Most of the people reading this have visited the Cheli home at least once. (And if you haven’t, well, you’re always invited so long as you bring some cupcakes.) And you all know that Kristen and I have accumulated a lot of wonderful crap over the years. Although not so much lately, we’ve been going [...]
One of the great challenges of living in an area where you didn’t grow up — especially being of the male sex — is that because people don’t necessarily know your history, there are plenty of assumptions about what sports team you root for. For example, I am not a fan of the Chicago Cubs. [...]
Kristen and I spent the past long weekend in Minnesota for my cousin Abby’s wedding. It was a lovely affair, and only a few things happened that likely signify the end of the world: 1) Mosquitoes were abundant and hungry. On Sunday afternoon, a couple of hours before the “I do’s” were about to begin, [...]
I finished painting the new office/guest room combination, and I have to tell you, I’m quite sore. I was able to do the first coat last night, and I touched up the edges and some spots this morning before going to work. True dedication on my part, if I don’t say so myself, although my [...]
I’ve added a poll to the blog — one I’ll try and update every once in a while. I’ve contacted a statistician friend to see if he can get us a margin of error. We’re nothing if not anal when it comes to numbers here at Barnabas Monkeypants Headquarters.
To the four people who read this blog, I’m sorry for not updating it recently. I’ve begun a few posts, but then don’t finish because of work getting to be, well, work, and home life getting to be crazed. On Sunday, I taped (my least favorite part of the painting process). Tonight, I spackled the [...]
Although Barnabas won’t be coming for a visit for another three months, it’s still appropriate to wish Kristen a Happy Mother’s Day. I’ve asked Barnabas for his present to his mother to not kick so much. He said he’d think about it. Stubborn kid. But Kristen’s going through a lot — did you know that [...]
Kristen and I met a long time ago — 12 years ago last month, to be exact — and from the first time she took off her shoes and socks and pressed her tootsies against my leg, I knew that she had the coldest feet on the planet. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, [...]
As many of you who read this blog know, I’m very cheap. Extremely cheap. I know of only one person more cheap than me (a co-worker, who I admire more and more each day as he rails on the fools who pay full price). Yet when it comes to baby things, there aren’t that many [...]
I’ve heard a lot about how pregnant women “nest” — the idea that they get all crazed by decorating like mad during the last trimester. And, frankly, like so many things I’ve been reading in books, websites, and in tea leaves, I think it’s a little overblown. It’s not nesting, you crazy experts, it’s called [...]
Henry is happiest when he's looking at or playing with or reading about cars and trucks and fire engines and bulldozers -- pretty much anything with wheels or that makes a loud, growly noise. This book has all that (and if you're a little nutty like me, you can add the sound effects).
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