Belén discovers her voice.

Busy, busy busy…the plight of the working MOM

My grandmas funeral made me realize that I do not miss church.

For the long weekend we decided to go camping with Anna (my sister) and Derik (her husband). Andy found a camp spot that he could reserve online at Alturus Lake, the lake where Anna and I grew up camping. After an exciting morning of the first round of stamped concrete in the backyard, Andy headed [...]

It has been coming. I could feel it. Both of our animals, Sassy (dog) and Ozzie (cat) are quite neglected these days since Belén arrived. Sassy is a sport about it and is content to just hang out with us with little attention, but I could feel the cat growing more pissed off. Ozzie is [...]

Last weekend I reluctantly participated in the Bogus Basin Hill Climb. I say reluctantly because I really didn’t feel in shape enough to participate but my father in-law, Ray, had had everyone else bail on him so I signed myself up. The two glasses of wine the night before coupled with an extra ten pounds [...]

Belén found her feet and boy are they cool. She likes to grab them and play with them. In her eyes, they are pretty darn cool and compete only with her hands as her favorite toys. The hands win because they are easier to put in her mouth, another favorite past-time. All of her favorite [...]

At work this week, there have been a couple of instances of tasks where I thought that trusting an engineer or team to get something done was adequate.  I despise double and triple checking to make sure things are done correctly.  It is not in my nature.  I am learning that this is not always [...]