The ongoing blog of the Tomchak family, in Wheaton IL USA

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Some Weekend Photos

Some Weekend Photos

By on August 31, 2011 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

We spent a few hours Saturday afternoon in Millennium park. I’m always amazed at how beautiful Chicago is in the summer and how much it has to offer. We had a impromptu picnic on the lawn, let the kids roam free and had a great time. A few photos are here, the rest are on […]

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First Day of School, 2011

First Day of School, 2011

By on August 24, 2011 in Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

Today is the first day of School for Andrew and Max, but it’s the first time Andrew has attended Jefferson PreSchool with max. Max started going back in January as I previously posted and was accepted early because of his Autism diagnosis. It’s generally a very hard school to get into because they are a […]

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The Goldberg Visit

The Goldberg Visit

It’s been just over a week since we returned from CA, and I finally have time to take a breath and add more details about our trip to California. As I mentioned previously, we feel it went very well. Preamble Skip this if you just want to know about Dr. Goldberg It ended up being […]

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Max, Meet Dr. Goldberg

Max, Meet Dr. Goldberg

By on August 1, 2011 in Photo Post, Text Post, Travel with 0 Comments

Since Max and Andrew entered early intervention just after their first birthday,  Brenda has always looked for any and all solutions that might help the boys. As time moved forward the focus would change, and of course now the focus is on his diagnoses of being on the spectrum of Autism. Brenda has read more […]

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Spring Cleaning – Post Production Style

Spring Cleaning – Post Production Style

By on July 14, 2011 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

` Now that we have a little down time, some long overdue maintenance and cleaning started today. It’s amazing how much dust had built up in the rack, and especially in the RAID drive systems. It was so bad we had to roll the RAID systems outside to blow them out one drive module at […]

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Some Seattle Photos

Some Seattle Photos

By on July 2, 2011 in HDR, Photo Post, Text Post, Travel with 0 Comments

It has been very nice after the months of work leading up to this project, to finally have a little down time. I got here 2 days early so I’ve been taking advantage of the time. I walked a LOT yesterday and took some photos, got plenty of sleep and have been getting caught up […]

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Some Random Photos From My Trip So Far

Some Random Photos From My Trip So Far

By on June 30, 2011 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post with 0 Comments

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My Fortune from P.F. Chang

My Fortune from P.F. Chang

By on June 28, 2011 in iPhone, Photo Post with 0 Comments

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Dreams Do Come True

Dreams Do Come True

By on June 4, 2011 in iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

It’s 92 degrees here in Chicago and I’m driving a minivan with a broken air conditioner and 3 crabby/sick/screaming kids. It’s just so gratifying when the plan you had for your life is executed on so perfectly. I finally know what they mean by “living the dream”. It’s all exactly as I dreamed it would […]

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Rough Day for Max

Rough Day for Max

By on May 23, 2011 in iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

Max stayed home today with his 102 fever, but is doing much better tonight. I think all 3 of them have now had the same cold, so it’s time to move on!

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