Category Archives: Family

My Name is Bert…and I am a Cord Cutter

Posted on February 17, 2012 by tiggermn

Not many peo­ple know that Amy and I are “cord cut­ters”. My father and I had this con­ver­sa­tion last night and a friend of mine just posted a sur­vey on face­book whether to get cable or dish.

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And then, THAT happened…

Posted on November 22, 2011 by tiggermn

Tonight I blacked out and fell. Only the sec­ond time in my life. First time was after my wis­dom teeth surgery and I smacked my jaw on the bath­room counter on my way down. Tonight was also in the bath­room (I think there’s … Con­tinue read­ing →

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99 Things

Posted on October 7, 2011 by tiggermn

I saw this over at a blog that my friend from school hosts (which is always an inter­est­ing read, since she lives in the Mar­shall Islands! And her daugh­ter is just too cute for words, always look­ing for­ward to see­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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You Gain when you Lose

Posted on August 23, 2011 by tiggermn

So, I’ve noticed some­thing with Amy’s and my weight loss. We’ve become closer. (Not that we weren’t close before.) I don’t know if its because we are doing this together, or if there is some­thing else going on, but we … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Blood is NOT thicker than water…

Posted on July 8, 2011 by tiggermn

I got enough name call­ing, and abuse from school, my home should have been a safe haven…and it wasn’t. My mother tried all she could to pro­tect me, and she taught me the value of love and treat­ing peo­ple fairly. For that I am eter­nally grateful…with that I can end the dreaded cycle of abuse and make sure my own chil­dren NEVER go through what I did. Con­tinue read­ing →

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Look on the bright side…

Posted on June 1, 2011 by tiggermn

I’ve been hear­ing from other peo­ple who were on Slim­gen­ics or other weight loss pro­grams and a com­mon thing I have been hear­ing is that they all quit or changed pro­grams because they were tired of hear­ing what they “couldn’t” … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Dream Home…Xanadu

Posted on May 23, 2011 by tiggermn

I’ve men­tioned this in blog posts before, but I fell in love with Xanadu homes (bub­ble look­ing shotcrete-styrofoam homes that were futur­is­tic) that were in tourist traps like Gatlin­burg, the Dells and Florida.

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A Teen…A Mystery….A Prom…A Birthday….A Success!

Posted on May 4, 2011 by tiggermn

I’m not really sure if Court­ney knew what she wanted to do for her 15th Birth­day. But last month we took a trip to the Mall of Amer­ica, when all the kids didn’t have school on a Fri­day, and we … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A Message to Courtney!

Posted on April 30, 2011 by tiggermn

I can’t believe your turn­ing 15 today! I remem­ber the day I first met you. I remem­ber you hunt­ing around my room and tak­ing every­thing that I had that was Tig­ger (large plush Tig­ger, Tig­ger back­pack, Tig­ger Pil­low, Tig­ger Slip­pers, and even … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Couples Massage Class

Posted on March 10, 2011 by tiggermn

Tonight Amy and I had Cou­ples Mas­sage Train­ing* with our Mes­sage Ther­a­pist Steph over at StoneWa­ter Mas­sage & Skin Care. Before I get to far into this post, I want to be clear, this was not a “sen­sual” cou­ples mas­sage … Con­tinue read­ing →

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