There are times when I look at my son and say, “STOP DOING THAT!” ‘That’, of course, is usually something involving torturing his sister. Of course, she tortures him as well, usually through made up songs. Since Laureen’s birthday is coming up, last night, Jacob called a meeting of the family-not-Laureen in his room. He …
Category Archives: Family
Not Knowing How to Say Thanks
That’s the position I’m in. Some people who read the post about the lawsuit took up a collection and sent it my way. Anonymously. There are some times when things you receive are like grace. You don’t necessarily deserve it, but it’s freely given, totally unexpected, and heart-wrenchingly welcome. We’ve paid off the lawsuit and …
New Pictures. Yay.
A thanksgiving gallery, mostly of Jessie. Thanksgiving Pics
In Memoriam: Chris Haycocks
Chris Haycocks, my uncle, passed away today at 7:30 a.m. He was an interesting man who loved his family, rugby, and mining. He taught mining science for the longest time at Virginia Tech and also lived in Africa for a stretch. While he could be acerbic in his wit, he was still a good man …
More Vacation Galleries
Yee-hah. I have a story about the continental divide that is probably better saved for another day, but… Riding the Cumbres & Toltec railroad Riding the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge plus others Incidentally, Bike Week in Sturgis begins this upcoming weekend. A LOT of bikers are in Durango (where we are now), making their …
Travel News From My Parents
My Dad Lloyd writes: Hi all, Here we are in Alaska after getting up at 3:00 a.m. to catch a 7:10 flight to PHX, we are traveling with some friends who retired from AA, We made it through to Anchorage unscathed. They didn’t know about the hoops you have to jump through to get stand-by passes on another …
Little Things
Many of you know that we’ve been trying to streamline/straighten/work out our finances and other money situations for a while now. Today was a watershed day, but only in the sense that water on the roof of a shed might cave it in. We’ve been working getting insurance for a while, and for some reason, …
Exponential Laundry
I understand that clean clothes are necessary in today’s civilized world, but it’s strange how much laundry has evolved. When you’re a kid, the clothes appear magically in your dresser. Sometimes you get dirt on your favorite shirt, and you cry, so your mom takes the shirt and magically replaces it with a clean one! …
Another stunning display
We’re sitting at dinner, and I’m talking about my job. There’s the possibility that I might have to travel. I’m not necessarily against travel; I’m against needless unplanned travel. So I’m saying that I don’t really want to be away from the kids, and Jacob pops up, “We’re always in your heart, daddy.” The next …
5 Years
It was shortly after 2 a.m. on this day five years ago when I placed a phone call to my mother-in-law and said to her that “Jacob Carl DeWayne Jones was born at 1:44 a.m. weighing 4.04 kg (8 lbs, 3 oz.), and he is perfect.” I don’t remember everything about that day. I’d taken …