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So Many Toys So Little Time
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So Many Toys So Little Time

Well, plenty of time actually but the too-many-toys bit is right-on. The girls and I are seemingly paralyzed by the sheer volume of new stuff to play with. Our collective attention span has diminished greatly since Christmas Day. We move from new thing to new thing at a breakneck speed, […]

Macroeconomics for Kids
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Macroeconomics for Kids

Over the past couple months it has become painfully clear that the U.S. economy is, at best, on shaky footing. With each passing day we are greeted with more gloomy details – employment rate rising, stock values tumbling, pending auto-industry failures and lay offs by the thousands. How does one […]

Hodgepodge / Parenting Blog / Philly / SAHD

Cheap Unexpected Entertainment

The girls and I took a little drive today so I could do some drive-thru banking. On the way back home the Mouse fell asleep so I kept on truckin’. I ended up at a Philly-style soft pretzel store nearby, just as the little girl awoke. The pretzel shop sits […]

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What's Up with Us

Been quieter than usual on these pages. There is a good reason for that. I’m still seeking a rhythm to my days, both the two a week at home with the girls and the two I spend home alone. I am backed up on parenting blog topics and CD/Book reviews. […]

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My Last Week of Real Work

I’m 1/2 way through my last week at the desk job. On Monday August 25th I will officially be professional-unemployed and then on Wednesday Septemeber 3rd I’ll officially be a stay at home dad…and to be perfectly honest I don’t know which one scares me more.

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Why So Dark?

OWTK has been dark for it’s longest stretch. That’s not a sign of things to come…quite the opposite actually. It’s been a weird week +. My lower back gave out last Monday causing me much pain and discomfort through Friday. Also on Friday, bizarre joint pain and sweating fits started, […]

That Just Happened
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That Just Happened

It’s the Mouse’s turn! She’s been sick, in a far worse and bizarre way, since Friday afternoon. She has no appetite, sleeps all day yet won’t sleep at all (if that makes sense) and is vomiting periodically…like this grade A effort here, which happened about 7 minutes ago. The Mrs. […]

So this is what it's like to be SAHD
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So this is what it's like to be SAHD

If nothing else, the past three days have afforded me the opportunity to discover a slice of the Stay At Home Dad lifestyle. It’s remains a big time dream of mine, to be a work at home/stay at home hybrid dad…that would be a WAHSAHHD for those scoring at home.It’s […]

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