A Box Full of Imagination

Posted by Danny When I was a kid, some of my happiest with my friends occurred in a dirt hole in the back of our yard.  We’d play with our little green army men; we had a million.  My tanks would sneak up the back side of the hole with my brother and his troops on the [...]

Piggy Pressure

Posted by Danny The pig pressure is mounting.  Be strong – be strong. The week before Christmas I had a sitter in for the girls.  I thought the sitter was my friend – we go to church together.  She is not – Apparently when I called her to stay with the girls, she began thinking [...]

Sunday Post 49: Merry Christmas

The Tanner Family Christmas Card, 2011. 

Procrastination Payback

  Posted by Danny It pains me to go to the mall in December – today, I am in agony. It had to be done.  I have children who will not get presents this year because of my procrastination.  So I mustered up what little patience I had and I forged toward shopping hell.  It [...]

Elf on the Damn Shelf

Posted by Danny Have you ever heard of Elf on a Shelf? The guys who invented him should be beaten with a large Christmas Tree branch. He is a little elf doll, about 12 inches high, wearing a red flannel body suit. He comes with a book. The book tells the story of your elf. [...]

What are you wearing? L’Oreal

Posted by Danny I’ve started wearing makeup – well, at least for our play performances.  Apparently when you’re in a nearly Broadway musical, you wear makeup – regardless of your sex.  On Friday, DJ reminded me we had to provide our own, so we headed to Target to peruse the cosmetics aisle. DJ was concerned with the [...]

Who’s a Waltzer?

Posted by Danny Ever since I found out I was “chosen” (I think I was the only guy on stage left not doing anything at the time) to waltz in A Christmas Carol, I have touted to DJ that “I am a waltzer.”  She has disputed my claim – actually saying that she would not [...]

Cardboard for Christmas

Posted by Danny I need a box.  A great big box.  Because that’s what Michelle wants for Christmas. I came home the other day and she handed me her “Christmas Chart.”  On the left side of her graph were the numbers 0 – 100, listed in descending order by tens.  across the bottom of the page [...]

Sunday Post 46: Happy Holidays?

Posted by Danny Michelle is so excited about Christmas that she can hardly contain herself.  As we were putting up the tree, she simply stated, “I just love Christmas daddy.”  Oh to have a fraction of that joy… I’ve found that the holidays have moved from the happiest time of the year for me to [...]

The Mirror Ball

Posted by Danny On Friday we headed to the mountains to cut a fresh Frazier Fir Christmas tree, an annual Tanner family tradition.  Last year Jesse went with us and the two mountain men running the tree farm clearly thought we were a gay couple.  I suppose that’s understandable, although he’s much too young for [...]

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