Freedom from Whining
Do you want freedom from whining? Although I can’t guarantee to remove it in all aspects of your life my wife helped me realize one solid strategy for freeing yourself from whining during planned...
Author: mrjones
Misfit Veggies By Mail
I’ve previously written about how we get our meat by mail with Butcher Box. Well man does not live by pork shoulder alone (oh if wishes could make it so) so we were intrigued...
People Watching with Fitz and the Tantrums
On Friday Dr. Jones and I got a baby sitter and headed into the big city to hear Fitz and the Tantrums perform at the Rockland Trust Bank Pavillion. We heard them live once...
Happy Father’s Day Moment!
So I’m kind of having a stay-at-home dadding moment. About a month ago I was really thinking about giving up this blog. I wasn’t devoting as much to it as I wanted and wasn’t...
Telling My Story
I was recently approached to write an article about the “stay-at-home dad” life. A lifestyle website asked me to jump in after their scheduled writer had a conflict. The only catch was I had...
Cleaning Dirties My Faith in People
Earlier this month it was my family’s turn to help clean our congregation’s church building. I am not a fan. For those of you not of my faith, the week-to-week cleaning of meetinghouses throughout...
Just Like Momma Used to Make
This was my mom Alice: She studied home economics in college then taught it for several years. She even created one of the first high school home economics programs for men in the...
Meat…it’s what’s for dinner
Over the past couple of years we’ve made an effort to change how we eat. Well…how the adults eat. We have yet to break some of our kids from the cycle of deliciousness that...
A Tale of Two Ice Creams
My family would regularly make hand-churned ice cream for summer festive occasions. Memorial day and July 4th in particular were not complete without our homemade Cookies and cream, chocolate cookies and cream, or butter...
Incredibles II and Super Dads
I loved The Incredibles. It really is one of my favorite super hero movies. For those of you unfamiliar, The Incredibles tells the story of a family of superheroes–the Parr family–forced to hide who...
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