Wednesday, September 1, 2010

SHHHHH MUNCHKIN!


My wife and I go back and forth debating who our 3month old clings to the most. My wife says he goes through periods of being all about his DADDY! Little does she know I have a secret weapon!

Now I’m concerned that my secret weapon may not be much of a SECRET. Today I noticed the good people @ MUNCHKIN are advertising on their carrier packages a little fact that I already knew “Promotes Closeness and Bonding”. Hopefully my wife wont read the package.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Do cars have feelings too?


Some people say that cars act-up when you start talking about replacing them; implying that your car can hear you and actually has feelings. It is almost always said jokingly, but for a variety of reasons there probably is a logical correlation between the two events. If you are getting to the point where you are thinking of replacing your car you’ve probably dealt with small symptoms to the larger problem that reveals itself shortly after you start your search for a replacement.

None of that explains the events of last Friday. My wife and I were discussing our previous car, and the things we missed about it, as we drove up to Starbucks. As we were waiting on our frou-frou yuppified drinks a lady runs in telling us that she hit our car while pulling out of her parking spot. The lady was parked right next to us and managed to hit our front drivers side with her back passenger side, an awfully odd accident (right after reminiscing about our old car). Was our car warning us not to dote on an EX? Strange indeed!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH!

I always give my younger brother a hard time about his Blogging habits. He gets excited about a a new blog, creates it, and soon there after stops posting on it.
I am not quite as bad as he is, I keep my same blogs but go through posting droughts all the same.
Here's to August 26th, the day I start blogging with consistency (until the next drought)!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Contents of the bloke's pocket

Was about to wash the bloke's jacket and decided to check his pockets. The joys of parenthood!


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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

HEALTHY NEW START!


My interior decorator (aspiring) wife did a great job of picking out our new fridge. Being the smart husband I am, I stood clear of the selection process until I was requested to step in and nod my head in agreement. Now that our new fridge is all set for delivery, it’s my turn to step up and have some fun.

I am committing to filling our fridge with nothing but healthy clean foods… actually “nothing but” is kinda strong, lets just say our fridge will be the food storage equivalent of ivory soap “99.44%” pure. “Healthy” may be a bit of a stretch too, so Ill pledge to make sure the unhealthy stuff is at least “clean”. So if a brother buys some beef ribs, they will be from the farmers market, cut from a cow that lived all his long days eating grass and was butchered the day before my purchase.


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Cool Dude, Cool Show

I may have been a little slow in discovering the Travel Channel’s gem “No Reservations” staring Anthony Bourdain, but that actually serves me well since every episode I see from the last four seasons is new to me. A writer, cook and all-around character, Mr Bourdain's narration and antics makes his show must see TV. I plan on picking up one of his books with the hope of enjoying it as much as I enjoy the show. Wow, did I just call a Travel Channel show “must see TV” smh. Check your local listings ;)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Lego Love

The bloke and I put on our construction hats and had at the Legos last-night for the first time. It was quite the experiencing. I really dread the day he tells me, "I want to do it myself daddy!" ... Until then, I will enjoy the bonding time with my favorite momma's boy (he periodically left me to go kiss his mommy's belly because she had a stomach ache).

Monday, January 18, 2010

Being prepared

We are living in a time of high unemployment and widespread corporate downsizing. It is scary to say the least. For those of us fortunate enough to still collect a steady paycheck, what are we doing to prepare ourselves for the possibility of job loss? My preparedness is pictured below & is obviously reactionary. Now that I managed to survive another round of layoffs , will I manage to get my act together?


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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

All that glitters.....







Black Card, we had a good run, but now it's on to the Gold (with my government stamped on the card).

Diner days!










Northern va has a shortage of mom&pop diners. We tried one out a couple of weekends ago, and while it wasn't NY, it will serve as a suitable replacment until we make it up north.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

GAME GODS ARE LISTENING.. NBA JAM IS COMING BACK


I was just talking about this game the other day, and look-a-here the game gods were listening. This game was ridiculous fun in the 90s.


"ESPN reports that Electronic Arts has secured the rights to remake the Midway classic NBA Jam for the Wii. Gaming enthusiasts who were in grade- or high school in the mid-90s are bursting with excitement; everyone else will probably be left cold." (per Business Insider)

Monday, January 4, 2010

WHAT TO LEARN?!


Im sure everyone has something they wished they learned as a child, like how to play piano, ride a skateboard, ski.... the list goes on and on. Im setting out to make a list of 20 things I want my son(s) to learn... Any suggestions?

Will this help?


My Wife had a cleaning service come by over the weekend and was totally disappointed with the finished product. Basically two middle age ladies spent 2.5 hours doing the same thing my wife and I could of done in half the time. We aren't the type of couple that is too lazy or too busy to clean, but we do have a two year old, and on occasion we like to bring someone in to provide that "Deep" cleaning that a house needs from time to time. The housecleaners we hired this weekend spoke very little english, and I think the communication barrier may have impacted the end result. So I was thinking of these cards to help my wife communicate with future cleaning ladies who may not speak english....

Friday, January 1, 2010

STARTING THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT!


Spending day one of 2010 sleeping in with my best bloke, too bad Mom couldn't join us.