Tales from FAR Manor

I’ll let the pics do the talking…

Say hi to AJ, born Saturday afternoon around 4:30pm local time. Keep me covered! She was a month early, extending our streak to three ...

Long ago, I observed TANSTAAFL (There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Laptop). I got a throwaway from work, but had to spend $120 to replace a...

It’s amazing what they can do with ultrasound these days. They zoomed right in on Granddaughter Dearest’s face… Look at those duck lips!...

Back in May, I blogged about Kroger’s Home Chef  meal kits . They’re basically raw ingredients and a recipe card. None of the prep work has ...

Recently, those “Balanced Breaks” snacks have captured some attention. It’s a great premise—a snack that concentrates on protein with dried ...

A couple Fridays ago, I went to pick up Charlie from daycare, and this is what he looked like: Fence 1, Nose and Forehead 0 …but he cam...

Together again! And when I die, and when I’m gone, There’ll be one child born in this world To carry on, to carry on. —Blood, Sweat, an...

Beats camping in a tent, says my 60 year old back. Not quite everything came together last weekend, but good enough: Mason had fall brea...

I found this after the fact: Mikel, Mason, and Charlie, all in one pic. It was from last December, when he came up to spend Christmas with u...

This is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to write: The Boy has begun his longest journey . A permanent TB01. You-know-what this. ...

While we were cleaning up the house, a Casio wristwatch turned up. Sizzle didn’t claim it, and I had never seen it before. Mason thought he ...

Pull up a chair, young’uns. Today, I bring you a tale from a time when years started with a 1. It was a technologically backward time, befor...

The local Kroger recently set up a refrigerated kiosk with “Home Chef” meals. These are boxed meals with two servings, running $17-$20 per b...

One of the advantages of using a text-based markup grammer for documentation—these days, often XHTML or some other XML, but could be Markdow...

In the brief two years I was on my own, I concluded 15 changes of clothes was the ideal number. It let me do laundry every two weeks, with o...

With a new car in the garage—a 2019 Kia Soul EX—I now have that critical extra seat to take both Mason and Charlie places. I still have the ...

About six months ago, my weigh-in at the doctor’s office was not a happy occasion for me. I came in around 234 lbs, the most I’ve ever weigh...

In this adventure, we find that structure isn’t always structure. And sometimes, the structure jumps up and smacks you to get your attention...

It has been a wet winter so far. We’re currently getting a few days of dry (and reasonably nice, for late February) weather… in mid-week, of...