moving on Monday, had the movers move all the furniture and boxes on Wednesday, and had closing on the old house on Friday afternoon. Sounds like plenty of time, doesn’t it? Not for us. Somehow, even with Holly’s … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Farmington, Funny, Holly
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Official Moving Day [Disappointing People]
Though we had started moving on Monday (a week ago Monday, August 21st), the movers came on Wednesday to move furniture and boxes. It didn’t start out well. First, they were very late getting started. Then, they stood around complaining … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Disappointing People, Farmington, Holly
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