Bad Days Accomplishing Much &Good Days Accomplishing Little
I’d say that this weekend falls into the second category for me and Ben. The ladies of the house are in Charleston, South Carolina at Jessie’s national dance competition. The guys have been hanging out around the house not doing much at all except male bonding [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad on June 30, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Posted in Advocacy, Posts by Dad on June 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We Have a New Secret
I’ll give you a hint and tell you it has something to do with the pretty lady in the picture on the left. You can find out who she is here.
I can also say the folks here in her home town are very proud of her and are happy she’s [...]
Posted in Tagged on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Would You Like to Play a Game?
No, I’m not referring to the Matthew Broderick film War Games. Commander Jean-Luc Picard has taken leave of his blog for a few days of R&R and has left detailed instructions for the crew. Go there now to Captain Picard’s Journal so you can fulfill your Star Fleet [...]
Posted in Art by Ben and Bennie, Art for Purchase on June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New Giclee Print of “Ben’s Flower Pot” Now Available!
I have to say I am pretty amazed at how well this print turned out! Of the hundreds of giclee (pronounced “jee clay”) prints I’ve turned out the past two and a half years this is perhaps the very best. Maybe God is trying to tell me [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, On the Palette on June 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
On the Palette
Lime Green: I’m gonna go out on a limb here and state for The Record that having a cold during the summer sucks worse than having one at any other time of the year. Given the high humidity and temperatures and the additional pollen floating about I’m seriously considering getting one [...]
Posted in Art Shows, Posts by Dad on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Squeeze Part II
First “squeeze” analogy: I could’ve easily replaced the sponge in the photo used for last week’s blog entry and replaced it with one of my shirts I wore over the weekend. Official temperatures were probably in the mid-90s. Friday when I got into the van to return to the camper the [...]
Posted in Art Shows, Posts by Dad on June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Heat is OnIn a few minutes I’ll be leaving for my second festival of the summer. The South Carolina Festival of Flowers takes place in Greenwood which is only a little over an hour South of home. This is a first time event for me so my expectations aren’t too high. [...]
Posted in On the Palette, Posts by Dad on June 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Squeeze
Slap and Tickle I squeeze as much joy out of our kids that they are willing to give. When I get the opportunity I squeeze my daughter into the ball of laughter that is all her. She’s the type that just looking at her in a certain way you can get her [...]
Posted in About Ben, Family Stuff, Masterpieces, Posts by Dad on June 19, 2007 | 9 Comments »
There Are Days
There are days like this one. Getting out of bed is difficult. You know what’s ahead. Changing a wet diaper of a 7-year-old. Mixing the medications for the morning nebulizer treatment while preparing the correct amount of Pediasure with water for the daily nutrition. Was today the day [...]
Posted in Blogged by Ben, Family Stuff on June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“What I Did on My Summer Vacation” by Ben Waddell
We had a family gathering at Kiawah Island, South Carolina. My Uncle Cameron took all the kids to a toy store where we made our own stuffed animals. Jessie picked out a panda bear.
Here I am thanking my Uncle Cameron.
We took family photographs. [...]
