A collection of all the Dadventure posts
A conversation took place in the car today while dropping off some library books about ‘dog-earing’ book pages. If you’re unfamiliar with that term, an official sounding definition might be “the act of folding down a corner of a book so as to mark a page”. An unofficial definition (offered…
I just finished working outside a good bit this past Sunday and it was so enjoyable. I love doing work outside and all the things that go along with it. The sweat… The gnats… The calluses… Waitaminit. I actually hate working outside. That said, I don’t hate being outside. I…
A couple nights ago I had arrived home from Taekwondo class and noticed while still in the garage that my wife had texted me the following ominous words: The garbage disposal appears to be broken. It is clogged. The food is going nowhere. It’s baaaaad. That’s the perfect thing you…
My wife and I have had the same mattress now for about 10 years and it’s seen better days. It’s a tired mattress, which coincidentally causes us to be tired most of the time too. We joke about how when we lay in it, we really lay in it. It’s…
At the beginning of this year, as I mentioned a few posts ago, I was involved in a play that required me to be away from the house every weeknight for almost two months. Needless to say this put somewhat of a burden on my wife’s shoulders and everything was…
I was recently wrapping my dad’s birthday gift and was faced with the annoying situation of having almost enough wrapping paper to cover the gift. Almost. I happened to be in the kitchen and noticed some junk mail laying on the counter that we had not yet gotten rid of.…
Tonight our toddler was in a helpful mood before bed (we call this stalling). He helped fold a couple (or four) loads of laundry, and then helped collect the dirty laundry that had somehow magically not made it down the laundry chute and instead had remained on the floor of…
We’ve had a full size SUV now since 2007. As I write that it seems as if it were just yesterday…and then I realize that it was eight years ago. EIGHT. Sigh. So anyway, we bought it because my wife wanted to be able to haul kids around. Not just…
I love fixing things. I like to take them apart, tinker with them, fix/replace whatever is wrong/broken, put them back together, and have it all working again. Things used to be built in such a way that it made more sense to fix things rather than replace them. As you…
I’ve gotten involved in something recently that I’ve wanted to do for years but never made the decision to actually do it: I auditioned for a play. A little background… My wife and children went to see Oliver right before Christmas last year at the local community theater. Advertised at…
