Category: family
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Leaving Romeo: Jimmy
Last week I talked about leaving Romeo and my relationship with our senior pastor, Bob. Next, I want to talk about our music dude Jimmy. Jimmy, like Jason before him, has been an awesome friend to me. There is something about being in that “associate” role at a church that I’ve always found kinship with. …
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Leaving Romeo: Bob
As I mentioned two days ago, it is now official that my tenure at Romeo is rapidly coming to an end. And while there is plenty of curiosity among readers about what my new job is all about with Youth Specialties… there are years to talk about that and just days to reflect on the…
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The home stretch
Megan has about three weeks left of school. Like a lot of other kids in school, she can only think about the finish line. How many days until she is done with first grade, gets a vacation, and enters second grade? Right now that is all those thoughts dominate her mind. We are using this…
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Happy Birthday Megan
It’s hard to believe but my oldest child turns 7 today. Six was a good year to her. She has finished most of first grade. She is learning like crazy. She just got baptized. She has a lot of friends. She is in love with Webkinz. Megan loves animals, especially her cat Lovely. While Lovely…
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13 Years Later
Kristen and I have been going out 13 years. (OK, we’ve been married almost 11 years… but we’re still dating.) I love telling our story because it’s pretty unusual these days. Kristen and I met when we were almost 19 years old. After a really awkward and unmemorable blind date Kristen and I finally had…
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Tax returns
We’re a late filing family. I filed at 10:15 PM on April 15th. I’m happy to report that we got our state refund today. It came at the perfect time! Between that and the relief check we are, for lack of a better term, relieved.
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Chirp!
Right now our house is a little annoying to be in. You need to know that we live in an old house, built in 1871. For those of you outside of Romeo I’ll explain our town to you like this. Have you ever driven through and old town, gone down Main Street and slowed down…
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Cedar Point is in the portfolio
My family has a habit of investing in companies that we believe in. Our family portfolio includes an automaker and an oil company that are serious about making money while remaining serious about caring for the world we live in. In short, We added a fun company to our portfolio, literally. Cedar Fair Entertainment Group…
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Spring Comes to Romeo
This isn’t quite what our peonies look like just yet, but they have begun to sprout. Around our house that is a sure fire sign that spring has sprung. This was a really long winter. I can’t wait for more warm weather, taking walks, riding bikes, and seeing anything green. And yes, I do believe…
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Plumbing Fun!
The last couple of weeks we had some water in our basement. Not altogether unusual for a 140 year old house, but enough to be concerned about. Yesterday, our plumber friend came over to have a look at it. He ran his massive snake machine all over the place and that didn’t clear out the…