Shopping for the Impossible

June 25, 2010

Image via Wikipedia June is a rough month for my family in the shopping department. There are a least 5 birthdays in the month of June.  Throw in father’s day and it can get near impossible to shop and have unique gift ideas.  One particular challenge arises for this month.  My dad! A couple facts [...]

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Shopping and texting

June 23, 2010

Image via Wikipedia With both my wife and I working opposite schedules, we tend to do our shopping without the other. A smart phone has been helpful tool in keeping us in touch. Be it a text or a picture, our smart phones keep us on task and budget. I usually do shopping after I [...]

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Father’s Day 2010, looking back

June 22, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Father’s Day was great!  I had a full day planned out with family.  I woke up and went to breakfast with my in laws at Perkins in Germantown.  I had their Farmer’s Market omelet and it was excellent.  It was funny all the dads; me, my father-in-law, and brother-in-law; were reading the [...]

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Blog Post I’m Reading, trying something new

June 7, 2010

For awhile I have been wanting to intergrate my Google Reader shared items into my blog.  I have lots of interests and I think some of you might find it interesting as well.  I know you can do it with Tumblr but I use WordPress and didn’t want to go through changing all that.  I [...]

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Because I Said So – Dad Edition – Vacation with the kids?

May 29, 2010

Image by Express Monorail via Flickr For this week’s Because I Said So, MommaDJane and I are going to discuss: When taking a vacation as a parent, do you take the kids or not? Since becoming a father almost four years ago, I have been on two vacations. Both times, we have taken our daughter.  [...]

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You Can Change a World Through Adoption (Guest Post)

May 14, 2010

I’m an insufferable optimist. I’m an idealist. I want to change the world. And I am. Through adoption. Last year my wife and I brought our son Milo home from Ethiopia. You may not have noticed the world change, but it did. OK, perhaps we didn’t change the entire world with our adoption. But we [...]

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Confessions of a Pregnancy Party-Pooper: Why I Love Adoption (Guest Post)

May 13, 2010

I used to be excited when I heard that friends or family were pregnant. A new baby! A new life coming into the world and all the joys and wonders that come with it. High five! But then we adopted. We learned about the millions of children in the world who for whatever reason need [...]

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Because I Said So – Dad Edition – Where to Work From

April 26, 2010

If the shoe fits…Image by greinarr via Flickr For this week’s Because I Said So, MommaDJane and I are going to discuss: the difference between Work From Home and Work Outside of the Home and what our preference. I have done both work from home and work away from home.  Each has plenty of pluses [...]

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Tip My Hat Tuesday – Andrew Bennett aka @BenSpark

April 13, 2010

Every Tuesday, I will feature a person who I think deserve recognition or some attention.  They are doing it right.  You might ask what it is.  Well that depends on the person.  Either way, I tip my hat to them and hope to be like them when I grow up. Drew Bennett aka BenSpark Drew [...]

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Because I Said So – Dad Edition – Ask me a question

April 9, 2010

Image by Heo2035 via Flickr For this week’s Because I Said So, MommaDJane and I are going to change it up a little.  We are going to ask each other a question.  MommaDJane and I have a little different perspective in that she has older children and I have a younger one.  So I am [...]

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