When you start off as a father sometimes you are able to muddle through… and you listen to advice like crazy. My first, and currently only, child Joseph has had to deal with an at times very unprepared father. And I won’t comment on the mother… just kidding. But looking through the [...]
Continue reading about What Would MacGyver Do? A field book of useful tips for freaked-out fathers.
Costco Scallywag Sloop Pirate Themed Club House
After their pirate ship ran aground, the band of thrifty pirates salvaged what they could to build this secret pirate hideout. Watch out kids… the adults may pull off a mutiny and take over this tree house!
Why purchase ordinary swing sets and other playground equipment? Our tree houses are [...]
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Official Google Blog: School’s in
Getting ready for the new school year? There’s a back-to-school shopping offer at Google Checkout.
And here I already went and did all my shopping for Joseph, to get him ready for school. And even though he wasn’t too sure (since he’s starting kindergarden) he was prepped and ready. And [...]
The Dilbert Blog: My Parenting Skills
I’m not experienced at parenting. Sometimes it shows. Recently I offered to buy a video game for my newly acquired 6-year old son. There was no particular reason for the gift except that I was going to Best Buy for something else and wanted to give him a reason to [...]
Fisher-Price shipping Kid-Tough MP3 player and digital camera
Fisher-Price will shortly ship a “Kid-Tough” MP3 player with big buttons and a simple UI, and a digital camera with double-eyepiece for kids who find it hard to close one eye. I think the UI changes are nice, but not nearly so important as the armor — most [...]
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Well after many setbacks… Money shortages, our fridge/freezer dying last monday with a bunch of supplies. But thanks to big help from family and friends, Joseph had a day long party with lots of food, and lots of friends. I’ve taken pictures of some of what went on, from the Birthday Cake made [...]
Now this isn’t networking in the technical sense… but more in different mechanisms that allow people to find me. A while back I set up a MySpace profile, numerous clan members had and I was getting urged too also. Originally I was hesitant, but it seems a lot of old friends use it also, so [...]
My son is turning 5 years old… and when I asked him what type of theme he wanted expecting to hear Sponge Bob or Spider Man. But no it was the flashback from the 80’s the Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles. So the image searching started and soon I found all the images [...]
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My church has been running a series in the monthly newsletter called Focusing on the Faithful which they do a overview about a member in the congregation. A couple months ago they did a write up about my parents. I just noticed they finnally got it on the website so here is the [...]
Tonight I dug around in the freezer and ended up making a favorite of most anyone that has had dinner at the house here, Steak Tacos.
After many requests here is my real simple receipe:
Take frozen steak slice tin and in about 1″ long pieces
1 Package of Lawry’s Taco Seasoning per lb of steak
Shred part a [...]
