Category Archives: The South

Nineteen Eighty One

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Patrick

You know we’re expecting again right?  I assume you do, since our readership is pretty limited.  We think we’ve told everyone.  Anyhow, as part of this getting-ready-for-a-new-baby thing we’ve started converting our guest bedroom into the baby’s room.  This requires … Continue reading →

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Grandparents on the Move

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Patrick

So one set of Ted’s grandparents moved recently.  My folks packed their worldly goods and moved down south to Never-Shovel-Snow-Again.  Ever.  Strange that the house I mostly grew up in is now occupied by some other family. Wonder if they’ll … Continue reading →

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Forty-second and Forty-third Weekiversaries

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Katherine

Ted is finally over all the colds, teething, rashes, etc. (knock on wood) and has been back to his usual goofy self for the past few days.  I am still working on getting him back onto a reasonable schedule.  He … Continue reading →

Posted in Accomplishments, Baby, Eats, family, flicks, Outdoors, Ted, The South, Weather, Week-iversary | 2 Comments

What else is going on

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Patrick

The employment front Did I mention I changed jobs again? This is the last time for a while, I swear. I did really love what I was doing at the newspaper (and the cool people in the media group there) … Continue reading →

Posted in Automotive, Employment, family, Homeownership, The South | 4 Comments

Hard to Believe

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Patrick

Hard to believe its been two years since we left little Rhodey. What a thing to do…. pack up and head off into the country with nothing more than a Craigslist handshake and a couple of disgruntled cats. It’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, family, Friends, Homeownership, NewEngland, Rockland-Ave, Ted, The South | 3 Comments

Halloween Blowout

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Patrick

So tonight was our first Halloween as homeowners (last year, you’ll recall, we were in our in-between apartment). Five, five bags of candy we had, all gone in just over an hour of non-stop doorbell ringing! At one point we … Continue reading →

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Something I Was Not Made Aware of Prior to Moving to North Carolina

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Patrick

North Carolina, once known for tasty BBQ, college sports and tobacco farming, is now home to “the most intense low-energy positron (antimatter electron) beam operating anywhere in the world.”  Go ahead and read that statement again.  I’ll wait. Yeah so … Continue reading →

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