Adventures in Daddyhood!

Chatper 11:  Time Out (A Story and Miscellaneous Videos)
I had a particularly tough professor in college.  Very straight-laced, and no-nonsense.  He worked for Westinghouse for a number of years until they closed his plant.  Then he went on to teach.  I doubt there was any question I could have asked him about my major to which he wouldn’t know the [...]

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ADVENTURES IN DADDYHOOD! (batts)

Chapter 10:  Daddy Vs. Pluto
I have 4 kids.  As such, I have and will continue to experience a fair amount of toys.  Kids toys.  And kids toys almost always need batteries.
*Crib mobiles (2 C’s)                   
*Specialty nightlight that turns and casts fun figures on the walls (4 D’s)
 *Baby monitors (1 9-volt in receiver, 2 AA’s in transmitter)                                
*Talking chair  (3 C’s)                          *Handheld [...]

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Adventures in Daddyhood (%)

CHAPTER 9:  DADDY VS. MURPHY’S LAW
Maybe it’s because I’m a guy.  Maybe it’s because I was forced to take so many math courses in school (2 short of a Mathematical Minor!  Woo-hoo!).  But for some reason, I tend to see life in percentages.  Especially daddyhood.  Percentages and war/battle terms.  For some reason, I also find [...]

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ADVENTURES IN DADDYHOOD! (trying)

CHAPTER 8:  DADDY vs. TRYING TRADITIONAL
I love my wife.  With all my heart.  And I want to help her and try to the best I can.  I accomplish this with “Yes, dear” and by doing whatever I’m told.  My first employer once told me “Happy wife, happy life.”  I’ve tried to heed his warning advice.  [...]

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ADVENTURES IN DADDYHOOD! (Nancy)

Chapter 7:  Daddy vs. Nancy Drew
 
So, I saw this game online that looked interesting.  Nancy Drew and the Haunted Carousel (and to make it legal, it’s by HER Interactive, available now, online at www.herinteractive.com). 

 
 
 
                                             

 
 
 
Anyway, I could get a free 1-hour trial.  I like mystery games, so I thought, “Why not?”  Long story short, [...]

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ADVENTURES IN DADDYHOOD! (Potty)

Chapter 6: Daddy versus the Awkward Potty
 
Do you remember Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books?  I used to love them as a kid.  I must have read over 30 different ones from the library.  I have pondered, at times, that they should publish a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book for new dads.  Better yet, a whole series, with each book dealing with [...]

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ADVENTURES IN DADDYHOOD! (DISNEY PRINCES)

CHAPTER 4:  DADDY VERSUS THE DISNEY PRINCES
 
Insanity.  My kids have it.  From where did it come? 
 
Editors Note: Notice how the preposition “from” began the sentence and did not end the sentence.  A preposition should never end a sentence.  No matter how much I see it in our local paper, or in my kids school [...]

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explanation

I have to explain regarding my husbands most recent weekend edition

We do not just take our kids to the ER at a moments notice.  We have well over a foot of snow laying around, had a hard time getting to his moms house for supper, and he saw many people off the road on the [...]

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