2010 August

Fatherhood, just as good the second time around

August 27, 2010 By PJ Mullen 20 Comments

Brevity has never been my strong suit. However, when Chalkboard Dad unveiled The Father 100 (no, it’s not a NASCAR race), I felt compelled to give it a shot

Filed Under: Fatherhood Friday, The Father 100 Tagged With: Family, Father

An engagement story

August 26, 2010 By PJ Mullen 17 Comments

Last year on the occasion of our third anniversary I talked about my diminished mental capacity in proposing to my wife in Savannah – in August. A little over a month later I recounted the anniversary of our first date and how we’ve always tried to celebrate it.

Filed Under: Featured, Marriage Tagged With: Buffalo, Buffalo New York, Relationships, Rochester

Helping CureJM is refreshing

August 24, 2010 By PJ Mullen 3 Comments

Today I’m asking for a little help for a friend of mine. A cause very dear to him, CureJM, is currently in the running for a grant from the Pepsi Refresh project. I’m doing everything I can to help spread the word because we Prada bags need to stick together

Filed Under: Everything Else Tagged With: Conditions and Diseases, Health, Organizations, Pepsi Refresh, Pepsi Refresh Project, www.refresheverything.com

Toddler Haute Cuisine

August 16, 2010 By PJ Mullen 14 Comments

One of the challenges I’m preparing for now that we have two children in the house is organizing meal time, especially finding something that your uber picky two year old will actually eat. Fortunately, my wife is still on maternity leave, so I have two weeks left before this could really become a problem.

Filed Under: Dad in the Kitchen Tagged With: Beef, Black pepper, Cook, Food, Ground meat, Hamburger, Home, Meat

Life as a status symbol?

August 13, 2010 By PJ Mullen 36 Comments

Towards the end of April I was contacted by a writer who was going to be doing an article on stay at home dads for Marie Claire magazine. Since I’m interested in doing whatever I can to paint stay at home dads in a positive light, I accepted the interview request.

Filed Under: Captain's Chair, Fatherhood Friday, Greatest Hits Tagged With: Family, fathers, Home, Marie Claire, Michael Corleone, Parenting, Status symbol, Stay-at-home dad

My work here is done

August 11, 2010 By PJ Mullen 8 Comments

Before our son was ever born my wife and I were getting ready for church and in a rush to get ready was confusing her left from right. When she realized what she was doing she told me that it would be my responsibility to teach our child left from right.

Filed Under: Random Thoughts Tagged With: Family, Marie Claire, National Football League, NFL, Paul Tagliabue