I’m back in the southwest, Tucson, Arizona to be specific. I am here for work for a few days, but I had a chance this afternoon to drive around a little before checking in to my hotel and meeting up with people for dinner. Tucson isn’t a lot diffe…

Today we are heading for Seven Springs, a ski mountain about 2 hours east of Pittsburgh. They have a fall festival set up and you can ride an alpine slide, climb the rock wall, use the chairlift, and go ziplining. The kids are excited and I will b…

This morning the conference breakfast was at a restaurant called ‘Top of the Rock’ at the resort. While the food was unremarkable, the view was fantastic. This picture is looking north over Tempe toward Scottsdale. The camera on my phone wouldn’t …

This week I’m back in Arizona, Tempe specifically, but for business. Which means no fun. It was really fun flying in yesterday during a dust storm. Certainly a different experience than I have had here in the past. To top it off, it rained yesterd…

For those of you who don’t know, this is a chinchilla. Apparently, somewhere down the evolutionary ladder a rabbit mated with a guinea pig and this was the result. Okay, that’s speculation, but it seems like a reasonable theory. This little guy’s …

I tried to think of something witty to go with this, but I drew a blank. Seriously, I think I’m just ashamed that I’m jealous of a monkey.

It’s a gorgeous day in Pittsburgh, so we headed to the zoo with friends. So far, these are the wildest animals here. The zoo has always been great, but they have really spent some cash this year upgrading the signs and exhibits. Shockingly, the pl…

That embarassing little creature up there is a chinchilla. Oh wait, I meant the little rodent, not my wife in the Jay Cutler jersey.For some reason, a moment of regrettable weakness on my part, we have two of those. (Technically two Cutler jerseys…

This view of Portland, from Baxter Boulevard over Back Bay towards the city, is one that is very familiar to me. So I guess it made sense that I took an opportunity to see it during a quick trip home. It was great to have a little time to see my f…

We just had parent orientation for 2nd grade students. Rylie doesn’t know anyone in her class, which is fine. This teacher is far more structured than what she is accustomed, also not a bad thing. Her teacher has over one thousand books in the roo…