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Getting Out of Newport

September 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Friday morning, I was working on the computer when Danielle said she thought it would be a good idea to drive out to Waverly, New York, to see her grandparents. I hummed and hawed and said, Sure, call them and ask if it’s OK.
Of course it was OK. They hadn’t seen Sean since March. So [...]

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Tags: The Life and Times of a Navy Husband · Year of Bliss

Dog Days

August 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments

What is it about August? Is it the heat, the humidity, that just saps away motivation and ambition?
Newport is incredibly full of end-of-summer vacationers trying frantically to relax before the kids are back in school. I can see it in their faces: an urgent need to maintain the schedule of fun, to Fit It All [...]

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Tags: The Life and Times of a Navy Husband · Year of Bliss

Last Will and Testament

August 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

My latest Milspouse blog post is up.
I’ve known for a long time that I needed to have a will drawn up, but, as usual, I put it off. Beyond needing a lawyer, I had no idea what was involved, and, hey, lawyers are expensive, aren’t they? After Sean was born, though, I couldn’t keep putting [...]

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Tags: The Life and Times of a Navy Husband · The Mysteries of Everyday Life · Writing · Year of Bliss

Book Row: New York Diary, Part 3

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Deciding which of New York’s bookstores to visit should not have been difficult. There are a lot of choices—Barnes & Noble, Borders, Housing Works, St. Mark’s, Gotham Book Mart—but the one to see is the one we (kind of) stumbled on: Strand Books.
We arrived in the city with a long mental list of potential things [...]

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Tags: Books · Widely Spaced Beacons of Hope · Year of Bliss

Gotham: New York Diary, Part 2

July 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

The most concise explanation I have read this morning of why New York is sometimes called Gotham is from a letter to the editor of the Times from 1989, shortly after Michael Keaton first put the badass into Batman (honestly, Adam West’s Batman seems like a total wuss by comparison). Basically, Gotham is a reference [...]

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Tags: Writing · Year of Bliss

Island of Many Hills: New York Diary, Part 1

July 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

Much has been written about Manhattan, and New York City in general, but after visiting the city last week for the first time, I feel compelled to offer some thoughts.
I’ve always been intimidated by New York. It holds no romance for me, only fear. It is the Big City of all big cities. The way [...]

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Tags: Writing · Year of Bliss

…And We’re Back

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Just got back from a 3 day trip to New York. I want to write more about the visit, but the 90° heat cooked my brain.

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Tags: The Life and Times of a Navy Husband · Year of Bliss

No End in Sight

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

We just got home from Sean’s 6-month check-up. I’m happy to report he’s as healthy as can be.
To sort of copy a post John put up a couple months ago, here’s a look at how Sean has changed in the past 6 months as we retire his car seat:

He’s also in the 90th percentile for [...]

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Tags: Other · The Life and Times of a Navy Husband · Writing · Year of Bliss

Sean’s Next Conquest

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

The Litchfords are planning a trip to New York, NY. I wrote about it in my post Big Apple Baby at Milspouse.com.
The first complication was the summer heat. I can’t imagine carrying Sean all over New York City in 85° heat in the Baby Bjorn carrier. So then we thought we’d just bring our stroller, [...]

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Tags: The Life and Times of a Navy Husband · Writing · Year of Bliss

Further Proof That Marrying Danielle Was the Best Decision I’ve Ever Made

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Angel food cake is one of my favorite things. It’s so simple and good and sweet. I have never contemplated baking it at home. Danielle on the other hand, has made 2 sponge cakes (a lemon sponge cake and the angel food cake) in as many weeks.
There’s a story here. First: we’ve had a lot [...]

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Tags: The Life and Times of a Navy Husband · Widely Spaced Beacons of Hope · Year of Bliss