“I HATE your undershirts!” “What’s wrong with them?” “They’re in tatters! Seriously, I see you walk in wearing one of them and I just want to rip it open and render it unwearable.” “Don’t do that! They’re broken in, they’re perfect. Even then, it’s an undershirt, who cares?” “I care!” “You know . . .I have not purchased a single article of clothing for myself since 2004. Yet new clothing mysteriously appears in my dresser. Is it you that’s been…
I was helping Lyd clean up her room, my heart skipped a beat when I saw this unholy thing staring up at me. Kill it! Kill it with Fire!
Since she is a key player in this little adventure Annie and I have undertaken, I suppose you deserve an introduction to Lydia, she is my oldest Daughter. I’ll introduce her right now, because she was the first one, and because Lyd’s little sister and I are currently in a fight. An introduction to Regina might turn into a rant about what a pain in the butt it can be to raise a stubborn, tenacious and disobedient bobcat, err, daughter….
Father’s Day, 2015. I expect gifts. I expect a homemade card with a crudely drawn heart on it, a tall figure drawn in crayon holding the hand of a significantly shorter figure, the taller figure will likely be holding a tiny figure, all of them decorated with huge garish smiles. I will love these gifts, I’ll treasure them. I quietly and proudly celebrate the fact that my daughter draws pictures of her family with smiles. Maybe I’m not completely screwing…
Getting girls ready for school. So, we are not fuddy-duddies, that being said, we try to put our girls in decent clothing when we’re out, you know, something that says, “our house is actually civilized. And no, she did not poop on the bathroom floor forty-five minutes ago. Why do you ask?” I apparently do not do so well with color matching. This is why I keep my own wardrobe pretty low key. I know the basics, things look good…
You can very easily go with the cheaper alternatives for most baby-related items. In fact you probably should, for the most part, I’d say the baby industry is a racket! Anyway, there are a few things that you really should not go cheap on, and today I’d like to talk about one of those items, it is the venerable Diaper Genie. It’s not a cute item, it’s not a “showcase item” in the baby room. It’s pretty much all function,…
Two days ago, Annie and I celebrated our tenth anniversary. We knew each other before we became an item. Here’s how we met . . . It amazes me how smaller things lead to larger things, the greatest things. It was Christmas 2002, I unwrapped a present from my Aunt Jane. It was a Barnes & Noble gift card, it was perfect really, it turned out to be the greatest Christmas present I ever got. The Holidays had ended, the…
Hello, I’m Brooks . . . and I’m a Stay At Home Dad. This is my Blog. After a lifelong habit, hobby . . .unstoppable compulsion maybe, I have finally decided to dedicate my thoughts to an actual blog. My wife Annie has been extremely helpful in helping me get this started up, I’m one of those persons who thinks that clicking the mouse button repeatedly and with force will speed up my computer, I am intimidated easily when it…