Daily Life Blog Posts

I started The Life of JWo a little over a year ago after a friend posted a link on Facebook to Jenny Lawson’s (aka The Bloggess) post “And that’s why you should learn to pick your battles.” Not long after … Continue reading →...

1. What a pretty boy! 2. Forgot about our anniversary this year but was nicely surprised when I got home. 3. Trying out red lipstick on my tiny lips. Don't know if I like it or not. 4. Found a bunch of new Pop figures that I want/need. 5. One o...

We disagree with one another a lot these days, but I think I’ve found three sentences we can all say, “Yes, that’s true,” to: 1) We are all born. 2) We all die. 3) In between, we operate each of our lives based upon individual...

Sometimes, as we all know, Tammy can be brutally honest and tonight was just another example of it. Me: I almost drank an entire 2-liter of SunKist or whatever that thing is called. Tammy: SunDrop? Me: Yeah that’s it. It’s … Continue readin...

We got our christmas tree last year, it's our first. Since we got it pretty close to christmas, we didn't really have that many ornaments. But this year, both of our families gave us a few boxes of old ornaments to use. So this is our christm...

We started out young and dumb, and next week will find us middle aged and wiser. Tuesday the Norwegian Artist and I celebrate 30 years of marriage. One man, one woman, who decided to throw our lots in together and see where our combined energy, talen...

Tammy has seen her fair share of disappointment over the past six years we’ve been married, but none more so than today. I’m just glad that, for once, her disappointment wasn’t my fault. As I wrote about back in October, … Continue readin...

With Christmas is just around the corner our house, much like many others, is filled with gifts, some wrapped, some hidden and some in plain sight. On Black Friday I bought myself a couple of pairs of Crocs that I … Continue reading →...

A few days ago I had one of those “oh no you didn’t” moments with someone who I never expected to have it with, my doctor. No, she didn’t poke something somewhere I wasn’t expecting. Actually, I wish she had … Continue reading →...

I have conquered the Socks from Hell. It is not so much that I have subjugated these hand-knitted demons to their knees so much that I have brought them to my feet. Snugly, quietly, they embrace my very soles, and you would never guess how much angui...

Tammy has never been on the cutting edge of technology but she got a little closer to it last night. That’s because she got an early Christmas present which brought her into the world of fancy pants phones (aka Smart … Continue reading →...

1. Put up the christmas tree! It looks a lot fuller this year because we got a bunch of ornaments from our families. 2. Captain trying to seduce me, I think. 3. Slowly working through an origami book I bought a long time ago. (Thinking about...

Tonight while catching up on the last episode of Revenge there was an older man who caught my attention and got me thinking. Me: He’s a good-looking old man. I hope I look like that when I’m older. Tammy: You … Continue reading →...

I feel yucky. My nose is stuffed, I cough — twice — every 30 seconds, I can’t hear through the plugging of my ears, there’s a chill that has nothing to do with a draft, my lithesome form drapes lethargically over the sofa like...

As I was driving in to work today I heard ESPN’s Mike & Mike talking about whether or Kansas City Chiefs running back, Jamaal Charles, should have asked for Peyton Manning’s autograph after their game Sunday. I don’t know what … Conti...

Saturday’s around our house aren’t usually very busy and are typically spent with Tammy watching Lifetime movies and me watching football in the basement. But that wasn’t the case this Saturday as we had two visitors that kept us on … Con...

Life is full of beautiful moments, moments where the beauty is not in the image, but in the experience. Sometimes I let myself think that a moment must be documented to be real or precious. Not true. [...]...

Any of you with teenagers know that you’re frequently unpopular with them for major issues like, say, breathing, and for awhile, our policy of not buying electronics, CDs, DVDs, or digital detritus really affected our poll numbers. “But i...

No matter how hard we try to fight him, Father Time always catches up to us. I just didn’t expect him to catch me in the ice cream aisle at a local grocery store. Tammy and I were our way … Continue reading →...

One week ago today I decided to join thousands of other men in growing out my moustache for Movember. I joined 25toFly’s team that Becca put together to help raise money for men’s health issues. There’s still time to join … Continue readi...