Christmas Time

Lovely Lovely lovely. I do not know how the little guy and I can go back to the just me and him this week. We'll find out I will keep you posted. Pictures to follow

Christmas chrsitmas christmas.

Yep. It's fun and annoying at the same time.

milo milo

So I'm tired. Milo won't take a nap. Feeling exhausted I decide to play some guitar for the little guy. He likes standing against my leg. He fell and hit his face on my leg. He was crying in his usual way and i was telling him he was cool. he looked over at me and had what seemed like a ton of blood on his face. I thought he bit his tongue off. I calmed him down and realized it all was coming from his new tooth area. I gave him a wet wash cloth and he was all good. Now i have the daddy hormones running through my body and i'm no longer tired. Yeah Blood!!!!!!

Ps note the blood on his hand.

17 hour days

Are killing me.

SLEEEEEEPPPY

Oh yeah. Maybe I will die. Who are these people in my house? Why are they talking about me?

Milo getting mobile

He's getting around like crazy now. HE's insane. I love him to death, but he's driving me nuts. There is no stopping him and he doesn't drink coffee.

When he gets older...

We will watch Steve McQueen movies and pretend we are awesome. He won't have to pretend.

this little guy.

He just gets bigger and cooler everyday. He is so awesome. My daddy limit was reached and we went out to get some daddy sauce. Nothing like some beers when the week is through. Too bad it starts again tomorrow.

Milo has fun

Milo has a good time no matter where we are. I wonder what that's like. He loves everything all of the time it's so cool.

Sleepy Sleepy

Milo slept in today. Amy is off and those two sleep together very well. They just love to sleep.

Still Sleepy

Milo does not understand clocks. He has no concept of time. He's still thinking it's 6:30 when it's 5:30. This sucks. I don't know how to get him to realize that time is different now. He still want to be on his schedule which is now an hour off. Yikes!! I don't know how to add an hour to our day. The weather is getting colder and I'm not sure how to deal with that. I guess no more long wlaks, he'll get too cold.

Time ahead, Time back.

Milo does not care about daylight savings time. So I will be getting up earlier. Oh yeah that should be fun. I had to lower his crib because he's getting so mobile. He's moving around like crazy. My wife and I went out for dinner and we were able to use a high chair. Milo loved it. He was able to look around and smile at people. He has a little staring problem but people love him so it's not creepy in anyway. Today it's cold and early. Not a good start to a new week. Oh well it should get better. Last week sucked big time.

Car for $100

Some guy is taking the car and giving me $100 that's cool now my wife and i need a new car. That's cool. The one thing i really wanted was a new payment. My wish came true!!!!! Milo's hair is starting to get curly. :)

How's your day?

This is mine. Worst mischief night prank ever. Why didn't they hit the lights? I would have.

Things are better everyday.

One of the most difficult things about becoming a parent is the unknown. It's fightening to not know what you are doing and be given someone who you love and care about and is entirely dependent on you. The first 2 months were hell. Absolute hell. Being so tired you couldn't do anything and little by little it gets better. I am amazed at how much Milo grows everyday. He's such a joy to look at. He's starting to figure out how to get around. He loves crawling but i think he'll be walking rather soon. Even sooner if we had a coffee table. MMM coffee i think i will make some while he's sleeping. It's nice.

Out with the old

I tried something different last night. Knowing that we will change the clocks and Milo can't tell time. I figure he will now be waking up around 4:45- 5:30 am. This sucks as I am on the brink of not being able to function and adding another hour seems like death. Milo is a great sleeper. He's out from 6pm to around 5:30 6 am. I figure if i wake him up before I go to bed, maybe this will buy an extra hour in the morning. I woke him up last night and gave him half a bottle and a new diaper. He slept until 6:45. I know this becausenow i wake up at 6 no matter what. I believe he will sleep later if i wake him up in the middle of the night. I will still have to worry about myself waking at an early time. Arrg. You can never win.

The little things

Today Milo and I sat downtown and ate a pretzel together. I had most of it, but he was really into it. He's not much of a chewer, but he gummed them down really well. I was impressed. He was trying to be a baby and wanted me to feed him. I refused to give in then he started using his hands. It was such a nice time.

How about them Nipples?

Ok..... I hope this posts. Milo and I went to the Babies R us to get some of his special pacifiers. He's been chucking them on ourwalks like they are out of style. We've been running low for awhile and I have been on the look out for them on the sidewalks in town. I guess that is the daddy equivilent of the meth addicts in town looking for cigarette butts.

( this is called sardine fishing. Where people (usually junkies) look on the ground for cigarette butts to smoke. THE MORE YOU KNOW.)

I have hooked one or two sardines in my day. Just boil them up and they are as good as new. Having the supply of pacifiers running low we headed off to the babies r us. WARNING: BAD DADDY PLACE. TOO MUCH JUNK. BETWEEN MOTHERS TO BE DADDIES TO BE THE SALESPEOPLE PHOTOGRAPHER AND WORSE THE SOON TO BE GRADMAS IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING. We rushed in went to the aisle with the pacifiers narrowly escaping the baby registry. In line we were behind a lady with her baby. I recognized this lady, but couldn't figure out where i knew her. I tried to do the brain scan subtracting a few years, it hit me. She was in the breast feeding class amy and i were in. She already had a baby, but failed at breast feeding. So she was in this class all bragging about how she had a baby but sucked at breast feeding. Anyway, I was trying to figure out how to talk to her. I can't really ask about her sore nipples, which is the only thing i really know about her. This was very perplexing. Any suggestions??????

Can i post This?

Will it work?

Dads can't quit

This week has been very hectic. That trip to the beach was well worth it, but i have been paying the price for a week now. Milo has been napping better so i should be able to get some rest but i blog. I really do not understand why, but i do. I will get my brain back sometime....maybe?

