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Sometimes, I Just Wanna Be A Normal Dad
Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under Fatherhood, Shopping | Leave a Comment
A few weeks ago a friend of Zaira’s accompanied us to Fright Fest at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. On the two hour drive to Vallejo her friend commented that I was “not like any other Dad [she] know[s]“. Z assures me that this was a compliment - I tend to be: more involved in her life than her friend’s fathers; far goofier than most other parents she’s met (singing to songs on the radio, naming my car, character hunting at…
As Easy As Fallin’ Off A Bike
Posted on November 22, 2007 - Filed Under Fatherhood | Leave a Comment
Z’s little brother G isn’t my son, but his father has never been in his life, so I fill the role on occasion. Arriving at X’s exceedingly early for Thanksgiving dinner today left G and I stranded alone downstairs with the beautiful California sun shining outside, so I decided it was time to retry his bicycle. Z was more interested in helping her Mom prep dinner then getting some exercise and sunshine, so it was just me and him.
It’s apparently…
Have You Got Your Holiday Shopping Wired?
Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under Friday Frugality, Shopping | 2 Comments
Part of the Friday Frugality Series - Previous in series Next in series
Wired magazine came out with a “How To Hack The Holidays” article last Friday and I’ve got to say I’m mighty impressed. Aside from the standard holiday advice and the “expert” tips that are available on thousands (if not millions) of websites for easy finding via search engines, they actually had some pretty solid advice I hadn’t stumbled across before. Here’s a brief rundown of their…
Want A Cheap Beach Holiday? Try Dominican Republic
Posted on November 10, 2007 - Filed Under Travel | 1 Comment
Well, since Hawaii didn’t work out as well (read: affordable) as I planned I decided to switch things up a bit and see what I could find in the Caribbean. Boy am I glad I did! I managed to come across Holiday Hypermarket and their cheap holidays to Dominican Republic. Now here’s a place that’s got it all when trying to find some special adventure to share with your loved one (or, in my case, your eleven year old daughter).…
Saving While Spreading Holiday Cheer
Posted on November 7, 2007 - Filed Under Shopping | Leave a Comment
With Halloween dead and gone the cobwebs, spiders and monsters are coming down off of homes to be replaced by Christmas lights. Aside from the cost of the lights themselves and the time involved in preparing, installing and removing Christmas lights homeowners who deck their homes out will spend between $50 and $200 (depending on where they live) in electric bills by having the lights up for one month. The EPA has reported that if 20% of Americans changed over…
How I Got A $20 iPod
Posted on October 31, 2007 - Filed Under Fatherhood, Technology | Leave a Comment
Two years ago was the first real Christmas I spent with Z. She’d only been back in my life for a few months and we were all still feeling our way through the new ‘family’, but I really wanted to make an impact and had very little concept of what to get a 9 year old girl for Christmas. I’ve never been one to follow ‘lists’ as I’m much more of the spontaneous type of gift giver than one to…
