Once again we were able to sneak up on Patrick with a video camera. This is the kid who doesn’t care what anybody thinks about him.  He probably knew the camera was on him the whole time. This time he was practicing his faces in the mirror of a parking lot. This was at Emily’s play at the school.

In response to DB who asked about the widget of my Twitter reader: (Which I’ve placed a screen-grab of here so people will know what the heck I’m talking about in the distant future when it may not be on the top-left of my website.) Basically, it’s a custom designed widget using Sprout consisting of a photo of me holding a piece of cardboard and my Twitter feed placed over the top of it. The Sprout widget scrapes my Twitter feed which I update nearly daily.

To create the widget, I took a bunch of [Read more →]

This is from the McClellandfamily.com Archives (as told by Steve in the voice of Emily):

When I was barely walking and just mumbling a few words, probably at about 15 months, Daddy left me alone, supervised only by my attention span and a 5 color playdough set. When he returned to clean up, the playdough was [Read more →]

This pic still cracks me up every time I see it:

Flower girl, Kirsten carried the upper half of grandma Becky’s body around for much of the celebration.

I just came across it while digging through the McClellandfamily archives. I moved the entire post of the Pollard wedding (from where this photo came) here.

If it’s possible to archive archives, this is what I’ve done here. I’ve been bringing forward stories from my old archives page which will slowly shrink and eventually dissapear once all the stories are here. I’ve updated some photos, corrected some typo’s and linked to the [Read more →]

No prizes here. The winner gets bragging rights for the dirtiest nails after 2 days of camping and NO SHOWERS! Bodega Dunes was cold and windy, but we made the most of it and enjoyed our weekend with the Wassermanns and their new pop-up trailer.  [Read more →]

More and more I’m counting myself as a fan of Merlin Mann and everything he does.

You can also visit his blog, kungfugrippe and these:
* 43 Folders – Merlin writes about modest ways to make your life a little better
* You Look Nice Today (iTunes) – Merlin contributes to a Journal of Emotional Hygiene
* Twitter– Merlin keeps it to 140 characters
* 5ives – Merlin makes lists of five things
* That Phone Guy (iTunes) – Merlin talks into his wallet
* Flikr – Merlin snaps photos
* The Merlin Show (iTunes) – Merlin chats at 30 theoretically productive frames per second (on hiatus)

It’s spring fever…. You don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! –Mark Twain

With stiff competition this year Emily was not selected for her competitive soccer league. She was sad only briefly (she’ll miss the girls from her team) but then relieved to not have the daily stresses of the league. She’s deciding now if she’ll even play soccer this year. As for me, I won’t miss the politics, the expenses and the huge dedication of time that comes with it. [Read more →]

So there I am pissed off at work, looking for something to punch when I notice the glass electric meter… damn! Had to file this one under “anger” anyway.

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It’s Lisa’s birthday once again, and she’d love to hear from you. Drop her a note by clicking here to go to our contact page and wish her a happy birthday. But first, look at that picture and tell me that she doesn’t get more and more beautiful every year.

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