Oh dear god

I am having one of those days..... Up at 5 milo is sleepy. I need to focus on one thing Can it get done? I don't know. Let me call someone wake them up. Show you how it feels. Yarrgh. we went to the beach it was so worth it. If i figure out how to post video look out.

Milo has made me tired

This has been the worst week sleep wise. The people at the supermarket where happy to see me again. Milo makes me tired i shall now relax with a ginger beer while Milo naps. Nice.

Milo naps

I have been working on getting Milo to take naps at a scheduled time. He's not down with that yet. He loves yelling. I hope he starts so i can finish things up around here.

Today

Milo decieded that 3:30 am was a great time to be screaming. I was walking around town before the sun came up. YAR!

Poop squeals

This falls into the catagory of the things you are never told. When a baby gets on solid food. They start having real poop. This scares the Sh#t back into them. They start with the normal "erugh" noise followed by the immediate "yaaahhh" of pain. This I call a poop squeal. It's funny to me. Not so much for milo. Yesterday i thought Milo needed some prune juice. We did not have any. I should have bought some. Milo went without. He was fussy all day, but we figured it was from his shots and the fever that followed. He was up last night. Amy and i were taking turns getting up with him. Amy's turn 5am. She yells for me. I go in she's freaking out. Milo has got too much poop and it's hurting him. Amy asks if we should take him to the hospital.

What would you say? My baby has POOP coming out of his butt!!! NO NO NO NO you don't understand he has POOP coming out of his butt!!!!

Milo finally went with some relaxation help from me.

Game night

Amy is having her work friends over and they will be playing board games. The last time they came over I excelled at the games. After this I was informed i would no longer be invited to the game nights. This is actually what happened. I wasn't a jerk or anything. I was just good at the games. I am invited to play tonight because it's at our house, but i still feel spurned.

Squash sucks

here is my day.

Squash for baby's is gross.

milo has had his fill.

he hates squash.

Jelly on the belly

I totally finished that jelly. I am very proud of myself. Got some wine coming soon too. Pure grape juice wine. It's going to be awesome. I can't wait to try that one out. Even if it turns to vinegar it should be excellent vinegar.

So when is it a good time?

I was heading out with Milo when i realized I could not find my wallet. Having worn the same pants for awhile i knew it was not in another pair. I looked all over and started to look in those crazy places. I.E. Maybe the cat kicked it. We do not live in the nicest neighborhood and all i did yesterday was go to 2 stores and pick grapes for my jelly and wine. My mind goes all different places as Milo screams. I have looked everywhere and now that ID Blocker schmuck on tv looks like a genius. I take Milo out and go to the two stores with no luck, we went to the bank to cancel my atm card. We get back home and i feed Milo. He falls asleep and i lift up the cases of jelly jars and wonder when i will get to that and my wallet falls off of the bottom case. It was stuck there. That's why i didn't see it when i checked the first time. Now i have to wait for a new Atm card.
At least it was better than the DMV.

This is totally unfair

Milo is now falling asleep and i have had so much coffee i should be awake for the next three days. Who am i kidding this coffee will wear off as soon as i will start working tonight then i will have to make the dreaded..."should i go with another cup of coffee?" I will get through work, but then be wide awake again tonight. I guess this is why older people sleep so much. They are just tired from having kids. When milo is older i will wake him up really early abd make him cut the lawn or something.

Late to bed, Early to rise

Never makes a good day. Amy is sick and Milo was up at 5. Still have loads of grapes to deal with. If you want some jelly come on over.

My grapes of wrath

More Chores

I have way too many things that I want to do. Everyday I think of something else I would really like to do, or should have been doing before. These things pile up and up and before you know it you can feel overwhelmed. Amy loves gardening. I like eating. With Milo around our gardening time was seriously cut down. We idn't even have a garden we just covered it over and forgot about it. The one thing we left go was our grape vine that requires nothing special. We just left it alone. This past weekend we decided to harvest our grapes and wound up with more grapes than we really know what to do with. Now i have at least 2-3 days worth of wine making and jelly making to deal with on top of everything else. Life is so stupid when you try to do things. This may be a last blog for a bit.

I'll get to it.

Still no pretzels although i made a beer bread and some vegan donuts. I am now 179 lbs. In the 70's. That makes me feel so nice. Milo and i have had some good days. Changing the guy on the fly can be dangerous. Many places do not have changing tables, especially in mens rooms. This is a problem and i believe from now on i will protest by simply changing milo in a conspicuous places. I don't have a problem with smaller establishments, but a public library, the courthouse? come on. I thought it was a law. I guess it's just a good idea. Automatic sinks and changing a baby without a changing table do not go hand in hand.

The waiter's start the revolution

Milo and I cam Across this on our walk. Is it sign of a revolt?

Somefood service individual threw down their straws in disgust and is now taking on the man. Godspeed.

milo and i had a nice walk

Milo and i walked all over the place today. We went to the Acme and throughout Downtown Lansdale. We went to the coffee shop and got some coffee. Decaf for him. I had to change him in the tiniest bathroom ever.

So I was changing him in the sink. He didn't like it so i moved him to the floor, which he prefered. We went walking for a very long time and saw many different people walking around, i found the sight of one of the original grocery stores in Lansdale. It's a different store now, but it once belonged to the guy who went on to sell to Ralph of Ralph's corner fame. Who in turn sold it to Clemens who then sold out to whoever they could. Super Fresh? Come on already. Sometimes living in a town where you see all of the corporate influence moving in is downright annoying. The Starbucks and stone cold creamery are annoying to look at. The fact Milo and I can walk to at least 5 Pharmacies that would not be a problem is convienient, but are people really that sick? I guess it will continue as long as those stores make a profit. There are building more and more supermarkets and pharmacies everyday. This whole area is getting very weird to me.

