Standiford Family

So I guess my nesting instinct has kind of kicked in.  This morning I told Megan that I was going to clean her room and take out a lot of stuff, like her desk, because it’s always a mess.  So next thing I know she comes out of her room saying that she just cleaned [...]

In one of my prior posts, I was talking about how we had learned to play Canasta at a friend’s house and how we should add this game to our collection. Well we did and now I’m wishing we didn’t. I thought I was pretty good at learning different card games and picking [...]

Sometimes kids say things that just totally catch you off guard. Yesterday, while on the way to Megan’s Book Fair, we had quite the laugh. Kelly was driving and was trying to find an opening in traffic to pull out into. In order to make an opening she sort of peeled out [...]

On this Valentine’s Day (and every other day) I am especially thankful for my sweetheart and for all that her friendship means to me.  She is a wonderful companion and I am eternally grateful to have her as a partner in raising our two, and soon to be three, wonderful children.  I love you Sweetheart!
Megan [...]

Last week I got a new cell phone from Amazon.  As of November 24, 2003 wireless customer have had the opportunity to keep their existing numbers even when changing wireless providers.  This process is called porting.
Well this past week I experienced a porting nightmare.  I started the process by calling my new wireless provider on [...]

Google has just posted the beta version of Google Maps.  I like this much better than Mapquest and will now use this for all my mapping needs.

We went over to some friend’s house for dinner and played a new card game.  We learned how to play Canasta.  We played a version called Canasta Caliente.  This version is played with a special deck of cards where as the normal Canasta can be played with two decks of normal playing cards.  Even though [...]

My work held a special Euchre tournament this week to
celebrate our company’s success. A co-worker and I decided to enter the
tournament at the last minute.  There were thirty teams entered into the
tournament.  The team name we decided on
was Standing Kowz, which was a combination of our last names.  We played well together all week.  [...]

Quoted from CNN, "Punxsutawney Phil has spoken, and the news isn’t good".  The poor critter was drug out of his burrow and saw his shadow which means six more weeks of winter.  Bummer, I could have dealt with Spring coming earlier.
The official Groundhog site is really busy right now, but they have all the details.