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Like Father, Like Daughter

As if just learning to walk wasn’t hard enough, my daughter has to do it with a bottle of vegetable oil in her arms. Doing everything the hard way – that’s my kid. – b

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New Addition

There’s this little munchkin walking all around our house. It’s kind of weird. I was in the bathroom working on a project (no really, a project, not what you think) and in came walking this little girl. – b

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Dog Ride

Went for a ride yesterday in the mud. It wasn’t very much fun. Don’t worry. No trails were harmed. The majority of it was on double-track trails/roads. There was some ice and snow too. That also sucked. I wanted to do a road ride. Get more easier miles in, but Gretchen needed to run. Not […]

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Ice Hike

**Note – All the colors in the following photos have been semi-altered** Sunday afternoon Sean and I took the hounds for a hike at Marsh Creek. The dogs really needed it, and Sean was anxious to try out his new pack. We’re doing this little winter hike/camp thing in the Adirondacks in March, and he’s […]

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Abigail, The EF2 Tornado

Sometimes she can hit an EF4, but today it was only an EF2. The kitchen, The living room, The living room again, The bedroom, More bedroom, And a little more kitchen Basically she goes around from room to room looking for the latest attraction/distraction. Literally she tears it all apart, then moves on to the […]

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More Weekend Chores

It’s been said before, but with a kid comes a lot more stuff. For all that stuff you need more room. Not  a big deal, but I started adding more room with these three shelves in the laundry room. Not really my best work, and not even complete, but they’ll help. The best help of […]

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Family Guy

Last week it was climbing Mount Washington. This week it’s teasing at least 20lbs of frozen winter muddy dog poop out of the yard. Oh boy. At least I finally got the outdoor Christmas decorations down and put away. – b

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On the Work Front

Two big things happening this month at Thingworx. We got our funding. And they hired Jen. Yeah, so now Jen and I work at the same place. She’s all excited, because we’re going out to lunch today. Like a date she says. hmmmm. – b

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Mount Washington Attire

So I know for the future and everyone else has an idea. Here’s what I wore on the trip: Synthetic longjohns Gore-Tex – XCR pants/bibs Gore-Tex gaiters Wool socks w/ silk sock liners Scarpa Inverno plastic double boot mountaineering boots 1/4 zip Coolmax sleeveless base layer 1/4 zip longsleeve synthetic base layer Windstopper fleece vest […]

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Mount Washington Pictures

I didn’t get as many pictures this year and the ones I did get, weren’t all that great. We were moving pretty quick and I didn’t want to run into the finger freezing issues I had last year. Here’s the mountain from a distance. Here’s a shot of the group when we got into Tuckerman […]

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