Monthly Archives: December 2007
80′s Excess And 2007 Entertainment Favs [Me]
A few months ago I realized that I was on pace to read a lot of books (about 50) this year. Soon thereafter, other events intervened, but I ended up finishing my 45th book last week. The book? James B. … Continue reading
The Final Weekend Of 07: Soccer, Dinner, And A Movie [Holidays]
We had a fun final weekend of 2007, so I’ll recap briefly. On Saturday, Layla had an indoor soccer game. I didn’t take any pictures since the photos don’t come out so hot. Regardless, they won handily 6-1 or 8-1 … Continue reading
Christmas: Virtual Sports Versus Virtual Rock [Holidays]
After weekend trips to Houston and Oklahoma to celebrate the season with family, we were home on Christmas Eve and Day so as to avoid any confusion for Santa. (For clarity’s sake–of course, is it more clear to give additional … Continue reading
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Christmas In Erick [Holidays]
Last weekend, we made the annual Christmas pilgrimage to Erick to see Holly’s grandparents (and everyone else who shows up). Much to the kids’ delight it snowed on Saturday, though there was no accumulation. After everyone except for Emma–who cried … Continue reading
Christmas Letter 2007 [Holidays]
It’s that time of year again. Yes, it time for the Christmas Letter in its seventh annual appearance. It’s been a good year for the Nino family–and much too busy to even cover the highlights in two pages. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading
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Christmas In Houston [Holidays]
Last weekend, we all headed down to Houston to have Christmas at my parents. Unfortunately for story-telling purposes, nothing went to horribly wrong. On Saturday, the entire fourteen person crew had lunch at Asian City–where else might one have a … Continue reading
A Surgical Bookend [Holly]
Almost seven months after the accident and surgery to repair Holly’s shattered wrist, this morning she underwent surgery to remove the plate and 10(!) screws used to heal her wrist. Though she has nearly full use of the wrist, she … Continue reading
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Indoor Soccer Begins [Layla]
Have you been missing soccer around these parts? Um, nevermind. Don’t answer that. On Saturday, Layla had her first indoor game (she played small-sided indoor this summer, but it was very different), and it took the team a while to … Continue reading
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Taxes, Conspiracies, And Losers [Books]
I’m all for simplifying our tax code. There really is no argument against doing so generally. The argument is over how one might do so. In fact, implementing simplification is where many people simply throw their hands in the air … Continue reading
Wrapping Up 7th Grade Football [Speed]
I guess I was wrong about 7th grade football being completely done a few weeks ago. Now in trickles these formal pictures. I think they might have been taken way back in August. And fyi I’m thinking I’m really making progress … Continue reading
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