As most of you know, I grew up in the country, the rolling fields and meadows of southeastern Pennsylvania. My parents built our first house down in a little hollow, pinched in between peach orchards and cornfields, on a dirt road with a creek running through it. We had milk delivered to the … [Read more...] about So You’re That Idiot on the Road.
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Buggin’ Out on the Fourth.
This post is sponsored by OFF! ®, but all the opinions are my own. Ever since we left Los Angeles and moved back East, the days are gone where I can count on an almost-arid, sunny ’70-degree day. If you’re not familiar with the (just outside) watershed region of Maryland, the months of June, July … [Read more...] about Buggin’ Out on the Fourth.
How Does Your Family Eat Dinner?
These days, it could be any night of the week. It’s 6pm, halfway through what I call the ‘witching hour’. I’ve done it all. We went on a walk to the park, we pulled out the play-doh (and put the rock hard nuggets from last week in the trash), built a nostalgic-yet-stupid balsa flyer that I … [Read more...] about How Does Your Family Eat Dinner?
Straight Up Family Business and Staying Connected.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as part of a campaign for the Straight Talk Wireless Tester program. The thoughts and opinions remain my own. As I mentioned in a different blog post last week, I’m rapidly approaching my sixth year as a stay-at-home dad. While the sixth year doesn’t feel much … [Read more...] about Straight Up Family Business and Staying Connected.
10 Things I’ve Done Wrong as a Stay-at-Home Dad.
It's hard to believe that I've been a full-time stay-at-home dad for almost six years. There wasn't one moment in the 90's, where I sat back on my grody college sofa after pulling a hefty bong rip and thought, 'Man, I'm really glad that I'm spending all this time and money to get a hearty … [Read more...] about 10 Things I’ve Done Wrong as a Stay-at-Home Dad.
Just Strollin’ Along on Father’s Day.
Six years ago, I wasn’t sure what kind of dad I might be. Certainly, I’d had an amazing influence in my own father, as well as my grandfathers and uncles, my father-and-brother-in-law, but as you hold your wife’s hand in the delivery room, I think you’re waiting for that identity to be born (so … [Read more...] about Just Strollin’ Along on Father’s Day.
