We got some really goodews yesterday. Previously Sharon’s body, primarily the placenta, wasot functioning properly. On a scale of 10 it received a 4 🙁 And the amniotic fluid levels were belowormal. This gave red flags to our midwife and OB, causing them to decide...

As you well know if you have been following us we are planning on having Noah at home, well motherature has her own plans maybe. It seems there is a possibility we may have to have Noah at the hospital. We can still do everythingatural and with our mid-wife, justeed...

Sharon isow at 36 weeks, we justeed to make it one more week until we are cleared for a home birth. Although we do have one obstacle in our way that could stop us. Noah’s size isot as big as the mid wife would like him to be 🙁 He is currently in the 11th percentile...

Well I am really starting to get suspicious. I realize also that this is quite (big word alert)arcissistic but I am beginning to believe someone in Pensacola is picking up all of the lost shoes around here. There have beenumerous instances where I have passed a shoe...

Well it has been a while since I last blogged, I am going to start blogging more as we get closer to the birth of our first (and last 🙂 child, Noah. I just think if foro other reason than for him to read someday, I should start documenting his first years of life on...

It has been quite a while since we had taken a road trip, well in our terms 🙂 It felt to get back out on the road, but it waso in the CruiseMaster as we are weighing some heavy issues about how “green” the big RV is. And also to put it bluntly, we cannot afford to...

As I spoke of in an earlier blog, I have been building furniture. My first project was to create a platform bed with wicker storage baskets underneath. Much like the beds that go for over $1000 at Pottery Barn. I drew out my plans for almost a week, changing them here...

Sharon and I haveow begun what people refer to asesting. We have begun filling ourew little home with “stuff”. The very “stuff” we lost over 3 years ago. And what better and economical way to do it than to by buying “gently-used” stuff. After all it is a way or...

Well, since we are up there in child bearing years, our pregnancy has been labeled a “high-risk pregnancy”, meaning we had to see a high-risk specialist, Dr. Mayer. We received a thorough ultrasound to calculate Noah’s size and assess his progress. We found out he...

Well we got rid of the Jeep in exchange for a mini van. Many of my friends are getting a kick out of me getting a minivan. But it wasnt that long ago that I had a Toyota minivan that i just loved. It was when I lived in West Virginia. Originally bought when i still...

Lately it seems like there has been a lot to be down about, and most recently I have been down about the world losing a great animal. A warrior in his own right. A good soul...BoDog. BoDog was Scooter’s, one of my best friend’s dog. But I doot like the term dog for...

Well Iow have respect for those people that blog without travel and exploration as their source of material. I amow finding that mowing the lawn, sweeping the floors, cleaning dishes, doing taxes and running to the grocery store are tough subjects to write about. I am...

I recently saw the movie “Into the Wild” and it really struck a chord in me. So many things that the character Chris McCandless experienced reminded me of what we discovered in our journeys on the road in the motor home. We too feel like we connected and got to touch...

This past weekend was University of West Florida’s Festival on the Green. And we participated in it with a booth for our One Shoe Diaries stuff. The first day was alright, it threatened to rain all day but it held off. I met many wonderful people. Names escape me, I...

Lately the One Shoe Diaries has really gotten attention. From media outlets to people’s personal blogs. The CNN segment featuring it even replayed this weekend! I just found a site this morning where a creative writing resources page posted this: Creative Writing...

Recently I had my good friend Randy, or Big Randy as we call him since he is around 6’8” and close to a muscley 300lbs! When in town he was on a vacation for himself, away from the stresses of raising 3 kids and being self employed. So to live it up a bit he decided...

Seems every where we have traveled we have been followed by a train. I know it isot the same train, but you know what I mean 🙂 As we went across the country to California it seemed we were always listening to a train atight. Sometimes just a subtle train whistle in...

After the segment about Sharon and i and our project the One Shoe Diaries aired on CNN Headline News’ “News to Me” over the weekend I got a lot of response from people who saw the segment and wanted to comment on the project. This is the best part. I love to hear from...

Well the baby craze is starting to kick in for us. We are doing something I NEVER thought we would be doing...shopping forursery items! The fun thing aboutaming our baby boy Noah is he comes with a built in theme of Noah’s Ark. We have found that there is Noah’s Ark...

Wow, things are really starting to take off as far as exposure. Book sales,ow thats a different story, but this sure is fun. I love how many people I have been meeting from my One Shoe Diaries Project! So manyew and interesting folks. I just love to share travel...

Since I have started to promote my project the One Shoe Diaries I have had a great response from people about it. They have ranged from people who have seen those solo shoes out there and we always curious to how it got there. As many of you know also, that JulieAnn...

Sometimes when we go looking for adventure we often overlook our own backyards. This past weekend I was hungry to explore somewhere, to be somewhere that inspired and energized my soul. Before hurricane Ivan I had gone out to Fort Pickens National Park on Pensacola...

Well it is official. We had our ultrasound today and we found out we are having a boy. Normally you cannot determine the sex for a baby until 20 weeks and he is at 15 weeks. Apparently he is well developed already...that’s my boy 😉 Hisame will be Noah Charles...

Pensacola News Journal recently did a great article on Sharon and I about the One Shoe Diaries. They even gave me the front cover. It was a large photo of me sitting on a raod with a shoe in front of me. Pretty cool other than the scowl look on my face 🙂 They did...

Over the weekend idGroup had an open house party with a building dedication as the main event. The team has recently moved to aew building, wellew to them. It is an old car garage built in 1890s and purchased by Horace Shumpert who converted into an office building in...