TODAY I JUST SAID NO TO CHILD SAFETY LOCKS
Before you hit ‘send’ on the hate mail, let me first explain that I am in no way against child safety. In fact, in many instances I am all for it. I believe in swimming lessons and big orange life jackets. My kids are absolutely forbidden to run with scissors, even in an emergency. Helmets […]
FAMILY TRAVEL: 9 LAS VEGAS ACTIVITIES FOR TEENS
We all know Las Vegas can be fun, but can it be fun with kids? There was a time when the thought of visiting Vegas with your teenage son sounded about as enjoyable as having an emergency root canal in front of a live studio audience. But oh how things have changed. Last week […]
WHAT’S SO FUNNY ABOUT FIBER?
Well, I’m no astronomer but there must have been a blue moon last week because my wife went shopping for groceries. There I was relaxing on the couch, contemplating the recent zodiac shift and its implications to life as I know it, when all at once a phone began to ring and a car began […]
ADVENTURES OF A WORK AT HOME DAD
It’s raining outside and the forecast says by mid-week it will turn to snow. That’s not uncommon for this part of year in my part of the globe, in fact the almanac says we have snow on the ground before Halloween about twenty-five percent of the time. What the almanac doesn’t say is that this […]
SCHOOL BREAKS–ARE THEY ALWAYS THIS PAINFUL?
I’ve always questioned the need for February Break. Not from the teachers’ point of view of course because after a week with my kids pent up indoors it becomes obvious to even the casual observer that teachers need a break every month. And somehow they’ve managed to get it. There’s Fall Break, Thanksgiving Break, and […]
THE TIME I RAN MY FIRST 5K–SHOUT IT OUT!
As mentioned in a previous post, I’m not much of a runner. Mountain biking, sure. Racquetball, absolutely. But running, not so much. Yet I still somehow felt that if I didn’t someday participate in some sort of marathon, triathlon, or 5K, that I might be missing something. The Color Run as part of Team Shout® turned […]
NATIONAL SANDWICH DAY: GOD BLESS AMERICA!
A couple of summers ago some friends from Europe stayed with us. They used our house as a sort of home base and would then venture off for a day or a week as they visited various states. The thing I remember most about their visit is their astonishment at how patriotic the United States […]
THE ROAD TRIP–HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Against all laws of logic and reason I’ve decided to write an explanation to the image I posted a week ago. As you can tell from my history, I typically try to post every 2-3 months or so. But here I am, just a week later, posting again! Okay, back to our story. On July […]
SUMMER CAMP WILDFIRE EVACUATION
Just received a message from summer camp: “Dear Camp Families: A sudden wildfire has blown up to our North and we are evacuating the camp to…” My first thought: I hope everyone is safe… My second thought: It better not be one of my kids that caused it… My third (and most serious) thought: They […]
