32 things I’m thankful for, one for every year, in no particular order
1. I'm thankful for Lolly Shea. 2. I'm thankful for my three girls, Anna Viva and Tessa 3. I'm thankful for good, good parents. 4. I'm thankful for food. Especially good food. Like stuffing. 5. I'm thankful for technology. Especially good technology. Like apps called...
read moreEngrish Spam!!! + Check-in + Happy Thanksgiving!
So, I'm not sure why this started, but recently I've begun to get spammed trillions of times daily. The spam messages are... ridiculous. They're like this: I spend every waking moment in the morning reading this webpages fastidious tips meanwhile drinking my morning...
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Home again, home again.
Got back yesterday from our trip down to Utah. And yes, we successfully procured Lolly's Dunford donuts and Schmidts bakery cake. And she even let me eat a Dunford. Because she's filled with charity, and also because I saved the cakes from being destroyed on the...
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We’re in Salt Lake. For cake and donuts. Oh yeah, and for a conference.
Important: The following post links to two companies. These are not paid advertisements. We promise. We just love these companies and this conversation actually happened. So, yesterday I found myself, yet again, in the airport about to go to Salt Lake. The following...
read moreLessons in Unconditional Love
Here is the address I gave at Circling the Wagons. For more on the story behind the conference and how I ended up speaking there, see yesterday's post. Lessons in Unconditional Love Hi there. I’d like to thank Circling the Wagons for allowing me the opportunity to...
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Circling the Wagons: ADD and fear almost won. But didn’t.
I wrote this on Tuesday. Last weekend was kind of a big deal for me, for a couple of really important reasons. Honestly, I'm still recovering, even though I think things went about as well as I could have possibly hoped. Brene Brown talks about the concept of a...
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Hi there, Ricki Laker
Oh hi.If you're here today, it means you probably saw the segment about me and my wife on Ricki Lake or heard about it online somewhere. So, welcome to the blog that started it all!Let me show you around.First off, you might be wondering about the coming out post that...
read moreRicki promo + pumpkin robbery
First off, wanted to share the promo for the Ricki Lake show. It airs Friday and you can look up times on yesterday's post. So, that's happening. And now a (sad) story. I got a call at work from Lolly who was like "Hey, did you move the pumpkins off of the front...
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Hell Week + Important Dates UPDATED
Hi guys. There a few words that I might use to describe why I haven't been around for a week. Normally I'd give a lengthier explanation, but I have the feeling these words might just be explanation enough: lice trip to urgent care RSV broken down transmission hate...
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How things went with Ricki + Check in
All right, so let's talk about how things went on Wednesday on Ricki Lake. I'm really, really happy to report that it was an incredibly positive experience. So, here's the story, in a nutshell. Several weeks ago I got a voicemail from a producer of the show... who was...
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Ricki Lake UPDATED
So, I'm in the airport on the way down to California because tomorrow Lolly and I are going to be on The New Ricki Lake show. No, this is not the 90's. Yes, this is actually happening. On my Facebook page, I mentioned that there was an 8% chance that this was a set-up...
read moreWednesday check in on a Friday (because that’s how my life is right now)
Hi folks. I'm having a minor episode of meltdown. Everyone Shhhhhhhhh *puts finger over your mouth* It's okay. This happens to me from time to time. Basically what is going on is that I'm totally overwhelmed by the workings of my life and I find myself unable to do...
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