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Happy Mother’s Day

Scott Neumyer — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:23:49 +0000

Since I’ve been banned from Twitter by Dave White until my middle grade novel is done (about 4,000 words or so away!), I figured I’d just throw a quick blog post up to say…

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all the fantastic moms out there!!!

A super special Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, my mother-in-law, and my awesome wife (it’s her very first Mother’s Day!).

Love you ladies!

baby lesson #1: pwned by formula!

Scott Neumyer — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:14:44 +0000

It’s been just over a week now since baby Skylar came into the world and basically turned my (and my wife’s) life upside down with all the happy, sleepless goodness. I’ve just now started to learn a few things along the way, so I thought it’d be fun to document them here from time to time.

**Baby Lesson #1

Babies don’t like their formula cold.

Okay, now this might be obvious to some people and there are probably a ton of moms out there just shaking their heads, but I can’t imagine why babies don’t like their formula cold. It just doesn’t seem right. They actually like it lukewarm. Blech!

The first time I went to feed the baby a bottle, I had to ask my wife if I should put it in the ‘fridge for a while first. I just assumed since, you know, I like my chocolate milk cold that baby Skylar might like hers a little chilled.

Man, was I wrong. Totally pwned by the wife and her gut-busting laugh as the question rolled off my tongue.

So, let this be a lesson to you, all future fathers. Baby Lesson #1 = Babies don’t like their formula cold!

Go figure…

In the Oven Until January!

Scott Neumyer — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:26:07 +0000

I’ve been a bit busy lately, hence the lack of new posts Sorry about that. I’ll be back to normal pretty soon.

In the meantime, here’s a picture of my our first baby (little Skylar Maria) in the oven until January 22!

Rainy Movie Saturday

Scott Neumyer — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:56:58 +0000

Wifesnake and I have been sitting around today, mostly watching movies and eating junk, and listening to the rain tap tap tap on the windows as it comes down outside.

We watched The Strangers on Blu-ray, which freaked her out pretty badly. I didn’t love the flick, but it was a nice slow-burn of a terror film that was so clearly based on (but nowhere near) “true events.” You can google around and find out what the real story behind the movie is, but all that doesn’t really matter too much. Solid performance by Liv Tyler and a full creep-factor are what make it worth watching.

After The Strangers, I decided to pop in the Blu-ray of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Wifesnake wasn’t really that into it at first – even though she absolutely loves the original Indy trilogy – but after about a half-hour, she started really getting into it and by the end she was rooting all the way for her imaginary BF Shia.

A pretty fun day, but now I need to go put some books back on the bookshelf and write a bit before relaxing in bed. I’m pretty stoked about the UFC event tonight, but we shall see how it stacks up.