Posts under ‘life-blog’

Having a White Christmas in Texas is a mixed bag of good and bad. It's good for all the obvious reasons (snow! Christmas! etc!) but bad because, in Texas, snow doesn't just mean snow. It means ice, bad drivers, accidents, road closures, and travel delays and cancellations.
Christmas Eve, Celeste and I didn't quite make it [...]

I've managed to take one item off the list of possible Christmas plans and yet I've added another. So here it is, Christmas Eve, and I'm still making up my mind. Yeah, everything works out this way for me. It's a curse.
I'm not going to my brothers. That amounted to the most work for the [...]

I can tell it's Christmas by the sounds of arguing from within my family. It happens every year. There's always something to go wrong. This year I guess it's my fault. Or rather, I'm the one with the problem. I want to spend Christmas with my family: inherited and chosen. This isn't completely possible, of [...]

I am nearly ready for my second tattoo (sort of my first, if you think like I do).
At any rate, I'd really like this one to be in a less hidden place. Yet, at the same time, I worry greatly about employability. I do have a daughter to care for after all. And money [...]

Last Wednesday I was in a car accident. I wasn't hurt and Celeste wasn't in the car. But, two of my airbags deployed, the rear axle and the frame was bent and, after lots of number crunching, the insurance company decded to total the vehicle.
So I got a rental car that day. Two days [...]

Tonight, Celeste and I made pumpkin cookies. Despite our measurements being a bit off with her helping and all, they turned out delicious.
Many of you have asked for the recipe. I used, basically, my dear friend Melissa's recipe. Only I halved it, and added a few "Daniel" touches.
Daniel and Melissa's Cherry Pumpkin Cookies
Wet Works:
1/2 cup [...]

Our last day was hectic. In fact, i'm writing this from the plane as we decend into DFW.
I spent 3 hours getting ready for the day, having breakfast, and packing bags. There was just too much to fit into too little of space. My mom gave Celeste a blanket, two stuffed animals, 3 sweat [...]

Yesterday was filled with fun. Perhaps one of my best days yet.
After getting ourselves ready in the morning, C and I went for a hike up Mt. Philo in order to look over the entire Champlain valley. At least that was the goal. Access tithe park was closed, however. So, we could only access [...]

(since I took the time to set it up, I decided I may as well test the new blog by email feature. So, this entry was sent via email.)
I've been up since 4am unable to sleep. On the plus side, I managed to get a lot done.
All of our clothes are packed. Except Socks, Underware, Shoes, [...]

It's such a beautiful day out today.
I have a lot to do to get ready for our trip and�a messy house to clean.
I should pick up C from school, take up both straight home, make a quick dinner, and get to the cleaning and packing.
But, at the same time, it seems really unfair to keep [...]