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What Makes a Bad Day

September 25, 2013 by Stuart

So I woke up this Monday morning well rested and feeling great after a weekend of exercise and productive house projects.  Until, of course, I discovered that the dog barfed on our bedroom rug, my wife had a killer migraine, and my son barfed on the way to school.  Who knew bad days could be contagious?

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: mornings

Schrodinger’s Kids

September 23, 2013 by Stuart

For you parents who are also quantum physics buffs, may I present a thought experiment, something I call “Schrodinger’s Kids”…

My kids are in a spotless room filled with finger paints, markers, and scissors.  I am elsewhere in the house, completely unaware of what is happening inside the room.  The room could be either in its earlier pristine condition or it could have decayed into a horrid post-apocalyptic shit heap.  Do I make the observation?

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: housekeeping

How Long is Ten Minutes

September 18, 2013 by Stuart

So we’re moving into a bigger house and this new house is big enough that my father could move in with us.

I was putting up shelving in the garage one day while my wife was at work and discovered that I needed a specific screw size that I didn’t have.  Normally, I would have had to round up the kids, throw them in the minivan, and take them to the store with me.  This time, however, I just told my dad that I was going out for a quick ten-minute errand and asked him to keep an ear out for the kids.  Upon my return, I was amazed to discover that, without the kids, my ten-minute errand took… ten minutes.

Wow, I had forgotten what that was like; I could get used to that.

Filed Under: Anecdotes Tagged With: outings

Perhaps It’s Time To Get Out

September 11, 2013 by Stuart

As I stood there in my boxers, ironing my wife’s pants for work while belting out some Adele, I thought that perhaps I’ve been a house husband a bit too long.

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: housekeeping, style

Fulfilling Calories

September 7, 2013 by Stuart

Why is alcohol called “empty calories?”  Sometimes is the most fulfilling part of my day.

Filed Under: SAHD-isms Tagged With: alcohol

An Interesting Tradeoff

September 4, 2013 by Stuart

My youngest is finally potty training.  As I watched him in the bathroom,  standing on his step-stool, a full foot-and-a-half above the toilet, I realized that whatever money we may save in diapers will be spent on paper towels cleaning up the three-foot radius.

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: toilet training

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