It was a beautiful day! The temps climbed into the 70s! Liz and I had thoughts of riding, but decided to stay home and get the house squared away instead.
I took a mid-day break on the balcony to enjoy the fresh air with my son’s fur buddy Akira.
The place is really coming together and feeling like home.
The trend is to post an AI-generated cartoon version of yourself.
Here are ours.
Dale “Top Shelf” Stiles and Liz “5 Star” Stiles.
There is a specific kind of peace that comes from not looking at the clock.
Just standing on the balcony, coffee in hand, letting the morning drift by.
I hope you find a moment today where you don’t have to rush.
Megan has joined us in Virginia! She arrived just before Midnight under the Wolf Super Moon. She was greeted by a small herd of deer relaxing in a neighboring yard.
Happy New Year’s Eve!
2025 was a rough year for a lot of us but we made it through and I believe we’re going to kick 2026 off with a bang.
I wish you the very best in the coming year.
Merry Christmas 2025. First one in the new home. We said goodbye to the familiar, embraced the new, and ended up exactly where we belong. Grateful for the peace and blessings of this season. We hope you have a blessed year.
It’s amazing how a change in environment can make things look completely different. We curated our holiday decorations from decades of moving around, but looking at them now, you’d think we paid someone to decorate our home.
My wife has an incredible eye. She took the pieces we had and integrated them perfectly into the traditional architecture of this home.
It feels timeless, like it’s always been this way. I am really proud of the work she put in to create this atmosphere. She absolutely nailed it.
Then she made hot chocolate for me from scratch. She warmed up real milk, put in real chocolate, and served it to me in one of my favorite mugs. Yes, I know I am spoiled.
by Dale Stiles | on December 11, 2025
I am fixing to get underway on a sea going vessel for the first time since 2010!
Liz and I are going to set sail on the Spirit of Norfolk for a dinner cruise.
by Dale A. Stiles | on December 10, 2025
Wishing you an evening of peace and tranquility.
This is one of my favorite photos of our bikes on our trip to OKC this past weekend. We are parked outside of the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics. We walked down to Tellers in The National building.
My wife and I are making the most of this life.
