2-28-25

Last day of February, huh…. Nurse left a bit ago, kids still asleep. One of them with a […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

A memory, recognizing.

Grateful. And un-fucking-afraid. #MADIGANMOBB | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Oh fuck… IDEA. Not stating it, or even thinking about it anymore. Daring it to leave, actually. See […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

I went to school to be a teacher. Fucking majored in English. That was my passion at the […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Left the MSP a year ‘go, today. Working offsite. Windsor. 13:39 EOD call today, was in Field a […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Grateful.

And won’t apologize for or qualify my joy. ❤️ ‼️ 🖕🏼 | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

20:34 Nurse coming home soon. Me ending night with LoFi and old pics from industry days. This seems […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

At the kitchen table.  Vacaville.  Nurse still at work. 

Again, some that I know, unfortunately, that go on about how hard they work… seriously funny, and pathetic. […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

2-24-25

🙏 | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Creating small and not-so-small moments of opportunity and self-care today.  My NO-PLAN-B

mind, migrate that to business. Sip latte, fuck rest. Write for a little bit longer, enjoy a long […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

06:39 Nurse leave about ten minutes ago. Quick drive to Starbucks to get her something for her drive, […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

One of my favorites… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Sunday Funday..

With the fiancée. 💕 | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Writing in Vacaville. Old spot. Nurse with her colleagues having their brunch at the house, me consolidating content […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Still trying to find consistent rhythm, talking to self, simple considerations and observations… …..listening for something steady, something […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Trying to find a rhythm or Beat this morning.  Off my axis, or do I have an axis? 

What is it in my alignment, or character architecture this morning. I need quiet and this kids aren’t […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

2-21-25 Jack shows me a math problem, asks if I can help. I had to be honest and […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

2-20-25 12:04 Lots done today, and a lot thought. Victory with a little… well, project that’s already generated. […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Silly EOM sales rally today. 

Going in later, and not happy about it. Trying to believe in myself more, as urged by Nurse. […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

This is the challenge I’m setting on the desk before myself.  To sign.  It’s a contract.  With SELF. 

New sort of writing for me, I have to say. Of course, there are challenges to this, and […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Just now realizing how far into 2025 we are.

Starting the day in Vacaville, then heading to Marin to canvass and find conversations. Today and the week’s […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

21:01

No school for kids tomorrow, me not so much. Tired after last night, still. Waking and keeping SELF […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

17:29

******** Jack’s sleepover starts. Not sure how much writing or recording there’ll be, but I’m in the nook. […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

2-15-25 Jack, THIRTEEN. I have a teenager. Seriously in disbelief. Projects all day till his friends arrive around […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Smiling Ember

09:33 Quiet house. Thinking of my Story, where I am. Now in this condo which is quiet and […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Doing what I did in some college classes…

In a meeting. Not listening but typing here. Pretending I’m listening and I am a little. MY mood […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

14:19… Enjoying the jazz. And no, I didn’t go out to the fucking Field. Too cold, and the […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Been home for a bit. Messaging Nurse and stalling to prospect opps, not in the character curve anymore. So…

Taking some time to SELF to write straight to blog. No word doc. On the telecom monster’s dime, […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Home. | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Maybe it’s that when my attitude is garbage—when I wake up feeling like I was assembled out of

dunce decisions and others’ missteps—Wish I could just throw it away. Toss it in the trash like a….. […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Idea.  Again.  This one, not new.  Returning, but with more sharpness and buzz to it.  And

inescapable factor and something that’s like an interview or discussion materializing, revolving in this minute’ thought, the next, […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 month ago

Trying to calm myself. But at least I’m acknowledging these feelings and thoughts, and using it as a […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

2-5-25

14:22 Working in home office. Kind of. Not in a sales mood, and the mood I’m in is […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Sister’s birthday today.  Sent text earlier.  How old is she?  I think 43, or 44.  Somewhere in there.

Corporate summit or conference event today in Pleasanton, at some winery I’d heard of but never visited. With […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Today…. | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Our Story…

My only Story…. Ideas at lunch by myself. Missing her and seeing the coming months and years and […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Me…

7 years ago. | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Working in nook. More ideas for the first floor office. Or, what was the first floor office. And […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Headlight for this Staunch Set of Eyez

11:08 Day taking off. Typing at desk upstairs. First meditation and concept… STRENGTH. More than a motif or […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

2-1-25 Raining still. 11:08. Learning about this writer, what he wants, where he’s going. More of an understanding. […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

1-31-25

09:35 Jumping journals while Henry watches a little show and I here writing when I should be working. […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

1-29-25 10:44 Mental fortitude, the Nurse reminds me. In the break room at the office, committed to making […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Meditation….

Finding Stories. Always. ♥️ | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Scribbling

For sanity. | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

1-26-25 Brainstorming and making moves with Nurse in loft. 10:14 Early start this morning, happiness and ZEN. Ned […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Wednesday

1-22-25 Not overlapping. With blogs, I mean. Separating wine and these personal and more intimate scribbles and types. […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

1-20-25 15:21 Day off. Was stressing about work earlier, but then after meeting Nurse at her work and […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago

Coffee, laundry.  Still cold out, about 50 degrees.  So, cozy Saturday inside with kids. 

Playing basketball with Jack and Emma later, and of course little Henry will get involved which always makes […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 months ago