My last two weeks have been filled with life lessons about chasing your dreams and following your passion. Within the last two weeks, Shaila passed her nursing boards, put an offer on a house, and will start a new job this week. It has been a tough road to get...
My dad used to tell me that one of the principals of his school once told him “There’s nothing wrong with a comfortable rut”. I’m of the thinking that there is a lot wrong with a comfortable rut and tried to live my life so I wouldn’t fall into a...
August for me is a month of reflection. It is the time when summer winds down; it sometimes feels sad and nostalgic to me because a lot of friends and family passed this month. The dog days of summer weather are usually hot and dry, and not always conducive to...
Normally the last week of July is when we take a family vacation. If you know my wife, this is pretty much mandatory. The vacation usually involves my wife and I, our oldest daughter (Hope) and her husband, as well as our youngest daughter (Eden) and her boyfriend. We pick...
My mom used to make us Brussels sprouts, and they were dreadful; bitter and mushy and generally horrid. But then Deb Short made them, and they were amazing. I’m not sure there was anything healthy about them, but I love Brussels sprouts to this day - made however (except the...
I can’t believe it is already August! This summer flew by, and we will soon be getting back into the school routine. Fortunately this year, I have two additional drivers who can run their sister to all of her activities. Fall is by far my favorite season, and I am...
As the summer heat is upon us, I hope you have been enjoying some of this great summer weather. Summer seems to get shorter each year. We are now only about a month away from kids going back to school! How is that possible? Fairs, parades, farmers markets, ballgames, camping...
Better to be interested than interesting I’m on Ragbrai this week - going across Iowa in spectacular fashion. There’s a lot of us doing it (both on the ISH team and in total - like twenty thousand tops they say), and for the past couple of months I’ve suffered from...
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to help with my niece’s wedding, which consisted of pretty much all of my time from Thursday through Sunday. It was an outdoor wedding so it was definitely warm, but everything came together so nicely that it ended up being a really beautiful...
I did this really long ride by myself on Saturday. It wasn’t a great big deal - I posted it on Facebook primarily to complain about dropping my brand new sunglasses and scratching them up, and at the end I forgot my helmet by the side of my jeep and...
