Life has started to return to normal and today was Valentines Day. Maya came home with lots of fun valentines from school. Christine was surprised at work today when she received a delivery of flowers from her husband (that’s me).

Last week, I replaced the exhaust manifold on our Mazda as the original had cracked and was leaking exhaust — a common problem, apparently, with the year and model. The problem had caused the car to fail to pass the annual state safety inspection, so it had to be done. The repair could have cost over $400, but because I know someone who would help me and my brother do the work ourselves, I was able to do it for the cost of parts: a little over $100.

So, today I got the Mazda registered.

Christine got her first paycheck from Sorenson Media last Thursday. She’s way excited.

I, on the other hand, am still waiting. It may be a couple more weeks before Iodynamics begins to manifest the results of our recent boom(s) in business.

Maya’s teacher wants her to bring a baby picture to school later this week. While we were looking through her baby pictures, I saw a couple pictures of Kermit and I when she was a puppy (Kermit was only a few months older than Maya).

“Keep your hands off my dog!”
Kermit and Doran in 1998

Another one.

Man! I've lost a lot of weight!