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So as most of you know last weekend, a nasty stomach bug made it around my family, not allowing anyone to escape. This was why there was no blog for the faithful few on Monday morning. The good news is that we have all made a full recovery, and I returned to work on Thursday.On Saturday mornin
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After putting in a 65 hour work week, the weekend wasn't much different! I started off the week in a very chilly Grand Rapids, Michigan, which was buried beneath at least 6 inches of snow! After a successful all day workshop with a customer, I got home around 9:30pm on Monday night. Tuesday was craz
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Sorry, but there will be no blog today, due to my crazy work schedule. I am currently in Grand Rapids, MI for an all day customer meeting on Monday. Unfortunately my overwhelming workload takes precedence over a personal blog!Don't worry, you didn't miss much this weekend!Hopefully I'll have a
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The past 72 hours that made up the weekend consisted of new explorations, new experiences and some successes, especially for Josh. It all started on Friday, when Liesel took the boys to the brand new Cleveland Aquarium, which was opening on Saturday. As a family pass holder, we were invited to a spe
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This week, I only managed to put in 3 workouts at work. Before you think that my New Years resolutions are dissolving like a snowball in the desert, let me justify my actions. On Wednesday, I left work at 1pm because I was feeing fluey, so I headed home and hit the bed. The
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Usually, I do not subscribe to the idea that the start of a new year should be your motivation to commit to a bunch of good intentions! However, this year is different. Near the end of 2011, I had a number of reality checks, including, a blood test showing high cholesterol, and of course, my father'
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The last week of 2011 was an unusually busy week for the McCarthy's. Even though Nathan was on his Winter break, we had signed him up for a Junior Robotics course from Monday to Friday. In this class, each child had access to their own laptop, and a Lego robotics kit. He absolutely loved b
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"...The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised." (Job 1:21b)This evening, the Lord called my dad to be with him after battling cancer for a while. We praise God for a number of things tonight: Firstly for the time He gave me with my dad a month ago in So
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The 2011 McCarthy Christmas Letter The roller-coaster ride that was the year 2011 is thankfully pulling in to the station after a rather turbulent year for the McCarthy family. 2011 had it’s shares of impressive peaks, daunting dips and even the occasional barrel roll that left us slightly disorient
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Last week around this time, I was at the OR Tambo International Airport awaiting my midnight flight to Amsterdam. My whirlwind trip to South Africa had come to an end and I was making my way back to my family in a much colder place. To put it into perspective, I had enjoyed temperatures of
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