14 December 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Worth a thousand…how does that go?

Worth a thousand…how does that go?

Monday nights have become grocery night for us at the Barlows for 2 reasons: 1/I get paid on Monday, so it’s good to buy food when you have money and 2/It’s one of the few nights of the week on which nothing else is happening. So we made our somewhat normal trek to Wal-mart for [...]

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26 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Not Enough Hours in the Day, Part 2

After blogging yesterday, I seemed to be more aware of the time I was spending yesterday evening. I also became a little more aware of some of the things on the “things I don’t have time to do” list that weren’t completely necessary (#5, #8). So how did I spend yesterday evening? Let’s see… 5:00pm [...]

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13 August 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Now seating: Barlow party of 4!

It almost been a week since I blogged about something other than my normal parade of links on Thursday, but c’mon, I had a really good reason. And here’s the story… Last Saturday evening, it was my night to put our almost 3-year old daughter, Aubrey Joy, to bed. My then pregnant wife, Mary, informs [...]

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26 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Nesting

Andy is nesting? Answer: No. But I have seen the nesting phase of motherhood in full swing this past weekend, and it’s a very unique and enjoyable experience, in my opinion. As these Barlows make ready for the arrival of our 2nd little girl, Avery Claire, on or about Sept. 6th, we started (late) getting [...]

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28 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

“May I please have some put your story down.”

I love it when children start to grasp the things you’ve been trying to teach them for months and/or years. I’m talking specifically about my child, Aubrey Joy, who will turn 3 at the end of October. I picked up my latest copy of Group Magazine as I was headed out the door after Sunday [...]

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