Still working on those pretzels

I might get on that today, depending on how well the day goes. I will be heading out with Milo shorty. i'll keep you posted.

Baby Dentist

Milo and i are off to the dentist. Poor guy has been ther 3 times in six months. He only has two teeth!!!! I have bad teeth, well not anymore, so I go to the dentist every 4 months. I figure if anyone is reading this you may wonder what we look like so here you go. I will be attempting to make vegan philly soft pretzels. I will be experimenting with some recipes once i get it going good I will pos6t how to do it.

i was writing in hindi

That is how i feel today. i guess milo is getting teeth. He sure is angry about something. He's changed, he has been fed, and has had naps, now is his time to be angry away from me. I hope he feels better.

what

नोव मय ब्लोग इस ट्रांस्लातेद इन्तो हिंदी

Milo food

I made Milo some food today. Making baby food is really easy. Just take a squash or other food the baby is eating currently, grind it up and freeze in ice cube trays. It makes you feel proud to have made some food that you know is the best you can give your little person. I believe it's alot better than buying some Gerber food, cheaper, you just have to do the little work. That is annoying, but it makes you feel good.

Bush's Get out of jail Free card

George W. Bush has announced that the Iraq war is so messed up that he won't be able to do anything during his presidency. In the little time he has left I'm sure he could mess something up more. I guess Karl Rove won't return his calls anymore. This really aggravates me. Congress should make Bush serve the rest of his term in Iraq. He made this mess he should at least take a little responsibilty for this. So now when the next president takes office they will have the "previous administration" to blame for everything. I believe the war in Iraq will continue for a very long time, although they may end the use of the term "war" when talking about it. That is all I hope the next president will do. I wonder if they can even deliver on that.

That warm and fuzzy feeling....

Milo and Amy are napping on the couch. Amy has off for the holiday. We went to toys r us today and it got me thinking if that was a good place to take children. It might be a gigantic let down for kids. Wondering through the aisles with all of those toys glaring back at you, knowing that you may be lucky to leave with one thing. It must be frustrating to a child. I don't know if taking Milo to Toys r Us often will be in our routine as he gets older. I really enjoy the idea of not giving him so much junk.
There is a ton of junk at Toys r Us. Most of the toys are really over the top. Do you really need a personal moon bounce? Or a personal ball pit? These toys are just silly, but they are reasonably priced taunting most parents with the idea of extravagance for relatively little money. The Little moon bounce was $170 which is not all that crazy to have your own moon bouce as a kid. I know i would have wanted one, but i know Milo doesn't need one. I really hope we have a girl next time around because there are so many objectional toys with the make up and all of the "bling bling" toys. Seriously, there are toys called "bling-bling" It's outrageous.
Milo really liked grabbing for every toy that was near him in the aisles. He doesn't have any interest in any specific toy yet, but i know that time will be coming very soon. With christmas edging closer Amy and I both worry about Milo recieving too many junk toys. He really will be happier with the boxes. Maybe that is what i'll get him a box, I'll wrap it up and then we can pretend it's a spaceship.

Swings gone

Way to go craigslist!!!

Ok so tv imitates life

Amy was discussing a colleague of hers (she has colleagues, I have mutts), who unfortunately has MS. I was wondering if there was a condition of a sclerosis, single sclerosis. She scolded me for being insensitive, but it did intrigue me. Most people would not admit itbecause of the nazi connections. SS sounds bad. It was a very "curb Your Enthusiasm" moment. Later on current tv Cheryl Hines, who plays larry's wife on that show was on and the "Current Question" was "have you had any "curb Your Enthusiasm" moments?". This is literally 30 minutes since my MS question. They are in my head. If they tell me other things i will let you know.

Picky heart

A few years back we gave some stuff to purple heart. Since then they call quite frequently and ask us for more stuff. I am a big fan of the clutter free life so iusually come up with something to get rid of when they call. This time it was the baby swing that was given to us and we really have no room for this big baby swing. Taking it down and moving it around would be a problem in our tiny house so it sat in our basement searching for a home. We asked a few pre parents, but most of them replied with the standard," So &So's parents/relatives/neighbor etc. wants to buy us everything." I really do not understand the concept of people buying so much junk for their newborn. It really makes no sense and half of it winds up floating around from parent to parent sometimes barely being used and then to the trash (c'mon people) or the thrift store (there you go). That brings us back to our neat baby swing left out for purple heart. Our steps are not that big so I was waiting for them to arrive before navigating our stroller around the baby swing. I waited for until around 9:30 and then looked out on the steps and on the baby swing was left the purple heart note. They give you a little note I guess for tax purposes and this was sitting on the swing as though it was a dear baby swing letter. I can only assume that given the condition of the baby swing ( seriously this thing was barely used and has a remote) they simply figured it was not for them. Now i still have a baby swing for free (check philly craigslist) outside. If you need it grab it.

9/11

6 years ago. Wow. I don't know How I should feel about this Anniversary. It makes me sad. The History Channel has some interesting shows about the flights. They have the original flight 11 attendant calls to american airlines. It's so sad. I don't know what it is maybe the lack of sleep or just the emotional changes of having a baby, but i feel more emotional about situations like this. What would have been better? Knowing you were about to die or being oblivious to that fact? I wonder what Milo will think of 9/11 and the following years. I hope he asks soon because i want to talk to him. Right now he's all " Ahh yeah bob bah ayeeh" but soon he might put it together.

Still sick

Being sick and being a dad really sucks. Everything i would like to do with milo makes me incredibly tired. Even more than usual. I did manage to finish up some sites and work out the kinks so check out our other sites if you get a chance.

