Posted in Bryan, Fun Pile on Apr 12th, 2008 No Comments »
It really is true that the early bird gets the worm.
One of Bryan’s co-workers was selling a pair of tickets to last night’s Mariner’s game, and sent out an email early that morning. Bryan, being the early bird that he is, snatched them up before many had even come into the office. […]
Posted in Bryan on Jan 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
Bryan started a new job a couple weeks ago - he writes about it here. This means he is no longer flying to San Jose, nor is he working in our basement studio office.
The kids have not been able to grasp this. They wake up in the morning, venture down to […]
Posted in Bryan, Fun Pile on Jan 10th, 2008 No Comments »
B: Who wants to play Lego Star Wars with daddy?!
T: ME!
R: ME!
T: NO! ME!
R: NO! ME!
(repeat several times)
B: You can take turns playing. Thomas will go first since he said it first.
J: Nice.
B: What?
J: Way to reinforce the concept of putting others before yourself.
B: Hey, it’s the rules of the arcade - first kid […]
Posted in Bryan, Family, Travel on Jan 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
A few days ago we drove the kids through the neighborhood Bryan grew up in. I’ve seen it all before, but it was fun to take the kids - especially Ruthie, who seems to have understood these were places Daddy was when he was little like her.
This is Bryan’s Grandma’s house, now owned and […]
Posted in Bryan on Dec 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
This weekend we went to a swanky Christmas party. It was the first swanky event we’ve attended since last year’s swanky wedding of Chris and Ponzi. Since each of us only has one swanky outfit to cover all swanky events, it was a bit of a problem that Bryan couldn’t fit his swanky […]
Posted in Bryan on Dec 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
Every year when the weather turns, Bryan goes into Paranoid Sock Police Mode. It’s not uncommon to hear things around our house like, “The reason you got sick, Ruthie, is cuz you’re not wearing your socks!” and “Thomas! You just coughed because you’re not wearing your socks! Where are your socks?”
Maintaining this level of […]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Dec 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
Dear Bryan,
For two weeks now I’ve been planning to write a mushy essay for your birthday about how much I love you, and to post this song as a tribute to us. And then we got into that huge fight on the day the kids started puking, and you were stressed about work, and […]
Posted in Everyday, Bryan on Nov 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
As it turned out, Bryan had to work the entire weekend I was in Kansas. He took a short break for beer and pizza on Thanksgiving, but otherwise he spent the weekend coding while the kids watched movies. He coded in the living room while the kids took a bath. He coded on […]
Posted in Bryan on Nov 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
B: My sweatshirt still smells like paintball paint.
J: Even after I washed it?
B: Yeah, see? Smell it -
J: Uh, no. I trust you.
B: No really, smell it.
J: Honey, I don’t need to smell it.
B: Just take a whiff!
J: Why does it matter so much that I smell your stinky sweatshirt???
B: Because I participated in a […]
Posted in Ruthie, Bryan on Oct 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
Every morning when Ruthie wakes up, I remind her to throw her pull-up into the trash and put on her underwear. I didn’t think this task needed to be clarified any further - it seemed straightforward enough for a rational person like myself. But apparently it did, because today I found about two […]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Oct 3rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Bryan has been gone this week. We’ve had such a long stretch with him home, working from our basement studio, that I’ve grown really fond of having him around. This has been a sad and lonely week without him, so I will now wax eloquently of the many reasons I love this man.
Poetry. […]
Posted in Bryan on Sep 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Some video work that Bryan did for Ignite Seattle got picked up on the popular Lifehacker site today. Coincidentally, the video they posted was my favorite from that night, so you should really check it out - especially if you ever plan to buy a car from a dealer.
Bryan has the scoop […]
Posted in Bryan, Picture Book on Aug 24th, 2007 3 Comments »
Posted in Bryan, Seen, Heard, Said on Aug 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
Bryan to Thomas: Hey Thomas! You ready to go out for some Guy Time?
Thomas to Bryan: YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
Jen to Bryan: Does Guy Time include picking up some tampons for me?
Bryan to Jen: Uh, I think if you look in the Definitive Guy Time Guide, that would be a NO.
Posted in Everyday, Bryan on Jul 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
Bryan returned from San Jose tonight, and was home by 8:15. We sat on the deck talking on the first coolish evening of the week.
Bryan: Want me to build a fire?
Jen: Uh… ok… [pausing to to process why this sounded horrific to me, but not wanting to dash his obvious hopes] So… what was […]