Sunday, January 30, 2011

Grace wants to be a reporter


Grace graduated from DARE this week. (She's in the front row on the right. Thanks to Jill Thomas for the photo.) She was pretty proud because her classmates voted her DARE essay the best in her class and she got to read it in front of the entire assembly. I was pretty impressed because she read it very clearly and audibly.

Afterward, she told me she wanted to be a reporter, you know, because she's a pretty good writer. Or work in an animal clinic or be a fashion designer. I didn't know whether to feel proud or scared that she wanted to be a reporter.

Seriously.

Dat Dude

He's already picked up a hundred nicknames -- Bubby, Mr. Bubby, Mr. Bubbers, The Walkman, Mr. Dude, Dat Dude -- but he's Walker Edward Throne, aka The Man. More to come of him, you know, because he's awesome.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Against my better judgment

I can't say that I've ever followed, thought about or even considered doing a family blog.

To be honest, it's too much like work. I write for a living, so coming home and sitting down in front of a computer is like going back to work. But I've probably resisted doing a family for longer than it would take to just do one. Kelsey has been pestering me about doing one, so, here we are. Some guys in their 40s buy sports cars, go to baseball fantasy camp, go sky diving or do something they've always wanted to do.  I'm starting a blog. (Yeah, I live on the edge.)

You're probably wondering, "Mike, do you really have time to create, maintain and post to a blog?"

Answer: Nope. OK, that's not quite accurate. I waste a lot of my free time in a day, so I suppose investing it in something that helps connect the far-away dots of our family (parents in South Carolina, relatives in Mexico and elsewhere, friends all over the U.S., etc.) is something worth doing.

So, we'll see how this goes. Kelsey and I will update as much as we can. If you like the posts, then I did them. If not, then they came from Walker … or Liza … or Grace.