Visual Trademark - A Blog By CJ Mills

I’ll be honest, I forced sports on Jade when she was little.  She now knows how to kick a soccer ball and is pretty good at throwing a football (catching is a much different story).  I’ve enjoyed spending these “athletic moments” with her.
Well, it was only a matter of time before she realized she was [...]

I recently have started watching Sporting Events live on my 24″ iMac screen.  Not because I want to, but because I’m forced to as my almost 3 year old has taken over the living room with with Mickey Mouse and Disney Princesses.
The funny thing is I actually like it.   The quality is great, I’m able [...]

My mom and dad have given Jadyn her own play room at their house, and as a result, I had to come over and go through all my stuff that I left there.  As I was going through baseball cards and posters of Ryne Sandberg, I came across my vast collection of Pogs.  Anyone remember [...]

Today is the day….
…my wife wishes would never come
…my daughter wishes she had he own TV
…my son takes his first step in becoming a man
…my couch becomes a more important member of the family
Today is the day college football starts!!!
Any fans out there? Who do you follow?

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Jadyn loves her mother - I mean LOVES her mother.  When Andrea sweeps, Jadyn sweeps with her little broom.  When Andrea vacuums, Jadyn vacuums with her mini-vac.  When Andrea makes pizza, Jadyn makes pizza in her own kitchen.  It is all quite cute.
With Asher home for a while now, Jadyn has a whole new role [...]

I took a nap with Asher snoozing away on my chest.  I haven’t done that with him for a while — I haven’t napped in a while.  I’m not a big fan of sleeping, but with my daughter and wife napping up stairs in their respective beds, Ash and I decided to join in.  The [...]

Some of you may recall that while going through all the initial issues with Asher, I found one song particularly fitting for my situation.  That song was Healer.  The cool thing about the song was that it had a great backstory.  Well, this past week the author of the song informed the world that he [...]

Despite all the hype that Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt produced, the fact of the matter is there are 1,000s of athletes that will leave Beijing having failed to achieve their ultimate goal - win. I can’t imagine how heavy that is for most people. How do you deal with that? Some, [...]