Orin’s mom, who has been in the hospital the last few days with a bladder infection had a small stroke overnight. His dad and sister will soon be with her at a hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. She is stable, conscious, knows who she is, where she is, etc. but at present has no motion…
Category: family
amazing, family, odd
Bingo Again!
family, oddwalkia
Junior Oddwalkian Fashion Show!
Oddwalk received a gift certificate to an online custom clothes store, so we got Madeleine and Noah their own embroidered Oddwalk gear. Now they can show up to work one day wearing the same thing too. Shannon and Orin got satchels.
family, odd, travel
Countdown to 200,000
Orin’s 1998 Ford Escort is creeping closer and closer to a milestone – 200,000 miles! This morning on the way to work at the Shrine, I took this picture (notice I stopped the car – not in a driving lane – to do so). For some perspective, 250,000 miles is roughly the distance from the…
family
Hoppy Birdy Two Ewe!
Hey! It’s Shannon and Erin’s son’s and Orin and Erin’s Godson’s birthday! Noah is one year old! Here’s a pic from his birthday party a few days ago. We should probably do a caption contest for this picture. Perhaps “contest” is the wrong word, because no one really ever wins, and there aren’t ever any…
baseball, family, video
For It’s Root, Root, Root for the Cardinals…
Shannon’s daughter Madeleine does what she can to help the Cardinals in their late-season surge. Pay attention to the second line. The word she sings is not “crowd”. See if you can tell what word she actually sang.
family, odd
Bingo!
Tonight, Orin went with Erin H and her mom to play bingo at St. Stephen’s in Caseyville, IL. Erin has gone a few times, this was Orin’s second trip with Erin. So, over 26 or so rounds, Orin won twice! There were probably at least 200 people playing tonight too. Here’s photographic evidence of Orin’s…