Aote from Noah?
As you know Sharon’sanny passed away recently. One of the things that most affected Nanny when she was alive was when we lost Noah. She, along with Glenda and Bump raced down here from Maryland to be at our side. Nanny had been looking forward to Noah’s...
Lost Sole Dedication #244: good bye Nanny
The sweetest woman in the world. We always felt this photo captured her soulToday I lost a grandmother. Not my blood relative grandmother, but my grandmotheronetheless. Pauline Jessie Conner, affectionately known as Nanny, was Sharon’s grandmother and our Nora...
Collector of Lost Stuff and Lost Soles #383 and #384
On our way home from Maryland, Sharon and I passed a gentlemen on the shoulder of I-65, outside of Montgomery, AL, pulling a shopping cart overflowing with items that can only be described as “stuff”. I mentioned to Sharon regarding our current situation...
Destination: Ocean City, MD
A light crowd on the Ocean City Boardwalk.This is a beach town I have visited several times before and really enjoyed it. It has a totally different pace than Pensacola Beach, TOTALLY! Now that can be good or bad, depending on what you are looking for. Ocean City...
Nora Turns 1: A year in pictures
HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY NORA! Noraot too sure about this chocolate thing yet. I am sure that will change.Every parent says it, “I cannot believe it has been a year already!” and they also say, “look how big she has gotten!” I think both things as I...
Destination: Pocomoke City, MD
Along the Pocomoke River in Pocomoke City, MDAfter hanging in Deal Island for a few days doing pretty muchothing, we were stir crazy and ventured out to the small historic town of Pocomoke City just 30 minutes away.It is definitely small, but full of charm. An old...
Road Trip 2012, A National Park Odyssey
16 National Parks, 18 States, and 6,588 miles and Countless Hours of Driving.This was a shot stolen off the internet, mine will have a lost hiker's boot in it *LOL*That is what a journey we are dreaming of undertaking will entail. A journey that will take us across...
Destination: Deal Island, MD
We arrived at Deal Island with a sound asleep Nora, after an hour straight of screaming. She just wanted out of the VAN! She endured 20 hours over 3 days stuck in the car seat and just couldot handle another minute. So I pulled over and just by pure luck, was an...
Destination: James Island County Park, S.C.
Nora and Daddy playing in the splash areaI guess Ieed to rename our travel blog from Dogparks and Brewpubs, to Dogparks and Playgrounds 🙂 Since Nora has begun walking we have made a point to search out big playgrounds for her to check out. Rightow though I think it...
Destination: Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Sharon and I headed out on a road trip to see her parents on Deal Island, MD and family in Baltimore, MD. To help make the trip easier we made a stopover in Charleston S.C. to see our friends Kevin and Jason. And while there we wanted to explore Kiawah Island as we...
The ” My Neck Hurts” story
In order to keep on the momentum of the last story in regards to Skippy's ballistic personality I am going to tell the "Myeck hurts" story. Like most of the Skippy stories, this one took place years ago when we were about 19-20 years old. It was Spring Break, one of...
Whose fries were they?
Since the last flashback was so well received I have decided to write another. And partially due to the fact life has been pretty boring due to working so much that I haveot had anything happen lately to write about. So in these dull times I am going to tap into the...
Grab the rope!
This is a flashback blog. Back to a story from 1994 that I make reference to in Volume 2, the infamous "Grab the Rope!" story involving one of my favorite subjects of my many stories, Kevin. I have only told this story to people in person but always wanted to get it...
Just a little Peanut
It has been almost four weeks since our last doctor's visit which put us at around 11 weeks along, still too early yet to tell the sex of the baby. Which is killing me! We have picked outames but areot going to reveal either one until we know if we have a boy or a...
A Viable Pregnancy.
When we first found out we were in denial, we didot want to get hopes up until we saw our doctor, the same doctor that delivered sweet Noah for us. We connected with him and trust him fully and there iso one else we want than Dr. Maher. But with Sharon's insurance we...
Are two blue lines a yes oro?
Well Sharon and i have been blessed again. We have been trying to keep it a secret just so asot to Jinx it. But we are 12 weeksow, so we feel safe to let the cat out of the bag. Theseext few blog entries are going to be looking back over the past 4 weeks of the...
Big Announcement Coming Soon!
Sorry for slacking on the entries. It has been crazy busy for me and a very emotional and physically draining week for me. I plan on recharging my batteries this weekend. And stay tuned, Monday, March 1 we will be posting a big announcement. A big ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
Dogparks and Brewpubs
It was a hard thing to do, but what was previously our travel blog website, dogparksandbrewpubs.com has been decommissioned. Weow have visitors routed to the One Shoe Diaires where our blogow resides. But to keep the distinction between the old andew posts we created...
Grade school flashback
If you know me at all, you know I love to have friends, and I doot like losing any once I make them so I try my best to keep in touch to keep the friendships alive. Thanks to the greatetworking tool, Facebook, I have an amazing way to keep current friendships alive...
Randy the Sheepdog, fellow sole searcher.
While googling "lost shoes" one day i stumbled upon this story on OldEnglishSheepdogs.com and thought I would share it. It was posted by rfloch. "Like many Sheepdogs, Randy wasever a great ball player. If I tossed a ball or a stick, he would run out and pick it up but...
Hand and Foot Show: Rome, Georgia, Thank you Tommy.
Well despite low turnout, which i attribute to me slacking on the PR end of things, I feel it was a success. It was hung at a beautiful location in a great looking gallery. Hopefully it can be a springboard to getting more venues interested in hosting our show. I do...
Volume 3 is in the works
I have finally gotten inspired to start work on Volume 3. It is hard because this was going to be the Volume that followed the adventures of raising of Noah 🙁 But I am sure he wouldot want me to stop writing. So while I dedicated volume 2, this book will be done in...
New Orleans, LA
Sharon was able to get a flight home earlier than we thought which was great. I think the cold and lack of sleep was getting to her. Plus I cannot take care of myself andeeded her home as well. But to do that we had to fly her intoew orleans airport in order to do it...
Change is in the air!
Well the trip up to baltimore turned out to have a happy ending. Nanny got out of the hospital and was doing really well when I left. Sharon remained up there to help take care of Nanny for a few days after she got home from the hospital. Which I must say, I did like...
Emergency road trip to Baltimore
While going about the usual things on a typical wednesday we got a call from Sharon's aunt Glenda that they had to take Nanny to the hospital because she was bleeding from somewhere into her stomach and had to get emergency surgery to repair some blood vessels that...