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Seldom will all my children cooperate to take a family portrait. Here\’s one with my folks and me, as well as the critters. This was the day after Christmas, after all the presents had been opened and played with and cast aside. Fun times.

Since my last post, my life has taken a dramatic shift. On October 1, I was diagnosed with Crohn\’s disease. This is an incurable auto-immune condition that affects my digestive tract. I\’ve been poked and prodded and tested and examined. Some tests weren\’t so bad, but others were miserable. Since June, I\’ve lost 45 pounds…

The boys will be two in a week. HOLY cow. How did that happen? I have a crap load of papers to grade, yet I am sitting at my computer. Hmmm…are they going to grade themselves? Maybe the grading fairy will stop by. I just realized I forgot to make vocabulary packets for my sub…

John had a run in with the neighbor boys this weekend. One of the little darlings across the street, accompanied by his visiting half-brothers who are twins, decided that it would be fun to throw rocks at our garage and at John\’s car. As a result, we are now getting to know our neighbors. Here\’s…

John had a run in with the neighbor boys this weekend. One of the little darlings across the street, accompanied by his visiting half-brothers who are twins, decided that it would be fun to throw rocks at our garage and at John\’s car. As a result, we are now getting to know our neighbors. Here\’s…