Flamingo Box

Flamingo fledglings

It has been so long since we’ve updated this blog that the babies we were writing about grew into fully-realized human beings who can read and write on their own. I’ve created accounts for them here at flamingobox, and they’ve already started posting. Some of their content

Fun on photo booth

Earlier, last year, I was hanging out with Mom. We were playing around on photo booth, and its a memory I love, and probably won't forget. We took pictures together and made silly faces, laughing into the camera. I really enjoyed spending this moment with Mom, it'

HI!!!!!!!!!

Me and my sister use an app called photo booth and have lots of fun and these are memories I'll never forget.

"Could you ever love a 47-year-old woman?"

"I guess we'll find out tomorrow."

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Body movin'

We need body-rockin', not perfection Let me get some action from the back section [https://genius.com/1562420/Beastie-boys-body-movin/Let-me-get-some-action-from-the-back-section]

Busy

I avoid using the word 'busy', but sometimes, it's inevitable. Usually, busy is a way to describe priorities. Someone may say something like, "I wish I could volunteer more, but I'm just so busy!" But that same person may spend hours per

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Cut

Our boy has never had a haircut. Neither has Mackenzie! I've trimmed his bangs and tried to clean it up once or twice, but that's it. This weekend I noticed his hair falling in his eyes again. I tried to sit him down and trim it

Progress

I had another one of those days where I was in my own way. But I kept at it, and I made some progress.

Lack

If I can impart a sense of self-life to my kids, I'll consider my job as a parent complete. I want to be good. I want to feel like I matter. I try to do more good than harm for people in my life; I rarely feel like

Good

I am good... ...At my job, where I do well - and when I don't feel like I'm doing well, it's because I'm learning to do better. ...In my home, which is beginning to flourish ...With my family; amazing children, and a

Home

We were talking a few weeks ago, and it came up that, somehow, our house doesn't feel like "home" in the same ways that our 1 bedroom condo felt like home. The reason for this isn't clear - we moved here 2 years ago,

It's a family thing

My dad was here today. It's been 11 months since he's been in town, and I'm grateful that he gets to spend time with my kids and with our family.

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Yum!

Allie had a fantastic idea tonight. There was talk about going to the park, but it was getting a bit late. What will easily overshadow a walk to the park? Ice cream! We've got this fantastic little ice cream shop in our neighborhood. They make a pretty wide

Beautiful

It's been a rough day. A rough week... Month? Year?? I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and for the most part it's just a matter of staying strong. I wanted to write some more about staying strong and focusing on positive

Knocked out

I've started and stopped a half dozen ideas tonight. There's a lot to talk about, but stringing together a narrative is proving difficult. I have some fragments of ideas for stories to tell. A backlog of photos on my phone from things we've done

Getting out

We run a small business together while raising a young family. Literally a Mom & Pop operation. Our business is in an industry that encourages - almost requires - spending your off hours on contributions and community. back in the day, I was pretty happy with giving up most of

Mama yogi

I try not to make a big deal out of it, because I'm afraid to jinx it: with only one or two exceptions, I've managed to do yoga every day of 2017. That's actually a big deal for me; someone who doesn't

Etsy

A small win

Another throttle wasn't the only order on Saturday. We received an order for a jewelry tree as well. The first of these I made just over a year ago, I designed and machined it as a gift for Allie for her Birthday. We were a bit strapped at

Thankfulness

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"Upright" is enough

I've had a lot coming at me from many directions lately. I've felt anxious. It's been hard to keep moving. I have an especially difficult time with interacting with people when I feel I owe them something. The funny thing is that feeling anxious

Rebuilt

In September of 2007, I took my last solo trip. I went to DrupalCon Barcelona, and then spent nine days on my own, staying at hostels and wandering the streets of Barcelona. When the battery on my point-and-shoot died, I did the most logical thing: I walked into a Spanish

Done.

I did it. After months of designing, machining, tapping, threading, soldering, troubleshooting, reworking, fretting, printing, fixing printers, testing, and fretting (yeah, it's in there twice). I've finally boxed up the first two Delta Throttles [https://www.etsy.com/listing/243387070/custom-aluminum-delta-throttle?ref=shop_home_active_8]

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10

I'd been chatting with her for about a week. For some reason, my email managed to catch her attention. We exchanged a few messages, and then I invited her to meet. I wasn't sure she'd agree, but she did. We met, and I was

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Meta Ten

Today is the 10th anniversary of the day we met! Tens are a big deal to us: we married on 10/10/10, and do our best to celebrate the 10th of every month - or at least acknowledge it. Today is the first of our milestone 10s. No fanfare,

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The family I wanted

It's been awhile since I posted. I'm not going to apologize for that. We've been through some big changes, and I've been through even bigger changes as I work to find myself. I bristle at phrases like "finding myself." I&