Suggested Reading

With how little I do at my job on most days, I get a lot of reading in.  I just finished a book my dad recommended to my mom, who in turn gave to me.  The non-fiction story is titled The Glass Castle and it is by Jeannette Walls.
If even half of what she says is true in this novel, then it is quite a tale.  The ability to overcome and make a life after what she went through with the parents she had is astounding.  Every page opens up a new scab of this woman's injured past, making it one of the most enthralling stories I have read in quite some time.
The book is a quick read and only took me a couple days to finish.  I highly recommend you find a copy.  While cliche to say, once you start it will be tough to put down.

I Feel Like A Kid Again

It is significant that today was the first day of the new school year for many boys and girls as I will be utilizing my brand new lunch box at work.  Lately to save money I have been taking a lunch to work and it is packed in a plastic grocery bag.  While that is a "green" way to reuse the bags instead of just chunking them in the trash when we get home, it is rather boring, doesn’t have much personality to it, and is what many people do already in my office.
However, now that I have a lunch box in the refrigerator at work I will know exactly which bag is mine.  My lunch box is really just a green cloth cooler to keep the items inside insulated and big enough for a couple things to be stored.  I hope in the future to get a retro box, possibly made of metal, with an old cartoon character on it or possibly a James Bond lunch box. That would be sweet! Maybe for Christmas.

Food Blog Is Up

Joanna has completed setting up her new food blog and has a few posts already published.  The website is kissacook.wordpress.com.  Go check it out.

A Family Of Bloggers

I am very proud of my wife.  She has decided to start up a food blog.  She has always been into cooking and we commonly joke that I married her simply for her cooking and the great insurance she gets with her job.  While her taste buds are different than mine, she always makes a great meal.  I am excited to see what she comes up with and it will make dining out a little different knowing we are critiquing the experience.
As soon as she comes up with an address for her blog I will post it here for anyone interested in food like my wife is.

Happy Birthday ...

to me!
It's my 31st birthday today.  Yah.  Spent it celebrating my daughter's 4-year-old birthday at Pump It Up.  Had fun, but my legs are killing me.  Just saying, I feel 31 after jumping, running, and vaulting through bounce house obstacle courses.