Tales from FAR Manor

When you live in a free-range insane asylum, you never know who (or what) is gonna show up next, looking for a little living space… I gues...

Daughter Dearest’s maternity leave ran out last week, which meant she went grumbling back to work on Monday. And that meant AJ was at the ma...

Back before Christmas, Panda was at the manor, and backed up his big truck to turn around… BAM I was working at home that morning, and r...

Eating Season is finally behind us… maybe. A lot of us still have a metric eff-ton of meat in the freezer, we’re trying to ditch those holid...

Wife observed: “Now that Charlie is four, he’s entering his Terrible Twos.” He’s definitely four, Terrible Twos notwithstanding. He’s cur...

A new year has arrived, and perhaps people are asking you if you have any resolutions. Perhaps you reply, “I don’t do resolutions,” and ad...

I got a panini press for Christmas, a fairly fancy one that also has electric griddle and grill (open or closed) functions, Mason and I made...

Kahuna, my late-2013 iMac, has been really laggy as of late. Running EtreCheck suggested the hard drive might be failing, although it gave n...

I promise TFM won’t become a cooking blog, but eating is a big part of life here. I’ll be posting one or two more recipes in the coming week...

AJ is doing very well. She had her first church visit yesterday, and that went well. She has put on a pound since she came home from the hos...

I asked Mason what he thought of AJ after he had a chance to hold her. “Small, warm… and her nose is really tiny.” Tiny nose! Grainy l...

I’ll spare you the long-winded, self-indulgent preramble. If you live in the US, you know exactly where this is going: you have a metric cro...

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...