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Katie has graduated 🎓
My sister’s firstborn is now pretty much an adult. I am devastated, but I suppose it is for the best. I always called her my own, but it is time to let go. She will be attending UNC next year and due to being a monster achiever (did a pre-college high school thing that basically […]
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My old site has been imported!
Since 2012, I’ve been held onto the contents of my site from 2004 until then in a folder on my computer. It was created in an archaic framework that didn’t have any support for transitioning to modern things… Until today… when I vibe coded my own tool. Basically, I used a code editor to load […]
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Mia, 5 Years
We’re like a quarter of the way done? Perhaps even more? Nooooo! This year this big kid learned to ski, comfortably flying down blue slopes, she became an absolute monster on her bike, and probably most importantly, got really comfortable with her numbers and letters thanks to her amazing teachers. Despite our best efforts, she’s […]
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Why is our electric bill so damned high?
When we moved to Vermont, our electric bill nearly doubled. We have a larger house, but we’re heating with oil (we’ll talk about that bill another day), barely use air conditioning, have low power/efficient everything… Why is it so high? I was convinced we had an electrical leak somewhere. Far-fetched, but they happen, especially in […]
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Bryn, 3 Years
We no longer have babies. Bryn was the easiest two year old in existence. Fun to be around, easy-going, silly. We’re a week into three at the time of this writing and… she either has a cold or three is real 😉 She loves trying to keep up with her big sister (and is in […]
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Video Games
I’m a gamer. Always have been. Well, ever since Mom and Dad let me grip that Atari 2600 controller. Or did the trick to loading a floppy on the Commodore 64 come first? LOAD “*”, 8, 1 If you know, you know Regardless, games have been a part of my life from a very early […]