I gave blood and voted all in one week!
Yesterday our parish was doing a blood drive. I’m trying to get back in the habit of donating. I have no idea how many times I’ve looked through this booklet: And I have no idea how many times I’ve filled out this form. I’m still 6’5″. This is the worst part. I HATE getting the […]
Continue readingRosary Army Podcast on uStream
Tonight we needed to record a promo for The Catholics Next Door, so we figured it would also be a great opportunity to finally get out a new episode of the Rosary Army Podcast. We’ll post the podcast in our regular Rosary Army Catholic Podcast feed tomorrow, but for now, here’s a the recording of […]
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This Made Me Feel Better
The day after the last Presidential debate, this video made me feel better. The story behind it is this guy, Matt Harding, had a silly dance he does. I have a silly dance I do that only Jennifer or our kids see when they’re in a bad mood. No one can resist my silly dance. […]
Continue readingMoose TV, Greg’s Write-In Vote, and Tons O’Links
Victorious. After three weeks, there’s no other word for how it felt to finally be mounting our television on our living room wall. Such a ridiculously good feeling. Things are coming together, at last. After seeing the photo to the left, I realized I was past due for a haircut, as well. I look like […]
Continue readingCarpet Not Included
The contractors finished the conversion today of turning our screened-in porch into a new room for our first daughter (due in late January). It’s been a difficult week juggling so many things, and also painting so many rooms. There is still a lot to do in the next few weeks, plus the one thing the […]
Continue readingWaiting for Batman
It’s been a busy day for us. This morning the Archdiocese held its annual Rosary Rally and Jennifer and I had been invited to lead the first decade or praying the Rosary in English. Other decades were recited in French, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Tagalog. It was a pretty neat event and both Archbishop Gregory and […]
Continue readingExtreme Makeover: Catholics Next Door Edition
First off, thanks to Janice Givens for joining us on the program yesterday. If you’re interested in getting involved in incredibly meaningful mission work, please be sure to check out Mustard Seed Communities. Janice has been encouraging us to go on a trip to help out with Mustard Seed, and the more I hear about […]
Continue readingThe Project That Ate The Kitchen
Two weeks ago last night our friend Moose can over and we started a simple project to extend a cable in our living room wall from Point A to Point B. Should have been simple enough. Alas, two weeks later what was a simple job in the living room now includes almost all of the […]
Continue readingToo. Stinkin’. Funny.
We have a bunch of Star Wars fans in this house, so we’re looking forward to the premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on the Cartoon Network tonight. While looking for a preview to play on today’s The Catholics Next Door, I came across this teaser for the show that just cracked me up.
Continue readingFailed Family Photos and Send Your Pic to the Pope
Want to send your family photo to Pope Benedict XVI? To have it included in a mural including 7,000 other photos, send your photo to [email protected] or [email protected] Make sure it is less than 4MB in size and in JPG or GIF format. No cell phone pictures! To the left is one of our attempted […]
Continue readingRun, Fatboy, Run!
Last night we watched Run Fatboy Run (Rated PG-13 for some rude and sexual humor, nudity, language, and smoking) and have to admit to laughing quite hard several times during the movie. Watching it, of course, got us thinking about my first (and so far only) marathon that I ran last Thanksgiving. I’m sad that […]
Continue readingDaddy Carhead
I have this crazy idea (and I’ve had it for almost 11 years now) that I can actually sit on the couch in the living room and attempt to get some work done while the kids play around me. I usually end up with kids crawling all over me and toys on the top of […]
Continue readingStrong Woman
Well, thanks to Dr. Meg Meeker, one of our guests today, I think I’m actually starting to look forward to having a baby girl, and not just another baby. Dr. Meeker has written a ton on the subject of raising kids, including Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, as well as the new book, Boys Should Be […]
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