Today should be the day I post my “what did I watch and read last week” post. But in a rare occurrence, I actually didn’t finish a single book, movie, or even a TV episode. My week was just totally swept away by other things. What other things? Well, I had a fair bit of family in town to celebrate Tomas and Caroline’s wedding open house here in Maine. That involved a lot of prep…

I actually finished one book and read two others this week, which surprises me now that I look back at it. I was running a bit behind my goal of a book a week, so I put my nose to the grindstone to get ahead again. (My experience with goals is that it’s always more fun when I feel on top of things, as opposed to when I’m running behind.) First off, I finished book…

It’s official. Daniela was set apart as a missionary yesterday, and today she started Home MTC. What’s that? It’s a two week program where she works on learning her mission language (Slovak) and goes over the basics of missionary work. After those two weeks are up, she’ll travel out to Provo, Utah, where she’ll attend 6 more weeks of classes focused on the same topic before she heads out to Slovakia toward the end of…

As I mentioned yesterday, we’re back from Mexico! And as promised, I’m here to give you an overview of what we did and how things went. Overall, it was a fantastic trip that all of us thoroughly enjoyed. That said, it also was far from the easiest place to travel. If you’re looking to see the sights and not worry too much about everything, this is definitely a place where I’d encourage people to book…

Sorry for missing last week while I was on vacation, but I’m back from Mexico now and ready to report. I’ll have much to say about my Mexican vacation soon, but for today, I’ll just keep things focused to the things I got to watch while I was away. I had two airplane rides, which means lots of movies! (I finished Book 7 of Dungeon Crawler Carl for reading, but I haven’t made much progress…

We hadn’t originally planned any big trips this summer. Between Tomas getting married and Daniela heading out on a mission, it just felt like it was too packed already. But the closer we got to Daniela actually leaving, the more I wanted to at least have one last adventure with her as a family before she was off on her own adventures. So after looking at the options, we decided to take a trip down…

Another week’s started, which must mean another week ended. What have I been up to, media-wise? Well, I’m still in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series for books. Just finished This Inevitable Ruin this morning and started book 8, Parade of Horribles. Still enjoying them, and not really much to add in the reading area. For movies and TV, I’ve been a bit more diverse. We finished Spider-Noir on Prime Video, and the whole family enjoyed…

Up until yesterday, my thoughts around Graham Platner were pretty consistent. He had presented himself as a person who’d come from a checkered past and was now doing his best to change and be a force for good. The tattoo, the Reddit posts, and the texts all fit that explanation, and I saw no real reason to shy away from him because of them. After all, I would like everyone to look at their past…

I’ll admit it: I’m struggling right now. Not really in my personal life, but on the blog side of things? Most definitely. I have a slew of thoughts, but I have a hard time convincing myself to write them out for others to read. It just feels like an exercise in futility, and so I end up saying nothing. I know this isn’t the best solution to things, but it’s where I’m stuck for now….

I headed down to Boston with the family for a few days for an extended weekend, and I wanted to report back here on some of the things we did that I can recommend to others. First off, I have to highlight a bakery we visited in Kittery, ME, just a few minutes off the freeway. We were down in Kittery to have Daniela get some clothes for her mission, and a friend recommend we…