As most of you know, we’ve been swallowed alive by copious amounts of snow. My neighborhood got around 21 inches. Now that it’s all over and we made it through without losing power I can say that it was awesome. Especially the thundersnow.
It ended up being the 3rd largest blizzard in Chicago history, which [...]

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Yesterday I mentioned (borderline bragged) about how Nola slept until 7AM for 10 days in a row. This morning, of course, she woke up at 5:50. I also posted a picture of Nola in her Philadelphia Eagles finest and, for anyone who follows sports, that story ended with one giant thud as well.
I’m not [...]

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I’ll give Taylor Swift one thing - she’s one hell of a babysitter.
I suppose I should back up and come clean about Nola’s aural problem. She has devolved into an outright, helpless music junkie. As an infant she was merely an aficionado, singing along to the likes of Florence + The Machine, The National [...]

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My voice has been gone for almost a week now. It comes and goes, but even when it comes, it’s like listening to a human being shouting through a garbage disposal. So, on Tuesday night I hit the bed early. Nola was standing next to me, playing a spirited game of peek-a-boo by throwing my [...]

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Nola is one now. She has been for quite some time. Of course you would have had to infer such an event because it has been an eon and a half since the last time I updated my blog.
I’m thinking about ending this blog and starting a new one. I am a person who really [...]

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I was sitting with Nola, she was sitting in the Baby Bjorn, and I called our dog, Marcy, over to see us. The amazing moment that follows doesn’t even include the first 90 seconds of Nola’s hysteria. I’m not quite sure what it was that was tickling her funny bone, but I’m pretty sure it [...]

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Nola slept until 9:15 this morning, which is entirely my fault.
On Wednesday night I cooked a delicious breakfast-for-dinner meal of sweet potato country fries and an omelette with locally grown green pepper, pork chop and apple. It was the kind of feast that required coffee, even though it was well past the 6PM hour.
And [...]

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Nola woke up too early on Saturday morning, so instead of wiling away the day in the comforting confines of our bed, I waddled to the kitchen in a half-stupor to begin making breakfast. As I reached for a banana, I noticed that our street was blowing bubbles. Upon closer inspection – and following the [...]

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As most of you know, back in my teen years I was morbidly obese. Almost 500 pounds, actually, and I lost all of the weight by the time I was 19 through diet, exercise and a crippling fear of the reaper (with all due respect, Blue Oyster Cult).
Even before we had Nola, I was afraid [...]

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My 6-mile Father’s Day run seemingly ended per usual - with a cornucopia of endorphin-fueled bliss that was so hard to contain I danced a little during my cool down. I was sweaty, invigorated and thirsting for a grape Propel. Keeping my hips in shape is of utmost importance to me, so I willingly looked [...]

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