Build and Grow
We’ve been taking our son to Lowes Build and Grow clinics since summer time. They’re a fun way to spend a Saturday morning with your kid. If you haven’t heard about the Build and Grow clinics, you get to take your kid to build a free wooded toy. The first time you go, they give [...]
A bigger, better Man Cave
My wife and I are buying a second home for our older son to live in. The house we’re looking at is small, just 900 square feet, 2 bed/1 bath/1 car garage, laundry hookups in the kitchen – typical of the working class homes built in Sparks in the 1950′s. Besides being a place for [...]
10 things I want to learn this year
Since I’m going to cut back on my beer drinking this year, I figure I’ll have lots of extra time (beer drinking is incredibly time consuming). I’m going to use that extra time to learn about stuff I’ve wanted to, but never got around to. Here are 10 things I want to study or learn [...]
Bachelor for Two Weeks!!!
My wife and older son are leaving Thursday for a 2 week trip to China, leaving me and the little one home alone. YES!!! Should be a nice 2 week vacation for all of us. I’m taking Thursday and Friday off and the following week. I’m hoping to finish cleaning the Cave and spending a [...]
My wife seems to have ESP
After writing yesterday about how to drink an extra beer without getting in trouble, my wife hits me with one of those “How about if you skip the beer tonight” requests when she got home from work. Huh???? She doesn’t read this site. How did she know? Well, in the interest of marital harmony, I [...]
Book Review: How to Help Your Husband…
Well, the title – “How to Help Your Husband Make More Money So You Can Be a Stay At Home Mom” is not only too long to fit comfortably in the header, it is also misleading. A more accurate title would be “How to Drive Your Husband Away Or To an Early Grave So You [...]