Tidy Husband

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

  1. One Hot Tamale

    I don’t like it

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    That’s what she told us.

    Over and over again.

    “This is not a restaurant”, we told her

    She told us again she didn’t like it. We asked what she didn’t like.

    “The mouth feel”, she says

    THE MOUTH FEEL?

    It’s a Wednesday night dinner and since when do you not like tamales?

    Today, apparently.

    “How much do I have to eat?”, she asked.

    I told her the whole thing.

    We coaxed and cried and finally said that if you’re done making faces and not planning on eating it then fine then go to bed.

    We explained that she wasn’t in trouble per se, but there’s some times when dinner isn’t your favorite and you are left with a choice: eat or don’t.

    She chose don’t. She went to her room. I cleaned up the dishes.

    Later she was looking for a candy to wash down the medicine a bit easier at night but tonight I told her there was no candy.

    It’s a simple rule, I said. If you don’t eat dinner you absolutely don’t get candy later.

    “Then I won’t take the medicine” she told me.

    “I can cancel trick or treating this year”, I replied.

    She took the medicine.

    We’re still on for Saturday Night. :)

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  2. The Dishwasher Repair

    Every once in a while I get to be a hero.

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    Tonight was one of those nights.

    It was going to be a usual Tuesday. Dinner, dishes and some living room dancing

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    Then I realized that I hadn’t started the dishwasher - No big deal - add pod and press play.

    Then it happened. The three beeps.

    Pro Tip: If anything with a CPU or processors beeps at you more than once it means problems and it seems tonight’s were brought to you by Samsung.

    I did what everybody does now: I took a photo of the serial number and asked AI.

    AI came back to me and basically said: Something’s stuck you idiot.

    The child and I troubleshot the issue together.

    Maybe it’s the cutting board getting in the way? NOPE The steak knife? NOPE The coffee cup? NOPE

    She kept on pulling out steak knives convinced that this was the issue - as if solving it would be as simple as playing a game of steak knife jenga

    We hummed and hawed and tried to run it without the bottom rack in it.

    It works!

    That means that there’s a block somewhere. We tried a few things and then I realized that there was a bowl with a handle that was poking out of the bottom of the rack. 1

    I was pretty sure I had solved the puzzle, but to be sure we reset the cycle on the washer. The machine swooshed and swished and greeted us with a beep-less existence once again.

    Well.

    You would think I just invented the cure for cancer. 2

    She ran around the house telling anybody that would listen that DAD FIXED THE DISHWASHER. . She ran to tell BW and then I am pretty sure she went to find the dog to tell it the good news too.

    “You’re the best DAD”, she tells me tonight at bedtime.

    Tonight, I’m the hero.

    We shall see what tomorrow brings. :) 3

    Until Next Time,

    TH and Co.

    1. I warned you that I would be writing about the mundane here. ↩

    2. She says she’s going to become a scientist and take care of that. ↩

    3. tonight, I found footnotes. :) ↩

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  3. Would you JUST GO TO BED?

    Holy.

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    This is the side effect of having too much fun all weekend with Dad.

    She thinks I’m the playmate. This is a problem.

    She wanted to play golf outside. I wanted to make dinner and get the evening train rolling so that my beloved bedtime would come.

    The other day I wrote about how I write about waking up more but now I realize the real trick is to get the blance right when it comes to her sleep routine.

    On the odd weekend when Mommy is away.. sure, let’s break all the rules! but on a random Monday, Dad just wants to finish loading the dishwasher, write to all 22 of his fans and go to bed.

    5 days until the SUGAR HIGH REALLY KICKS IN

    I fear that this is just the beginning. One thing I do have in my corner is starting next week it’s dark super early so I have that:

    “Oh look, it’s dark!. That means it’s BEDTIME!”

    Until Next Time, TH and Co.

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  4. We Survived the Weekend

    After yesterday, today was quiet by comparison but I have a few thoughts and in no particular order:

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    1. When you take the child to the supermarket - she wants to push the cart. This is never a good idea. She’s eye level with the handle and the steering is to be desired.

    2. When you take her to our McDonald’s she tells you you’re the “best dad ever”, and then she steals your fries.

    3. BW left her with a cookie making Halloween scene where she decorated and sang for half an hour and was entertained.

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    1. Things were not all sunshine and rainbows as she wanted to go to the park about 4ish today and we (I) was in Sunday mode by then with some laundry to do and then it’s dinner/bath/bed.

    She tried to cry and manipulate me but I held my ground. and reminded her that I’m not her playmate all the time.

    She sulked and whined for a bit and then decided she didn’t need me any more and she replaced me with the dog.

    She dragged the dog bed up to her room and as I write this, both of them are both in her room snoring away in their beds.

    And after I hit “send” here on this post it’s my turn for bed.

    She is excited about going to school tomorrow to show off her new backpack so here’s hoping for an easy Monday morning.

    Until Next Time,

    TH and Co.

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  5. That Time We Went to Canada

    We hadn’t been to Canada in a while. Schedules, sickness - you name it, but after a while one needs to go see the home country.

    This morning the child and I went to Canada.

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    I will get to explaining the photo above in a bit, but first I am not sure we actually went to Canada because we did not see:

    1. A moose
    2. A canoe
    3. A toque
    4. A hockey player

    Well, we might have seen a hockey player because we went to the mall and there was a sporting goods store in there - so you never know.

    What did we see?

    A delicious lunch, a bubble tea and a candy store and last but not least her NEW book bag for school which she has been wearing around the house since we got home and won’t take it off.

    The old one with flower was for little girls, while the pink and sparkly replacement is just right for girls losing their baby teeth.

    • Out: baby teeth and floral backpacks
    • IN: adult teeth and the more sparkles - the better.

    That’s what’s cool at the mall this fall.

    She knows, because she was there and leading the way.

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    Until Next Time,

    TH and Co.

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