I am writing this post from Lincoln, CA, where one of my wife's brother's owns 40 acres. He and his wife built a home on it about 2 years ago. Their place is central to where Colleen's parents and siblings live, so it's perfect for a...
The long, but good, weekend, started too early for my taste on Friday morning when the alarm went off at 5:00 am. Colleen, Jonathan and I headed out at 6:30 for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. I went through my first test with them in this gastrointestinal journey...
A week ago, we left on Saturday to check Josh in at his Sea Cadets Boot Camp on Sunday at Camp Roberts, 200 miles north of here. You can see my last post for details on that. In the meantime, while we haven't heard anything...
I didn't feel it because the boys and I were on the freeway toward Indio, but what a wild thing to have an earthquake on Easter! What a great reminder that we are NOT in control of life around us and that anything can happen...
How's THAT for an honest post title? Feeling crappy. Not just physically, but emotionally. Maybe even spiritually right now. Not only do I not feel a whole lot better after 7 weeks and 33 pounds of fighting this stomach thing, but now my kids have just...
It’s been a sometimes exhilirating, sometimes frustrating, always interesting couple of months since I last posted. Some highlights: We closed escrow on our home! One of the best parts? We didn’t even have to move!! After 12 years in the “parsonage” (church-owned home provided as part of a...
You may have already heard. My heart has been so saddened by the news of 10 year old David Sumner, a Simi Valley Viking football player who collapsed at practice on Thursday and died on Friday. All Viking & Gold Coast Youth Football League games were...
Man, has it been a long time or what? Over two months since my last post! I did find that the last half of the sabbatical was much less computer friendly than the first half. Just didn't have the desire to be around the computer a...
Since returning from our camping trip to Buellton, sabbatical has been hopping. Is that an oxymoron? Should sabbaticals be this busy? Apparently, only if you're at home during them! The week we returned, Colleen was at one of her two jobs (nursing and teaching) for most...
It's Sunday night and Colleen and the boys took off for home a while ago. Colleen works in the morning and the boys have their own different football activities they have to be back for. I am taking advantage of the time for some solitude,...