Articles by Michael

Well, as you can see, Maria has been busy posting photos and writing entries on the site. But, what you don’t see are the changes I have been making (and that’s good ). I have updated the site to the latest and greatest versions of software, so please let me know if you come across anything that is broken. I also prepped the site for a new video section, so keep your eye on that page. I’ll be updating that page as soon as I have some time to make/upload the videos (sometime in 2014…).

Isabella Grace Wescott Block was born on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 3:39PM. She weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and was 19.5 inches long.

Check out some more photos of Isabella in our Photo Section.

Maria,
I love you with all my heart. You know how much you mean to me, but words will never be enough to show you just how much I love you. I know that you’re ready to be done being pregnant, just hang in there! Hopefully, a few pictures of your favorite summer-time retreat (that isn’t Miller Park) can lighten your spirits through the home stretch until that little someone special arrives.

Check out the start of our new online photo gallery.

Love Always,
Michael

One long year has past since the last time I wrote, and boy have things changed! Lots of stuff happening on the homefront. We’ve done a ton to the house this past year, including: new washer and dryer, new eve covers, new retaining wall, new landscaping, new roses, etc. Pictures will be available soon!!! Have been busy with assisting my grandparents with major home repairs.

Oh, did I mention that we are expecting our first child!!!! We’re not going to find out if it is a boy or a girl, so don’t even ask

That being said, I thought I’d revamp the photos section and streamline the posting process a little bit (thanks iPhoto and Jalbum!!!). Hopefully, this will mean more memories to share with everyone and photos will be posted faster.

Well, I knew that owning a home was going to be a challenge throughout the year, but this is ridiculous! Maria and I have been to the yard waste drop site 4 times already this fall and have dropped off almost 20 bags of “stuff” (not including the 3 currently in the garage…). I know it has to be done, but give me a break! My trees still have all their leaves! So, how did 20+ bags of yard waste magically appear at our place? I have no idea… all I know is that I am sure I’ll be at 60+ by the time the snow comes!

Wow, this is soooo cool! I am entering a blog post WITHOUT even visiting mikeblock.com!

If you are a Mac OS X 10.4 user (and you should be), check out the WordPressDash widget. Publish your posts without ever opening a web browser. Great for getting those ideas down on “paper” fast!

Well, that’s it for now!

Wow, who knew it took 3 hours to get from Madison to Milwaukee!! Well, it did on Friday night, but that didn’t stop us from hitting the game again on Saturday. So we spent about 10 hours in the car this weekend and only 6 hours in the stadium! At least we got to see 2 great games (1 win, 1 loss). It took our minds off the extreme heat and our upcoming bathroom remodel. Things are going well, sad to see the summer beginning to slip away from our grasps again this year. Boy how time flies…

PS- I finally got around to writing an “About” page. Nothing special, just a few words and a great picture.

Hi everyone! This is Michael’s better half I thought it was about time that I said hi on our very own website. Well things are well over at our place. Little by little the house is coming together, and we are trying to work with the outside. We spent 6 plus hours on Saturday digging a flower bed, and tonight I planted glads and lilies, we’ll see if any come up. It sure is fun to have your own website. We’ll have to add some new pictures soon, we sure have plenty of them from various projects. I hope everyone is well, and enjoying the summer. Go Brewers!!!

Boy, summer is almost here and it feels like it was only yesterday that I was shoveling snow for the first time at our new place. Not too much exciting news to report. The yard is coming together quite nicely, but still have some work to do in the downstairs bathroom. Maria and I have been to a couple of Milwaukee Brewers games already. Glad to see that their season is off in the right direction.

It sounds like my dad and I are going to do some projects in the near future, most notably building a garage workbench, tree removal, and the electrical work from hell. I think it will be a while yet before we’ll have our open house. We have the furniture in place, it’s finding the time and energy to finish the little (and big) projects that we have started (can i say that I hate looking at the downstairs bathroom?), but I know it will all come together in the end.

Somedays, I wish I were Superman and could fly around the world…

Well, well, well… fancy meeting your here. It has been a while since my last post and for some very good reasons. Maria and I have totally destroyed our yard. We hauled out 20 plus bags of nasty fake wood chips (yes, there is such a thing as fake would chips) and cut out some old bushes from the front too. We have the tree guy coming (hopefully soon) to get an old tree out of the backyard. We also have the last of our furniture coming this week! We are going to pick up the patio furniture midweek and the dining room is being delivered sometime Friday. Finally, we will be 85% settled. We still need to finish up painting the downstairs (I plead the 5th on the upstairs) and do a lot of electrical, but it has been so nice outside we thought we’d conquer some outdoor projects next. You know, get 10 things started at once

Hi Everyone. Well, rather than working on the house, I have upgrade the core technology of the site instead Now, I am running on the latest version of wordpress. This should allow me to do some nifty things, like completely static pages and a custom theme switcher. Other than that, little has changed around here except the few changes I made to the default “designer” template. I hope to pick a few I like and decide on a “default” one soon, but will also keep a few nifty ones that others can choose from. Ether way, I hope to have the photos section better incorporated into the site design really soon.

Update: I just completed the directory move and now the theme switcher is working! We now have 6 total, but look for some more cool changes to the themes soon…

Well, we made it! February 18, 2005 marked the beginning of our 30 year debt

We had a lot of help from family, friends, and a 17′ U-Haul. We spent all morning packing that truck. Man, we had a ton of stairs to climb that day. We made it to the house shortly after 4PM. We were really tempted to drive the truck to the title company, but thought it might look a little tacky, or worse, paying 99 cents per mile would sure add up.

Once at the house, we simply flew. That truck was emptied by 630PM and the pizza was on its way. We had a few casualties that day. Railing banisters, RIP. Queen box spring, RIP. Just ask, I can tell you, but it’s a long, long story…

Well, not quite yet officially, but Maria and I are sure getting excited! The home inspection went great and we already have about 1/3 of our stuff packed and ready to go. Bring on the closing!!! Just some paperwork left to get done, then the place is all ours! Here are some quick house snapshots that we took while we were at the inspection. More to come, I promise!!!

Hello everyone!

It has been a while since my last update, but it is for some very good reasons. For one, I was out in San Francisco for a week for work (yeah, I know, pretty rough). Did the conference thing, but took some great photos too.

Maria and I have also been house hunting like mad, and we finally found one! The house inspection happens Wednesday. We are so very excited. Wish us luck! I’ll post photos as soon as the closing is finished on February 18.

Hello everyone! I hope everyone’s holiday season is merry and full of cheer. Well, I am actually done with all of my shopping, except for some homemade gifts from the heart, which I’ll be franticly be finishing until early on Christmas morning. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Hello everyone,

I have been a busy little beaver and have posted a ton of pictures for everyone to enjoy. Don’t worry, ALL of the wedding ones will be up really soon… but probably not before the craziness that we label “the holiday season” are up now. Hope everyone enjoys their holiday season!

Hello everyone! Boy, this is exciting news for me! I have finally gotten around to launching a very nice personal site, complete with a ton of photos! I am really glad that Maria and I are going to be able to share some of our exciting and fun times with all of our family and friends, where ever they may be.

Even though the site is up, there will still be some changes down the pipe:

• Further customizations to the main layout
• Better integration of the photos section
• Expanded content
• And much more…

All of this will take some time, but should look really nice once it is completed. Hope you all enjoy!