I bought a new doll for Lailah a month or so ago. Gave it to her when she was here, a couple of times ago. She immediately tells me “…She’s ‘creepy’, GranPa…” I ask her what she means, thinking it’s because of the thing sticking out the doll’s head. “No, GranPa, her glasses are creepy!” […]
Archives for July 2016
Lailah, ice cream, and having kids of my own
This short video from a year ago always makes me laugh. She is always so crazy. I think back about my own childhood – and I truly don’t have any good memories of growing up – not sure whether this is because I have a truly bad memory, or if I actually didn’t have any […]
“What’s the best part about blogging?”
I stole the following from a fellow blogger, but it certainly applies here as well: People always ask me what the best part of blogging is and I say ‘my followers!’ Thanks everyone, for putting up with my ranting, my craziness, my political nonsense, as well as the postings of <mumble, mumble, thousands> of Lailah […]
Third Trivent Financial interview scheduled for Thursday
Thrivent Financial job update: Three weeks ago, initial 15-20 min phone “get to know you” interview with director in Appleton, WI. Last week, three person video conference interview with mgr (WI), team lead (MPLS) and a non-team tech (WI). Not sure if mgr is the mgr of the team I would be on, or mgr […]
New credit/debit card – surprise!
My local bank recently sent a letter indicating they were replacing my old debit card with a new “chip” card and offered me a choice of either their default (boring) design, or I could upload a photo to use in it’s place. I think it came out really good (this picture of the card is […]