Sicko

Today i'm sick i feel totally horrendous. I'm all sweaty and feel completely exhausted milo don't care. He wants me to be dad and he doesn't understand i may melt if i go outside.

FUN

Last night i went to see dinosaur jr. It was nice to be by myself for a change. The show was very good and loud. Milo is being loud now he wants to talk so bad... he keeps saying "bob bob bob". He likes that. I can't wait for him to talk, but i thought he would crawl first. He still hasn't gotten that down yet. I had to go to the doctor for a poison ivy infection. I have a presciption that needs to be filled so that will pretty much take up the rest of my day. It's not a bad day, but i wish i could get some more done.

Dinosaur jr

Tomorrow (9/4/07) i will be seeing Dinosaur Jr in philly care of a free ticket from a friend. This is so awesome. I have heard their set list consists of mainly you're living all over album songs. I am very very excited. This is the first time i shall see Dinosaur Jr with the original line up (J. Lou Murph). It's very nice. I have always wanted to see them, but wasn't sure if i should spend the cash. Then Morgan comes through with free Dinosaur jr tickets. Thanks morgan for allowing me to use your ticket. Way to go.

Milo is getting very big

Milo is getting so big. He gets smarter everyday. You can really notice him noticing things around him. He want to touch everything... it's so beautiful.

The holiday

I guess i'm a weird individual, but i don't believe in working on labor day. I think that should be for almost everyone. I don't like how 24 hours our society has become. Give people a break allow them some time off. I think we'd all be better off with some time off. I am going to try and not purchase anything today or on any other holiday i think people should not work. Just doing my part.

Wedding day

Wedding day for the Fauxwoods. I'm so excited for them. Weddings can be very stressful, especially when money and family collide. I am really excited to see this place where the wedding will take place. I have passed by it many times and i'm curious to see the inside of it. I always hear people complaining about their photographers, that's why i am glad amy and i didn't have one. Amy and i did our entire wedding within a $1000 budget. It really wasn't that difficult to do. This included our clothes and her wedding dress which was $99, bonus that it fit perfectly. Engagement ring was more expensive but our bands did not cost as much and i always get complimented on them. Weddings are very fun. Marriage is really cool too. It's nice to know somebody is there for you and it would take dealing with a lawyer to get untangled. Amy and i have been together almost nine years and married for 4. It's been the best. We now have our little guy who has brought so much into my life. Today he looks smarter, as though he got some brains last night, as if he is now more of a person than he was last night. His life is ahead of him and he knows it. He should be crawling anyday. He has his monkey and his giraffe and his life is swell.

Headache

I have a big headache today. I need to get stuff done, i need a new shirt for a wedding tomorrow. I also may need some pants so today could be hectic. Tomorrow is going to be our first full night away from milo. I'm kindof scared. I'm sure he'll be ok, but it's a little nerve wracking. I watched Halloween last night care of a guy who can get you that type of stuff. It was very good in the begining and dragged towards the end. I don't know if it was the final cut the date on the title was may 17th. Michael Myers is resurrected by Rob Zombie. There is a joke somewhere in there ... Zombie ..dead. Malcolm McDowell was in it. He's so cool. He even threw in a few wheezing "michael"s in there ala Donald Pleasence from the original Halloween movies. I hope i can look as good as him when i'm old.... Malcom McDowell not that other guy. The whole Myers clan is involved and little michael is crazy. Amy loves Rob Zombie films. I'm not sure if i like them or not they are good cheesy thriller movies, but it gets a little old. Zombie creates these trashy horrible characters that do exist in our society. I think that is what was scary about the Devils Rejects. Some parts of that film you could totally believe could have or has happened to people....that's just creepy. Rob Zombie casts his wife alot in these films. She has a ridiculous laugh in house of 1000's corpses. Yeah so i guess i like rob zombie films too. I think he should make a zombie film....that just seems right.

amy

My wife is back to work today being a autism aide. She's really good at her job and she really has a lot of info about autism behavior so check out her blog

Or her BRAND NEW Working with Autism Page

I really love her and i miss her. Check out those sites if you get a chance.

Money Money Money

Total spent on helping Katrina victims $114 billion.

Total spent on helping Iraq $432 billion

Back to work

Today is Amy's day to go back to work. It's just me and milo today. I'm really excited. I'm up early so i can make some potatoes for breakfast. I can't wait to get my snuggle pig all to myself. I know it's selfish, but i can't help it. He's so cool. We'll wrestle and he'll pull my hair, we might go to the thrift store or the crazy new book store/ collectable/ weird thing store that opened in town recently, maybe we'll go to the library or to the beanie baby guy and buy some records. All this and new episodes of survivorman on the science channel (the poor man's discovery) should make for a great day. I'll keep you posted.

my favorite tv show

I really make an effort to not watch much tv. One channel i do put on most is current tv. It's a news type network with journalists (usually younger) cover topics that interest them. They have many interesting stories that are short and are called pods.
Today, being the two year anniversary of Katrina, there was a long show on this guy going around when new orleans was flooding. There were many times where i thought he would get stuck and not make it out. I guess i had some sick side of me that wanted him to get stuck and see what he would do to get himself out. The next pod was about these hotels in argentina where couples go to "get it on" called "telos". The "Telos" are basically nice rooms to rent out for a short time for a little private time. These are nessessary because most people in argentina do not live on their own. Some are themed room and cost $15 for 2 hours.
This is odd because of where i was when i first heard about the hurricane. This was a little different than most people hearing about it. Amy & I were at the philadelphia folk fest that weekend and then we went to a "romantically themed" Hotel to rest up on Monday. I had no idea the hurricane hit until late monday evening. We went out to eat and we noticed the gas prices were way up. When we got back to the hotel i checked out the tv and there we saw the horrible images of the hurricane. It's still messed up in New Orleans after two years, i think that is a shame. It was a really nice place, but that is what will happen to you when you build a city underwater. Note to any new city planners: if you have to walk up steps to see the river, consider revising your location.
Anyway current manages to get into my brain and link two seemingly unrelated items. Way to go current. They are now introducing me to bacn. Being a vegetarian i do not like my junk mail being refered to a another pork product. Does anybody have religious objections to this?
Moscow will have complete traffic gridlock by 2011 you will not be able to drive because with the fall of communism parking laws are no longer in effect. Something to think about. No not really. Amy goes back to work tomorrow so i might not blog for a bit or blog way too much.

