Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Well, I did it. I entered my very first cooking contest.
In entering the recipe that I did I also took a big risk. Even though the rules of the contest didn’t stipulate that the recipe had to be something simple or easy to prepare, I felt no matter what it was necessary for [...]

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Tell Me Thursday

A chance meeting with a Top Chef

December 24, 2009

Ordinarily I don’t much care for celebrity stuff and the only reality television that I watch are cooking shows and competitions. I didn’t even know what a Lady Gaga was until recently and other than the lessons a father can glean from Tiger Wood’s situation I truly could care less because it doesn’t impact [...]

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How he learned the ways of the force

November 5, 2009

As we started thinking about what little man could be for Halloween this year we didn’t really have any preconceived notions, it just had to be something cool – as defined by me. The extent of last year’s costume was a onesie that said “this is my costume” because my wife was working and [...]

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Why he was so funny

October 22, 2009

One of my favorite movies of all times is Goodfellas. I was going through some pictures of our son from this weekend and his demeanor in the picture from yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday post reminded me of Tommy DeVito, Joe Pesci’s character. The first thought that entered my mind was the scene from the [...]

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The fun we had in the pumpkin patch

October 15, 2009

Last Thursday my wife had the day off from work, so we set out to have some fall family fun. While it hasn’t cooled off all that much here in Charlotte, we thought it was about time to go find little man a pumpkin. After nap time was over we set off to grab [...]

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The Scoop on ‘Recreating the first date’

October 1, 2009

Last Friday my wife and I celebrated the fifth anniversary of our first date. Maybe it is because we met each other later in our lives, but it has always been the little things that have mattered most to us. We don’t exchange gifts on birthdays or holidays, so we make sure to [...]

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Th’ Scoop on ‘Move over Barney Stinson’

September 19, 2009

In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, I thought I’d give the Post Like a Pirate translator a spin and see what my last post would have looked like if I wasn’t such a land lubber. Yes, I totally stole this idea from The Bloggess, but isn’t thievery the highest form of [...]

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The Scoop on ‘Move over Barney Stinson’

September 17, 2009

A week ago yesterday we packed up our things and headed to the airport for our long anticipated trip to Boston. We had a lot to accomplish in the four and half days we’d be up in the northeast and while it was stressful traveling with a toddler who didn’t care to nap because [...]

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The Scoop on ‘It’s Looney Tunes’

September 3, 2009

Nearly two weeks ago we went to a local mall to do some shopping. We have a family wedding we will be attending up in the northeast and both my wife and I are sorely in need of upgrading our wardrobes.
I managed to sneak away earlier in the week to get fitted for a [...]

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The Scoop on ‘A wedding story’

August 27, 2009

Yesterday my wife and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary without much fanfare. Aside from the day being in the middle of the week, she also had to work second shift. So, while she took little man to his Gymboree class, I stayed behind to prepare brunch for when they returned.
Sometimes it is [...]

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The Scoop on ‘Not now Papa, I’m on a call’

August 20, 2009

Not a day goes by that little man doesn’t do something that cracks me up. As an example, everything these days is a phone. He especially loves it when he can get a hold of our home phone because it makes lots of booping and beeping noises. It seems that any [...]

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