If Only It Could Be Bottled Up
Sweet Turbo If you don’t recognize this from Spaceballs, I am questioning the entire foundation of our relationship. Ever have a day that you feel like you hit your own personal turbo boost? Your...
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Sweet Family Tradition I have a propensity to blog about food a bit more often than other topics. I guess that you are supposed to write what you know so it is likely that my mediocre ramblings...
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Sweet and Weak Knock Knock I have read a lot of blogs lately discussing things being slower during the summer. Less to write about, busier schedule, taking a break etc. I am not sure if all of those...
View ArticleXXX Olympics (not what you think)
Sweet The Thrill of Victory A few nights ago I was lying in bed watching NBC’s coverage of the Olympics. At about the 200 meter mark of the mens 4X100 freestyle relay, I sat up and turned up the...
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Sweet School Supplies School supplies were kind of my jam back in the day. In fact, even now whenever I enter serious business negotiations, I always lead with slowly splitting the Velcro seal on my...
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Sweet Kid Style I’m not sure if it happened all of the time or only a few times but the memories of it were etched deep enough that they are easy to recall. When I was a kid we would sometimes go to...
View ArticleThey Don’t Just Get Bigger, They Get Smarter Too.
Sweet Innocent image via Precious Moments As is chronicled in this blog (that as of Sept. 6 has now been cluttering up a corner of the internet for an entire year), I have some ladies in my life....
View ArticleFun Little Games Like “Find That Smell” and Other Joys of Life with a Toddler...
Sweet Man’s Best Friend Meet Lucy Last Monday I woke up and the brilliant idea came over me that what this household really could use is one more blue-eyed brunette female needing things from me. You...
View ArticleWill There be Canned Cranberry, or Should I Bring My Own?
**This is an excerpt from a post I wrote last year and a few people liked** Happy Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving Sandwich I know that the Thanksgiving day meal gets all of the hype but come this time...
View ArticleKids Need a Healthy Diet
Sweet Movie Night I wish I got as excited about anything as much as my daughters get excited about the declaration of movie night in our house. Now keep in mind at 6 and 2 years old they are not...
View Article72 Band-Aids and Plenty of Apple Juice
Father Knows Best was an old TV show that I am old enough to know of but not really know about. It seemed fitting, this picture is from the Interwebs and belongs to the show. I guess. *Stands up,...
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Sweet Saying Yes Because why not ketchup.Stock Photo Sometimes you have to give in to originality. You need to stop letting your daily decisions be regimented by social norms. Sometimes the only...
View ArticleLet’s See What Every Public Restroom in Our Town Looks Like
Sweet Big Girl Panties You’re basically a horrible parent if you don’t buy your kid’s an ipotty, I mean how did anyone live before these were invented? I say the phrase “big girl panties” far more...
View ArticleWe All Remember At Least One
Remember raising your hand so long your arm started to cramp and you had to do that behind the head support move with your other arm? I started the 4th grade in 1987 in Ms. Griffith’s class. I finished...
View ArticleWhoever Said, “The Best Things in Life are Free” Obviously Wasn’t a Parent
Sweet I Laughed So Hard, I Peed My Pants funny should be measured on a scale of snicker to involuntary urination The rustling of the nylon against her 50 lb lanky frame as she darted through the play...
View ArticleNot Letting Us Put Princess High Heels on the Dog and Other Ways Dad Ruins...
What do you mean I can’t go to my sister’s school performance dressed like this? I have often joked that if Hollywood made a movie about my life, the actor that would play me would be whoever is best...
View ArticleRelationship Status: Survived a Trip to IKEA
My wife and I recently celebrated 12 years of marriage. I know to some that is a long time and to others we are still relatively new at this. Here is the thing though, I think 12 calendar years is...
View ArticleTHIS POST IS FOR MEN ONLY!
Take my advice, this can be easier than it looks. Hey guys, come closer. I have a little something to tell you that could very well change your world. Are you in a relationship with someone special...
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Sweet Kissing Boo-boos This sticker sucks, where is the princess? My kids can go from adorable and well-behaved to faking an injury in the speed of being told no. Injuries have always been spotlight...
View ArticleLoving Family Dynamic Postponed due to Inclement Weather
Sweet Last night I was up until the early hours of the morning trapped in an anticipation fueled cycle of checking the weather app on my phone and stepping out onto the back porch to monitor the...
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