The forecast for tomorrow (that is, tomorrow from when I’m writing this) calls for a chance of snow flurries. That got me thinking back to our first Texas snowfall. Now I should point out that prior to our first Texas snow, the last snow we saw before that was a few years earlier. (It didn’t … Continue reading “Snow in Texas”
Tag: Diane
Have a Heart
So after Mary and I had been married for a couple of years and she was pregnant with Diane, my friend Dave talked us into trying to scalp tickets to a Heart concert at the Brendan Byrne arena in NJ. Now Dave and I had gone to quite a few shows before that, and scalped … Continue reading “Have a Heart”
Creative Christmases
When you live near both sets of families, there’s plenty of Christmas traditions and activities to keep you busy. When you’ve moved a thousand of miles away, though, that’s when you have to get a little creative. When we first moved to Texas, we still had a console TV. (You remember those, a “big” picture … Continue reading “Creative Christmases”
Trip Planning Is MY Thing, Though
I mentioned in our trips to Northville and New Paltz how trip planning isn’t really our thing. As a group. My own family trips are a different story. When we moved from New York to Florida, we drove down in my Honda Civic. Not roomy, but how much room did an infant and a six … Continue reading “Trip Planning Is MY Thing, Though”
Baseball Stadium Fun, Episode 1
I had a work trip to Chicago one summer, with a full day scheduled to set up for a presentation the next day. Well, I get there and it took like an hour to prepare, at which point I had nothing to do. So… are the Cubs in town? Now I’m a Yankees fan by … Continue reading “Baseball Stadium Fun, Episode 1”