Raising Us

Our evolution, herein contained

Playtime for Maggie

Posted on January 31, 2007 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle, Travel | 1 Comment

Yesterday Maggie and I went to the local Youth Center for ‘Tot Time’. ‘Tot Time’ is basically time for children of ages 1-4 to have supervised playtime together in the gym. I would not have known about if it weren’t for a nice Mother who told me about it when Jason, Maggie and I were […]

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So much left to do

Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

A map of the countries of the world to which I have been…I wouldn’t necessarily say ‘visited’ because to me that implies one was there for some time. Several of these are on the list because, while I did not spend a tremendous amount of time there, I have been physically present in that nation.

Create […]

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If you’re having trouble…

Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Regarding the video I posted earlier, some of you may see a little link which says ‘Get Flash Player’ or something along those lines. Click on that and then click on ‘Install’ or ‘Download’, whichever it happens to say. This process of downloading can take a long time, depending on whether you use your telephone […]

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Wow, I actually did something kind of computer-geeky

Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Yes, dear readers, this is the introduction of video here at RaisingUs. I have a few people to thank but I’m late for work right now so that’ll have to wait. Anyway, yes there will be videos of Maggie soon but for now, it’s just Wilson.
All you have to do is hit the right pointing […]

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“Stand, Stand, Stand!”*

Posted on January 27, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

*Stand by Sly and the Family Stone. They aren’t necessarily one of my favorite bands or anything (although I do like them) but they are noteworthy because of their contribution to the musical and wider cultural picture of their time.
Y’all need an update on Maggie. Prior to Christmas vacation, she was standing on her […]

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I want to be like them

Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

O that we were all like Nell and Jim Hamm: extremely healthy, physically active despite being 65 and 70 years old, and wise enough to prepare for and respect the wilderness. If there was a medal for taking responsibility for one’s self and absolutely refusing to accept a victim mentality, it would be named after […]

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The Quest for the Half’er

Posted on January 24, 2007 - Filed Under Adult swim | 6 Comments

I have given myself a goal for this year. That goal is to run the ‘Fit for Life Half Marathon’ on 7/21/07 in downtown Boise. I started running again at the beginning for January and am up to 3 miles both outside and on the treadmill. The cold weather has pretty much forced […]

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Read you like a book

Posted on January 24, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Did anyone else notice during last night’s State of the Union address that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was very uncomfortable when the President would say something she disagreed with? I saw this come in the form of her licking her lips each time this would happen. This doesn’t exactly give me the warm […]

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Where’s the baby fat 2.0?

Posted on January 22, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Adding to what Jason wrote last night…At the appointment, the doctor made an interesting comment concerning babies and weight. She said that most people are overly worried about the skinny babies and not worried enough about the overweight babies. She assured me that Maggie was fine with her weight and evidence shows she has continued […]

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Where’s the baby fat?

Posted on January 22, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

We’ve been a little concerned lately over Maggie’s skinniness. She not sickly looking or anything but she definitely is a twig. So, one day last week, Erin took her to the doctor. She weighed in at 16lbs 11oz and measured 28″ (she turned 10 mos. on the 15th for those of you not keeping score). […]

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