Singer Slant O Matic

So amy has this beast of a singer sewing machine that has been collecting dust for awhile in the basement. It's one of those weird flip into a table ninja style singers. I wondered when she was going to do anything with it. Amy and I found out the fabric store in town is going out of business so it was a good time to get some cheap fabric to cover our couch for milo puke. When we got there amy stated she wanted to make some pillows for our pillow room. I asked if she really thought she could have the time to hand sew these things. She said she would use her sewing machine. I completely forgot she had a sewing machine. I asked if she knew how to use it and she said she wasn't sure how to thread it but could look it up on the internet. We found out there are roughly a few million versions of singer sewing machines. Ok maybe not that many, but at least 500 because this singer is the 500a . I guess there are 501 singers because of the 500 A singer . It's actually titled " Side Slanting Singer 500 A Rocketeer" which is the best title i have ever heard of for a sewing machine. There really wasn't anything on this sewing machine on the net. Amy tried to no avail to get this thing going, but could not find any info on how to thread the machine. Later, when i should be going to work i went off to the fabric store to see if i could find Singer 500 a threading instructions. I was trying to be an awesome husband guy. I made sure i kept repeating the 500 a part so i would know what make and model for the surprise gift of threading instructions, which is every girls dream. The store actually had a huge book of singer sewing machine instructions that looked really used and old. The kind old lady behind the counter told me to be careful because there are like "1000's of singer sewing machines i hope you know the type." I responded with a cheesy radio announcer voice, "why would I use anything but the classic ninja style Side Slanting Singer 500 A Rocketeer ?" I couldn't believe i remembered the whole name i was shocked. C'mon Side slanting Rocketeer? She looked confused and probably didn't care as she will be losing her job shortly when the store closes. I looked through the massive singer catalog of instructions and found her lovely 500a instructions had been removed by some careless sewing vandal. Our friend LeAnne found some directions, she said on the internet but maybe she ripped the 500 a instructions out of that book. Amy and her figured it out and made a pillow. It's really nice and amy has a picture of her awesome Side slating Singer 500 a Rocketeer on her blog. We made this site for instructions.

Too much of a good thing

Amy will be going back to work. It has been a great time with her home. I am still really tired, but i know with her going back to work we are in for another grind. Week in and week out it will be tough to keep the demands of the full time stay at home dad. Thankfully she will be starting on a thursday then with the labor day we'll have some time to adjust. We do have a wedding to go to and milo will be spending his first night away from us. This should be very interesting. What are we going to be like when we are not near him for maybe 24 hours. It will be very weird. I hope we enjoy it and aren't all freaked out. I know milo will have a good time. He really likes people. We were at the asian grocery store and this lady was speaking Korean (?) to him and he loved it. I guess it all sounds the same to him. He really likes the colors in the asian grocery store, he likes looking at the vegetables. I caught him in the sprinklers above the vegetables he was shocked and trying to touch the water, but he was getting too wet we had to move along. I got a good new age book on past lives, i don't know if i believe in the idea yet, but it is fascinating to think you may have had past lives. Milo is starting to figure out his voice. That is loud gotta go.

my wife has a blog

Yes, my wife has a blog.
www.amytriesblogging.blogspot.com

I will now spend actual time with my family.

So this has nothing to do with being a dad

My other job, which is managing a telemarketing office (please hold all boos untill the end.) gave me something interesting to take away my few reamining iq points. I have an individual who works for me and he is a whiner. He is in his late fifties and takes every oppotunity to try to lie and rat out his fellow employees. For the past few weeks i know he was smoking in the Men's room. I do not have a problem with cigarrette breaks and i do not believe i have ever denied one. I also do not mind bathroom breaks either, having mostly male employees in their fifties means most people are up at least once an hour. What does bother me is smoking in the bathroom for no good reason. There are signs quite clear to the fact no smoking is allowed and other people use this building and it sucks for the non smoking people. The office is on the second floor and the men's room is on the first floor, you actually pass the doors to go outside and have a smoke. You have to walk more to get into the bathroom.
On thursday Mutt X ( mens room smoker) was pissed at Mutt Y for various reasons. I took him outside to talk and let him know everything was OK. Then Mutt X ( sneaky smoker) tells me that Mutt Y told him, " Don't tell anyone, but i smoked a cigarette in the men's room."

This makes my head split. Literally there was at least 3 of me at this point.
ME #1.......Fire him right now.
ME#2 ....... I can't believe this ************** is trying to get me pissed at someone else for his BS.

ME #3....(this is the newer version) I still can't believe this, but calm down and let's have fun with it.

I went with #3 and decided to go on a little tirade about what an idiot Mutt Y (non smoking men's room guy) for smoking in the men's room. I went all out...using everything i could think of to call this person horrible things. I love when an opportunity happens where you can tell someone off to their face and have them agreeing with you or adding how stupid their own behavior is and them really not understanding you are actually talking about them. He even added , "How stupid can you be? The sign even says 'This is a non smoking building'" then added his catch phrase, "What is wrong with these people?"

