InnerTeub

So, one of the joys in our life is that my in-laws are willing and able to puppy sit whenever we go out of town, saving us hundreds of dollars and making travel financially possible. This is a perk I cannot imagine living without. The catch – because there always is one- is that they [...]

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Two days ago was the fourth anniversary of my heart surgery. I celebrated the event better last year, having just completed an Ironman triathlon. Finishing that race was solid statement of health and vitality, a reminder of the drastic way illness changed my life for the better; certainly if I had never gotten sick, I [...]

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Mckenzie’s Good Friends Originally uploaded by pescatello My brother is spending the year teaching for Duke University in Rome (yeah, his life is pretty awesome), and as such will not be back in time to celebrate Christmas with the Lewis fam. As I make my plans to travel home I realize we’ll be down one [...]

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(subtitle to this post: “God, I will do anything to procrastinate, won’t I?”) I remember this argument when the year 2001 came around: people arguing that it was the real start of the decade, not the 1999-2000 flip over moment etc. etc. (This argument was awesomely portrayed in the West Wing: when one character commented [...]

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Here is my one sentence review of the latest Dan Brown* book: I’ve dated men like this book: A decent enough way to kill time when lacking other options, but that doesn’t mean I’m glad that I did. *The Boss and I have both now read this book, and we STILL can’t remember the name [...]

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I love the movie “Christmas Vacation.” The Boss and I frequently discuss whether or not we’re trending more Todd and Margo or Griswold, and honestly I’m not sure how it’s going to end up, but I’m sure our neighbors roll their eyes mightily when we spandex up and head out for our weekend bike rides. [...]

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