The weather's finally started to turn warm, bringing a whole new set of challenges to productivity. During the colder winter months, it’s easy to stay in the house and focus on what’s at hand. While there are tons of things to do, the scope of work is more limited than during the warmer months. With the beginning of spring, all the outside tasks, from cleaning the garage to … [Read more...]
Hey Siri!
I’ve created a monster. Hectic-Grandson was on the iPad for a 30 min session, complete with timer. When I told him to get off there were still four minutes left. The little rascal said, “Hey Siri, show me the timer”. I ended up giving him the full-time. The kid can’t read or spell, but can use a computing device! Hectic-Grandson is a great example of the power of voice, … [Read more...]
Go Big Or Go Home
We do everything big in the Hectic Family. We live in a huge house, set on 14 acres of former pasture. We have eight kids. Each one of them was in sports all year round, often overlapping between seasons. When we compete, we compete at the highest levels. Everything we do is on a grandiose scale. Honestly, I’m not quite sure how we got this way. Partly it’s from … [Read more...]
Gathering For Family Meals
When our kids were all younger, we made a conscious decision to eat family meals together. For most families this would be really easy…you just wait until both parents are home and then eat. But Hectic Mom was in Medical Residency when we had our first three, so we often made dinner at home, packed everything up, and took it to the resident’s lounge. We would wait until she had … [Read more...]
An Ode To Service
This story is part of much larger story. I’m only going to scrape the surface today and leave the rest for another day. Yesterday I was in Joplin, Missouri to pickup my oldest son from the hospital. As we were returning to his house, he asked if we could grab something to eat. Since I’m never one to say no…I asked him what he wanted and he said “A chicken sandwich from … [Read more...]