I went on to explain how i was unable to really say anything, because without catching anyone it always breaks down to the "He said, He said" type of crap which only gets people angry at each other rather than solve the problem. Which might still go on, even worse if they are out to get someone else into trouble. I could foresee someone smoking a cigarette just to blame on someone else.

On Friday approx. 6:25 pm Mutt X goes to the men's room. I know he's going to smoke a cigarette in there and i will have to catch him and be all stupid. I wait for a minute or 2 and ask everybody else if they are smoking in the bathroom. The answer all came back "no". For all of their faults they usually come clean without any problems. So now i go downstairs to catch Mutt X.

Now, you can hear the doors closing upstairs in the building while you are in the men's room, i expect this might cause him to lock the door or put his cigarette out. I go downstairs and think he's locked the door or he might be in the stall and still try and blame someone else. What would i do then? How could he even do that without making my head explode?

I grabbed to door knob and went into the room trying to startle him a little bit.

He was standing in front of the mirror ashing into the sink. When i came in he acted as though he was a 14 year old kid and i was the high school principal. I was just so sickened by the stupidity. That hurts my head so bad. Why the next day? why not 2 - 3 days from now? why in front of the mirror? why? why? ouch.

Battle of the sexes + Limoncello

So amy had her teacher friends over last night for some games. That was very enjoyable. We had a lot of fun i'm really good at bored games and i know that is such a great skill but sometimes it bothers me. It seems like other people don't want to play when i'm in the game. Everybody seemed to have fun and teachers can really drink. Limoncello was on the list as well as wine and some other mixers. Amy had quite a bit of limoncello and that made her a little sick.
That meant amy was too hung over to get up this morning. So milo and were hanging out on the couch watching some three stooges. We got bored with that but i couldn't venture outside just yet. We started watching the show intervention and when the intervention took place milo started laughing when the family started crying it was very funny. I didn't want to get up so early but milo really wanted to get up. Now the day should be interesting amy is watching her Big Brother stuff and i'm getting some stuff done..

So sleepy.

I heard the weather was supposed to nicer and a little warmer. Milo and i were up early and ventured out to get some things done. Milo was puking all down the snugli and myself which was not the happiest experience. I went to pick up pictures and stop by a notary. I got a cup of coffee and walked around town. It was really not exciting. I think i will go to the antique book store and get me some old postcards.

Bush , vick, iraq, walmart

So i read on google news that The bush administration is trying to cut children out of health insurance in the us. In Massachusetts, where people seem to care about this, Sen. Kennedy is trying to fight this change. Apparently, the administration wants to cut back the federal insurance programs from those children in households that are 250% over the fedeal poverty level. This would lead some kids to be cut from the program. I am not sure what to feel about this. I think healthcare is very important especially for kids. Amy and i have insurance and it still costs $15 everytime we take Milo to the doctor. I am all for kids having insurance, but not for government BS. I don't understand why they always go around in circles.
Michael Vick will not play in the CFL. I guess that leaves Arena or if american gladiators is still around that would be cool. They could call him mutt.
Iraq is still messed up, but fred thompson and barack obama talked to some vets and each told them what they wanted to hear in different ways. I'm sick of Fred Thompson. How can you run for the leader of the US and not really say if you are or aren't. What type of leader is that?
Walmart is still trying to get their hands on the ipod download business. They censor too many things. Don't shop there for that reason or many others. Walmart really blows.
Anyway i look forward to correct running google. and more blogging and hanging out with the coolest people i know.

Google lovin

Now it's back. I liek this without all of the freezing. Milo is starting to poop. He doesn't like this whole thing, he has been freaking out everytime he has to go. It is horrible because he's uncomfortable and screaming, but funny at the same time because he'll start straining and then screaming. The only thing i can think to do is to offer him a magazine or just tell him it's ok. This is one of the many thing people do not tell you about parenthood. The joys of helping someone through the scary ordeal of pooping for real. I don't think my day will have much more progress than that so good night everybody.

google this

Yeah so it's been rainy and cold. I have been feeling the same way all dark and misarable. I have had a headache for two days. It has been very annoying and now for somereason google has been experiencing technical difficulties with me. I don't know why but it keeps freezeing up on me. I love google and all of their products, but this is annoying. This blog was the first one i could get out and it has frozen up about 4-5 times. I must do something else now. I hope this postss

Today the weather is very nice

It's a total shame how the weather is such a factor to me now. I don't think it really was before i had a baby it was just there. Sometimes it was difficult if i wanted to go for something outside and it was raining but it really was no big deal. Now if it looks like rain i know Milo will be having a very cranky day. I believe this is a good thing without worrying about all of the other things in life to worry about you can actually focus on the weather. Is it going to rain? is much better than is the traffic bad, will i be late today, is that really cute girl going to be at the counter at wawa, will they be out of the french vanilla cappuccino? Those types of questions still enter you mind and even now when i wake up my first thoughts are about my job, even though i will not be there for at least 9 1/2 hours. It's pretty sick when you think about that. I am sure that i will miss having the money, but i will never regret being here for my child. Besides debt can be fun.

New stroller and hair.

The weather looks very dreadful today. This has been so wonderful having amy at home. Getting things done around the house has been wonderful. We went for a nice walk yesterday and picked up a stroller from the thrift store. It cost $10 it's in decent shape and now i won't have to have Milo strapped to the front of me. I still will use the snugli for most times because the stroller is an ordeal by yourself. Ususally walking the stroller down the front steps with milo screaming in the background is very stressful. The reverse happens when you get home. It can be very frustrating. Amy wanted to dye her hair blue since she has off for alittle while. I told her she wouldn't find blue dye at the riteaid, but sure enough it was there. We walked inside the store for a whileto let Milo cool off and we opened the cooler doors and pretended to look at some soda while he was cooling off. The best place i have found is the wlak in cooler at the beer store. That is the best place to cool your baby. When we got home we realized the hair dye was really for short hair so we used some left over purple manic panic we had and i gave her a nice purple with blue streaks look that is all the rage these days. I wonder when milo will want to dye his hair.

