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Yearly Archives: 2010

Melt my heart.

Overheard after dinner tonight: “Daddy, will you be mine forever?” Cutest. Ever.View full post »

Goodbye to an old friend.

And that’s what he was, a friend.  To everyone.  And today, after 16 years, he passed away. When I startedView full post »

The 10 best albums of the 2000s (in my opinion, of course)

Hello.  This is Mark.  You might rememember me from a few years ago when I wrote some silly posts about terribleView full post »

Snow More.

There was a snow storm in Virginia almost 2 weeks ago.  It crippled the area.  Businesses were closed for a week, andView full post »

800.

WordPress has been awesome.  We started using it years ago and have no regrets.  Well, except one.  We’ve lostView full post »

I spent the day with an absolutely beautiful little guy today.  He is 9 days old and he melted my heart.  Jaia’sView full post »

To the left…

Barack Obama is left-handed.   Leonardo da Vinci was left-handed.  M.C. Escher was left-handed.  Matt Groening isView full post »

Valentine's Week

This morning Jaia and I got up early and prepared to go to a daytime Valentine’s Party with a bunch of her friendsView full post »

Conversations with Jaia – February 8, 2010

While watching Charlotte’s Web: “Mama, it’s not right to give the baby pig away.  It’s just notView full post »

Glorious weekend!

While my parents were shoveling themselves out of 30 inches of snow this weekend, we were enjoying nothing but sunshineView full post »

Good Eats.

I don’t think I cook enough delectables to warrant a recipe blog.  Dan is the real chef.  He can whip up theView full post »

Playing dress-up

Jaia had a birthday party to go to on Saturday.  It was a princess dress-up party and Jaia woke up walking on air.  View full post »

Some recent Conversations with Jaia

One recent night Jaia called out to us in the night. I went in to find her out of bed and upset. I got her back into bedView full post »

Snow Fun

Over the holidays, our friend Dominik spent an afternoon outside building Jaia a very special slide in our front yardView full post »