http://www.ladaddy.com This Whole Dad Thing is Easy! Wait... Where's the Child? Welcome to the Adventures of L.A. Daddy Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:20:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Busy, busy, busy. That's my only excuse for not posting something on L.A. Daddy in a while. Of course, I could probably also use lazy, lazy, lazy and it would still apply. It's been a quick, fun summer and we've gotten a lot done. And I've been playing a lot of golf. ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=522 I just finished my first vacation in a long time (unless you count my time off two years ago to move across the country... which I don't.) My boss forced me to take time off because last year I took the cash in December because I didn't use any of my ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=521 I got a call from my L.A. Toddler's daycare yesterday. Her teacher wasn't quite sure how to tell me what was wrong but finally managed to get it all out. I smiled. Apparently, my youngest had decided that she didn't want to eat her corn. She wanted to snort it. She had ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=520 I've just sent my baby girl, my darling baby girl, off to her last day of kindergarten. She'll be a first grader next Fall! It seems like just yesterday, I was sending her off to her second-to-last day of kindergarten. My, how time flies... This first year of "real" school has been ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=519 Hello. My name is Tim. And I... I am a Craigslist junkie. I can't help it. I'm addicted. I've been searching for and finding a ton of great deals on the site. Some free, some I've paid for, all in my area. Craigslist is really, really big in Los Angeles. It wasn't ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=518 I've been busy. Too busy to write a blog post here, it seems. But it's been a "fun" busy. I've been busy going to concerts! In fact, I think I've been to more concerts here in Ohio in the past year than in all the time I spent in L.A. Getting tickets ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=516 My daughter tripped and fell in the grass last night. She started to cry but I knew she wasn't really injured. And I remembered what my old football coach used to tell me when I was hurt, bleeding, with a piece of the bone sticking out.... "Rub some dirt in it! It'll ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=514 I've finally used the phrase that was used on me countless times as a kid. That dreaded, "There are starving kids in China!" line that parents use to keep their kids from wasting food. I was practically standing outside of myself watching me as I delivered it to my oldest daughter. ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=512 And another thing... What's with all the crying?! Yes, it's another thing no one told me about when I signed up for this gig. As I told you, I didn't know to get the owners manual like everyone else did when we had our first daughter. And I was too tired to ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=511 I want my money back! I demand a refund. I knew becoming a parent involved sacrifice and runny noses and lacrosse practice and xylophone recitals and all that. But what I didn't really count on losing out on were all the little things. I rarely take vacations (I feel so guilty and I ... http://www.ladaddy.com/?p=510