Tidy Husband

Eligible for the seniors discount and the Happy Meal deal at the same time.

  1. Compelling

    BW says my posts have not been “that compelling” lately.

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    A few things:

    1. See that photo above? BW was still in bed while I was up this morning trying to get my sleepy and cranky charge to go from zero to school bus in 34 minutes. I am LIVING the compelling life every morning.

    2. This is my ball. I think it’s amazing that a few of you actually pay for this nonsense I send to your mailbox. If I want to write a short crappy 1 paragraph post at 11pm because that’s when I finally got around to it–that’s how this is going down.

    3. In the same vein as above: I do this to remember the mundane - like the 4 minutes this morning when I took this photo and we were early for the bus.

    Every day is not all that exciting here, and she should know that. This is the every day - not the NY Times best seller list. I’m not going viral, I’m writing about the viruses that come home from school.

    Anyway, rant over.

    Up next: Lllamas! One down, 2 to go. BW did a great job.

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    I still have mixed emotions about going to a house party dressed as a llama - but here I am. I am compelled to do so apparently 1

    You know you’re getting into big kid world when you’re starting to juggle activities and tonight we had two to go to in a row - with the important one being signing up to become a girl scout.

    BW already paid for this to happen so we thought would go and collect our brown vest, figure out where we’re going and then come home.

    But when we arrived we are told that there are not enough kids or leaders to have a troop and I don’t really know how all this works but I figured out that no troops mean tears really quick.

    We waited for a bit to see if any other kiddos or anybody showed up and there was one other little girl who arrived and they had no troops for her as well, so this was a bust all around.

    The child was really really looking forward to this only to find out once again that adults suck.

    I asked for alternatives and it turns out there’s a meeting across town that’s doable and she will be with girls of all ages instead of stuck with the younger ones if we had stayed hyper local - so in the end it all worked out

    The child is a girl scout. She was taught the pledge and came home with a badge. She’s in.

    Speaking of ends, this is it for today.

    Hope this post was compelling enough for you. :)

    PS> BW: this is what 8:01 am looks like in case you were wondering.

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    hair brushed, fed, teeth brushed and clothed and ready in 26 minutes start to finish.

    Until Next Time, TH and Co.

    1. translation: BW says I am going and that’s the end of it. ↩

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  2. Toothless Wonder

    It had to happen eventually

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    Sh lost her front baby tooth - it’s getting evicted by an adult model.

    She came home with her mouth closed and humming, and I didn’t think anything of it because she’s seven and weird. But then she told me to look in her book bag and there it was! The tooth.

    It came home in a small plastic pirates chest and once I got past the loose tooth thing, I began to think: somebody makes little holders for teeth that get lost? It’s a strange world sometimes.

    Anyway - no more tooth.

    I asked her how much the tooth fairy leaves under the pillow and she told me without missing a beat: “five bucks”

    Holy. Inflation is real.

    As I write this she’s upstairs in her sleeping bag again dreaming of tooth fairies and five bucks.

    Until tomorrow,

    TH and Co.

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  3. The sleeping bag

    The sleeping bag.

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    I don’t know how this came up but all I know there was talk about a sleeping bag, some rummaging in the closet and then we were all about the sleeping bag

    She wanted the sleeping bag unzipped. Then she wanted it zipped but couldn’t figure out how and then it was to go back in the bag.

    I have to tell you I’m a little sick of the sleeping bag.

    Once the sleeping bag came out - she wanted to pack for camping and I veto’d that because I had just spent a good hour cleaning her bedroom while she “helped”. 1

    I did not want to have to pick up any more things because have you seen our family room?

    As I write this she’s fast asleep in the sleeping bag of course.

    We spent the morning at the park buffalo where she got to swing on ropes and jump and play.

    The first ten minutes were a bit lonely but then other kids showed up and the fun/mischief began. At one point they found plastic axes and they got yelled at because they were not supposed to be where the axes are.

    The child is actually getting better at this ninja stuff and can swing from ring to ring like a monkey. Lord knows I couldn’t do it.

    School starts again tomorrow.:)

    We made it.

    Until Next Time,

    TH and co.

    1. she was good company if nothing else. and she did put her books away so there was a bit of hope ↩

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  4. Let's all be llamas!

    Llamas

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    yes. llamas.

    I have to tell you I did not see this coming. I know we were invited to a Halloween party and that we would get dressed up – but the last I paid attention, the plan was to go as the SpongeBob trio.

    I would be squidward - because, of course and the child and BW would be Patrick and SB. They could decide who would be what.

    Easy right? - square box painted yellow for SB, and a pink bodysuit for Patrick and you’re done

    The powers that run my world decided that this costume would be llamas.

    I told BW don’t go buying 3 llama suits on Amazon and dropping 100 bucks because we’ll be in this for all of an hour or so.

    She didn’t, but they did go to the dollar store for supplies for the homemade llama costumes and while they didn’t blow 100 bucks…all I can say is shit ain’t cheap any more - even at the dollar store.

    The project was supposed to be a mother/daughter thing and I was fine with this because crafts are not really my thing and those two love it.

    Here’s what really happened: The child hung out in the family room for a while and watched TV while BW roped me into the Llama creation. I taped,I glued, wrapped the back of the couch and the floor in anticipation of paint mishaps.

    And then there’s the state of the family room. This morning the room was tidy. That is not it’s state any more - there’s cardboard and brown paper and god knows what else all over the place. If you need a pen there’s a good chance one is buried in there somewhere.

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    The llama? Number 1 is getting there but we (the royal we) have until the 30th to get two more llama costumes ready.

    BW says to me - You’ll have to wear a black catsuit.

    Me: NO.

    Stay tuned for more llama updates. :)

    Until Next Time,

    TH and Co.

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  5. The firefighting continues

    It’s amazing what makes an impression.

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    She had the firefighters show up at school and this is how we knew about the fire presentation yesterday at the fire hall to celebrate fire prevention week.

    Well. It has made an impression.

    My day started with “Hey Dad! I need a black t-shirt”. She doesn’t have a black t-shirt because she’s 7. She has t-shirts with unicorns and pink and inspiratiional messages - but no black - that comes at 13 years old.

    So, she had to improvise. She found her uniform from the school when she was in Argentina this summer and decided that was close enough to be a firefighter.

    Later, we went to the park where she was of course, still dressed up as a firefighter. I did manage to get her to leave the hat in the car because cheap firefighter hats and wind don’t match.

    This is the same playground we went to last week so we were really expecting the same, but I guess the city is on a tear - and off in the distance was another playground so we went to that for a bit. There then was an entire discussion on what playground had the best stuff and she decided that ours nearby was the best because just like in real estate - location is everythng.

    Then she saw what I did not even know existed. An outdoor Gym.

    “Dad! you can get buff”, she told me.

    Dad did not get buff. Dad realized he is very out of shape and when trying to exercise without adult supervision - thing will hurt. I am pretty sure you’re not supposed to hear creaking sounds but I guess we’re there now.

    But - she had a blast. We tried all the equipment and she laughed at her old man trying to exercise for the first time in a while so I am glad I was her entertainment.

    We decided the elliptical machine was the easiest and the sit-ups were the hardest.

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    I finally convinced her that all the working out makes you (Dad) tired and that we should probably go home but then when we got home she realized she had just one more fire to put out.

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    Dad? he went into the house and had a nap. That one sit-up nearly killed him.

    Stay tuned for tomorrow’s fire to put out.

    Until Next Time,

    TH and Co.

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