Things Are great

This is a wonderful time. Amy has a 2 week vacation from her job and she can be home to help. She took Milo out all day yesterday i got so much yard work done. I think yesterday was the most productive day i have had in a long time, also it was a day i did not blog or go on the Internet. I wonder if that is just a coincidence. Eagles start their preseason so everyone at work can talk about that for awhile. I know donovan mcnabb will be gone soon enough, maybe michael vick won't be busy. Milo is about 5 months and it's really geetting great i am just catching up on my sleep that was gone for te past few months. Milo has been growing so much and has started solid foods. That helps him be calmer longer. I think all of the growing really wears that baby down and the solid foods help him stay nourished. The cloth diapers will take a beating, but i am willing to stick it out the whole way. I just think it's better for the environment than to throw out bags and bags of trash. We throw too many things out. Everybody along my alley has tons of trash it's really a shame. i still have a tons of yardwork to do so i must get back. Nice to see you again.

Lottery

Amy, Milo and i went walking last night. We were talking about money or really how to survive and amy mentioned we need to win the lottery. I thought that was pretty silly, since we have won a few bucks on those scratch off tickets and we haven't cashed them in. I think they have been on our refrigerator for months. After Milo went to bed last night amy and i had a daquari and basically that was enough. We fell asleep about 9:30 and woke up at our normal 6:30. Amy has off for 2 weeks and we are trying to use that time to finished all of the projects we have half started. Sleeping is a major project that we have not been doing very well. I think we have to bite the bullet and just get to bed earlier. Normally we get to bed around 11 which is decent sleep, but we are still very tired.
This morning we were determined to cash those lottery tickets, even if just for the principle of wanting to win the lottery, but not even cashing them in. We decieded that since amy is home food shopping would be alot easier, so we made a list and headed out to the supermarket. When we arrived there we realized we forgot the lottery tickets. This is what it's like to be parents. You are so tired and overwhelmed you act just plain stupid.

Get out there

Milo has been very frustrated today. Amy and i have taken a few walks went out to breakfast and even hanging out by the garden and pond in the back yard. Milo is still a little out of control. We even wrestled around for awhile. Nothing seems to work out today.
Amy did say something good about the whole idea of Barry Bonds. Why couldn't people appreciate this drugged out guy hitting home runs as we appreciate drunk or other messed up performers? I think it could be just the answer to the whole problem i guess that's why i married her, she's really smart.

Baseball

This week has been very long. Lots of things seemed to go on. Daddydom threw the first ethical curveball my way. When i became a father i noticed things were in a different perspective almost like a pause and thought "how would i tell milo what i thought of something and remain consistent." This is difficult with what happened in baseball.
Barry Bonds made sports history and i am not sure how i feel about the whole issue. It seeems to me that either he used some sort of growth enhancing product or just did loads of upper body and face stretching exercises. Living in the Philadelphia area the local sports commentators are really angry about this record being broken by a "cheater". I don't really know if what he was doing was cheating. If Major league baseball does not test for these type of explosive growth "enhancement products" is that really cheating? Now i really do not have a good reference, since the philly sports guys are as frustrated as most ED men were before viagra, but is it? Is it cheating to utilize something that was not availiable to people who broke the record? What if Bonds had surgery that was not availiable a few years back, would that be cheating? Who wouldn't want a few years on the back end of a sports career? He is only human ( maybe he is working on that one) so why blame him for wanting to go after a record. He seemed to improve after he got older, but hand eye coordination is a skill that stays with you as you get older.

What should i tell milo? Should i tell him that he hit more home runs than anyone else because he used something that gave him an unfair advantage, but wasn't discouraged by the people around him? He did something that helped bring attention to MLB and his own career in a very greedy selfish manner and should be applauded? I guess this is a reason for the problem with a guy like Bonds, you can't tell your child to be like him. Strive for things and get them at any cost, your health, integrity, be famous and your problems will go away. MLB really messed this one up, they should have done something about this. This record is sacred not that it should never have been broken, but it is in my opinion the biggest record of all time in baseball. How many people know who has the most triples? If this is a tainted record MLB would look very stupid. Matbe someone else will break this record and i won't have to worry about that one. Now on to the fact my wife and i enjoy the music of, Nirvana, Sublime, Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin, Evan Dando, Billie Holliday..........

good things come.....

I went out for a walk with Milo this morning. It was very nice outside. We walked through town and visited a few places to window shop. We walked through the post office to get cooled off and there amazingly was no line, so everyone walking past the counter from the back asked "can i help you?". I really had no response. You really can't say "No thanks, i'm just browsing." So i got a voter registration card and pretended to read it.
We went to the thrift store and were there before it opened. There was a nice stroller outside for $5 but it seemed to be a little broken. Milo liked it. This lady with her granddaughter came up to us and started talking about how awesome her stroller was. I really didn't need this conversation at all. This is a great reality for the stay at home dad.... that feeling of "How did i get here?". I am standing in line waiting to get into the Thrift Store? What? Why are you talking to me about features of your stroller? I understand your stroller is better than the $5 one on the sidewalk. I know your stroller is an Eddie Bauer.. I KNOW YOUR STROLLER COSTS $3oo. I really don't care. I struggled to talk to her granddaughter who was about 9 -10 months old, but this lady kept going on. She didn't take the obvious clue of Let's talk about your baby there because you are boring me. Thankfully the thrift store opened and i was let inside. That was nice. On the way home we took the longer way and we found $20. I don't know if that's kharma or whatever. I'm not sure the $20 was worth that annoying lady but it does take the sting away.

