Lord of the Castle

Life never ceases to amaze me. Change happens so quickly, so unexpectedly.
This morning, I drove Cakes to her SAT test. She can drive herself but I just wanted to get a little time with her.
I chose to take the Toyota Paseo because it gets great mileage and she has only ridden in it once before. I [...]

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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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Sometimes I wonder how you read what I write…
I think many of you think that some of my posts are just the myopic boasts of a doting father.
For example, I have written about my youngest daughter’s singing ability. I told you of our trip to Denver for the American Idol auditions.
When I expressed my surprise [...]

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My youngest daughter came home from school and provided me with some pop culture enlightenment
“Did you know that it is “No Shave November?”
“No, I didn’t. What does that mean.”
“All of the guys at school don’t shave during the month of November.
“Oh.”
“Did you have that when you were young.”
“No.”
“Even though I have already had no shave [...]

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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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My youngest daughter is taking a choir class. She had a concert last night…
I like to listen to good singing…
But after the 45th deedle-dee sung in row fashion, I began to get a feeling that was very similar to that of going “shopping” with my wife.
First, my chair became uncomfortable…
Then it felt like it was [...]

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In August, 2004, my oldest daughter drove our new Ford Windstar for her first day of classes at the local community college.
My son was with her because we had just learned that. although he was just 14, he qualified to enroll in a college Algebra class. Our youngest daughter was also in the car.
She was [...]

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My daughter started school this week. She is going to be pretty busy this year.
She has 6 classes at the high school, her Great Books class on the Internet, will be mentoring incoming freshman and working two jobs!
We decided that she could continue work at the restaurant Wednesday (because school doesn’t start until 8:30 on Thursday [...]

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Our son is leaving for college in 4 weeks. My wife informed me that he needs clothes.
It must be a chromosomal thing. To a woman, every event in life is a good reason to spend money.
But, to be fair, I had noticed this myself. It seems that he is either dressed in wrestling shorts and T-shirt or [...]

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My youngest daughter is turning into quite the little “go-getter.” As soon as school ended, she realized that she would have to take start taking all of the standardized college tests (SAT, ACT) in the Fall.
If she wanted to do well on them, she would have to know Algebra and Chemistry. The problem is that she was [...]

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