1. My wife is so smart.
2. It is not possible for our
driveway to be big enough to prevent delivery drivers from finding their tires in
the front yard.
3. Time is the most valuable thing
even if sometimes I don’t remember that.
4. My dog is such an emotional,
sensitive creature. After working from home for two years, I apparently need to
give her more advance notice for my work trips.
5. Sometimes it is easier to not change
the clock and just subtract an hour all winter.
6. Continual learning is essential
and good. That also means being wrong can be good when recognized.
7. The engineer at Ecosmart that
decided to design LED bulbs to randomly fail and turn into disco lights after 3
years obviously didn’t realize how much my daughters like to dance. Also, next
time I build a house I’m going to diversify my lighting selection and not rely
on 42 Ecosmart recessed can lights, 18 of which have already prompted the
dancing.
8. It’s 2021. Saran wrap hasn’t
change since its creation in 1949. We have to do better.
8. When planning DIY projects, I need
to exchange “weeks” for “hours” in my estimates with Stephanie.
9. Being comfortable in a career is
good for a bit, but that bit can turn into too long and result in less learning/growth
unless changes are made.
10. Patience is kinda like Albanese
gummy bears. The first bite is kinda “eh” but then you need more and more.
11. The House on the Rock in Wisconsin
is the weirdest tourist trap ever. I can’t explain it, but when you visit you’ll
agree and also not be able to explain it.
12. Our well-work kitchen table is the
sign of great family time over the past two years.
13. Cutting down pine trees near our
house in the woods was worth whatever they wanted to charge us. Also, I’m glad
they didn’t know that.
14. The most fire-resistant house
insulation is actually made of lava. This learning is credited to a daughter whose
8th grade science fair project won 2nd in the state!
15. When sharing a single bathroom in
a hotel room, it is actually impossible for our family to wake up too early
when we have to be somewhere at a certain time.
16. Ten gallons of fence paint sitting
in the garage tends to stay at rest purely because of Newton’s first law of inertia.
I can’t do anything about it.
17. Mud-stained concrete patios should
never be cleaned with any manual methods. Better living through science and
strong acidic chemicals!
18. Watching our girls coach younger
girls in soccer is even more gratifying than watching them actually play
soccer.
19. You gotta watch out for the shy
one. You never know what she is thinking or dreaming. When she lets you in on
it, it’s usually pretty hilarious.
20. Teaching our oldest daughter to
drive has to be the hardest it’s going to be. Not because she doesn’t learn
well but because I don’t teach well under stress caused by the high likelihood
of physical harm. Also, her sisters wearing bicycle helmets when they first
rode with her was hilarious.
21. Broccolis are just little trees.
22. It took me until I was 43 to read
through the entire Bible chronologically. I should have started much sooner.
23. Indiana Dunes National Park
actually has nothing to do with quicksand from Indiana Jones. And yes, there
are really big sand dunes in Indiana, and they move.
24. My suggestions for a mullet hairstyle for Homecoming dance were not well received by the two teenage daughters. However, they did enjoy the Albanese gummy bears as they got ready!