Once again with the heat.

Whew. Sure is hot today. This morning milo is in a better mood after finally napping for about three hours last night, he went to bed and slept through untill 6:30 am. He's seems to be feeling better and in a better mood. I am way too sleepy still.

Food shopping has to be done. Since i have figured out that i should pay bills and transfer the money when i go food shopping i sat down to do bills this morning. Milo was on the floor rolling around and before my wife went to work she was playing with him a little bit and got him a little wound up. As i finished the bills i informed Milo that " We are going to have none of that junk today." I think he was paying attention because he did calm down.

Food shopping is great. The people in the morning are so much nicer than the times i would always go shopping before. It strikes me as an odd thing because they are the same people i would see at night or on the weekends, they are just way happier. Milo goes through the checkout line like a rock star. The cashiers all wave him over. They are really excited to see him and he's always fast with a smile. They love talking to him and today milo was in a very talkative mood. His language consists of "goo" "ooo" and the occasional "baab", but he seems to enjoy conversations.

I am now in the habit of bringing a calculator to the store and adding up all of my purchases. Just because i never really kept track of it and that was bothering me. I have kept track these past 2 times and it has been dead on. Is this the sign of some mental issues? I don't know, but i think it's time to head out to the mall milo is screaming.

Milo still won't listen

Milo is so tired and angry about it. This is very frustrating as it is so tough dealing with milo being sleepy and yelling. My wife came home and she's tired too. It is rough not getting a break from the little guy. I can't take the yelling i must soothe him. I hope he enjoys this type of attention later in life. Maybe he'll be the greatest guy in the world or at least he'll mow the lawn a few times when he gets older.

Sunshine superman

Today there is a heat warning in my area from noon today untill 8pm tomorrow. Milo and i went out for a nice morning walk. Everything was fine untill we returned home. He was tired and wanted to eat which is never a good combination. He has started on some oatmeal and he really doesn't like to have me feed him. I have tried the whole " i really love oatmeal!!" routine. That seems to work for a little while, maybe 2-3 spoonfuls, but then the screaming starts again. Oatmeal goes flying. My annoyance increases. It's amazing how the screams of your baby make you go insane in little spurts. I gave him as much oatmeal as i could and gave him some milk, then burped him and he puked right down my shirt. He finally now fell asleep he looks pretty cute but today he has been exhausting and it's not even 11 am. I believe today will be rough. I can understand how some people get very frustrated being a stay at home parent. It's a very rough job sometimes and you really do not get scheduled breaks. You will always have something to do, and always something not getting done. Then you blog.

Liquid disapointment

I am not happy about the rain this morning. That means i will have to find something to do with my little guy today to keep him from being upset. It should be clearing up, but then it will be very humid. Milo does not like the heat he gets very fussy. I am glad to be rid of the big bulky stroller we had, but only having a snugli means that when it's hot i'm left with a little heater on my chest. He usually leaves a baby shaped sweat mark on me. I hope i can get to the library today so i can get a book out. It's not like i have loads of time to read (when will i ever?) but i do like to try some reading sometimes. I would like to read "rich dad, poor dad" it seems more like a reference book to me. If i can get milo to be rich maybe he will buy us a shore house when he's older. Is that too much pressure? I really don't have much time to worry about money, which is nice. Mostly i'm too busy dealing with the day-to-day issues of the baby care. Work has definetely taken a back seat. Sometimes i still find myself stressing about it, but then the other part of my brain tells me to shut up. There's nothing i can do. Physically i can't work any extra time than i have been. You have to get used to that. Really, your boss has to get used to that idea. You can get yelled at only so much. When you know your limit, that's it. I won't quit, but i do see myself riding into the sunset. Taking them kicking and screaming with me. Usually in the winter i go away to make decent money on the road. That option is completely out this year, as my more important career can not be put on hold. This should be a very fun winter time. I might wind up delivering pizzas, or blogging alot and being a bum. Being a bum never appealed to me.....milo needs me so that is a blog for another time.

Time management

One of the biggest problems I have found in my first 5 months of being a stay at home dad is my time management skills are shot. The ability to stick to any type of schedule is made worse by the lack of sleep. Milo does sleep through the night now he gets up around 6 and Amy feeds him i usually stumble to the coffee maker and get that going, i am no good without 2 cups. Then all hell can break loose. I have figured out that milo enjoys doing something, anything during the morning that gets him out of the house. Even if he is sleeping after eating i must get him out or else he will be fussy when he wakes up and into the rest of the day. We go for walks if it's nice weather or to the mall or home depot, which he loves because of the displays of ceiling fans. Yesterday after i got home from work i gave Amy a break by taking milo out and walking through the mall for abut 2 1/2 hours. There was a Madden tournament and it was great to see these 9 year olds kids beat the 20 year olds. This gave amy time to take a nap and get a little caught up on her sleep. I know i want to get a little more sleep, but there always seems like something i have to do. There is a song called "Always Ready" and sometimes i sing it to myself and i sing "always working", i don't think i am doing that consciously. That is a bit out there. I will have to make some time for just me, or else i will go insane. I might be at that point now. I will keep this posted.

Life is good

It's too hot to do stuff so milo and i headed off to the mall. After walking and lapping the old folks i ventured into the FYE to purchase a cd of a friends band. as i opened the cd i was thinking of how great the feeling must be to be on tour and having a major label cd with videos on mtv and you tube and stuff. I have to admit i was getting a little envious. The rolling stones was playing in the mall and mick sang "you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes. You might find. you get what you need" I looked down at the smiling face in front of me and i knew exactly what he meant.