Lord of the Castle

I thought I would catch you up on few open items today…
Update #1: No Shave November was such a smashing success that Cakes decided to extend it all the way to Christmas Day! She wanted all of her siblings to see her “winter coat”. It was hilarious to see both her mother’s and her brother’s skin crawl while [...]

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New Year’s Eve isn’t really that big of a celebration in our household.
We don’t really drink.
Our television is in the storage facility. Besides, even if we had it in our apartment, I am just not that motivated to stay up a few extra hours to essentially watch the clock tick. You can dress it up with [...]

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My wife sent me a text message informing me that she got called in to work and that she had made a meatless pasta dish for dinner.
I texted back a “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” response: “What do you mean you didn’t make no meat?”
“Ha, Ha.”
When I got home, I headed straight for the kitchen. [...]

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I finally did it!
Something that I have been wanting to do for over two decades!!!
I hinted at it last weekend…
Some time in the early 90’s (that sounds SO long ago. When I was younger, that phrase meant the 1890’s!), someone told me that they had bought a side of beef.
“What’s a side of beef?”
“Half of [...]

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I got home from work late today. I had just emptied all of the lunch dishes out of my lunch bag into the kitchen sink when my youngest daughter, Cakes, came out of her bedroom all dressed in black.
She works tonight.
“”Hi, dad”
“Hi.”
“How are you?”
“Fine.”
“Look at this!”
She then reached down and grabbed the bottom of her [...]

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The surprise didn’t come off exactly as planned but it still worked like a charm!
I arrived at the restaurant first. Fifteen minutes later, my wife zipped by me and entered the restaurant. I walked around the restaurant looking through the windows. My wife was seated at a table at the restaurant’s entrance alone!
Hmmm….
I called our friend…
She had accidentally gone [...]

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My wife just started her 12-8:30 shift at Costco.
Since she doesn’t have any access to the Internet, I can let you in on a HUGE secret!
Everybody celebrates their anniversary…
well, maybe not quite everybody…
people forget or stop liking each other…
but, you get the idea.
But, how many people celebrate the day they proposed???
The idea first came to me last [...]

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We have been limping along with just our two trucks to get the my wife and I to work and my daughter to and from school. We have made it work, but I REALLY don’t like the idea of my wife driving Wild Bill, our OLD F-150!
Well, tonight we replaced the Honda.
While fixing the Maxima’s [...]

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I try to take my wife out on a date regularly. Sometimes it monthly, sometimes weekly. It all depends…
on her work schedule, our finances, our energy level, our children’s schedules, etc., etc.
Well, we had an unusual date this week.
I wasn’t dressed to go out on the town when I picked her up from work at [...]

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I came home from work tonight and saw a fairly large box sitting in the living room.
I wonder what that is? I don’t remember ordering anything…
I don’t remember anyone else talking to me about ordering anything…
It turns out that it is my son’s linens for college. Now I know why my wife didn’t argue with [...]

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