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5 Reasons to Start Exercising Today!

You know you should do it but you think, “Would it really matter if I hold off one more week? I have that party coming up this weekend and I […] Read more »
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The Cleansing Craze. Is it Worth Trying?

Whenever I mention “cleansing” to anyone, more often than not I hear a similar response. “Oh yea, Beyonce did one, the lemon drink with the cayenne pepper.” I had to […] Read more »
It's that time. Lace 'em up and get outdoors!

Time to Spring Clean Your Fitness

I don’t know about you, but boy, when that sun hits my face and that warm breeze gently washes over me, caressing the pasty white skin of my winterized body, […] Read more »

Getting the Call

The phone rang on a lazy afternoon just before 2:00. I glanced at the caller ID number; it looked mildly familiar, local, but I couldn’t place it off-hand. I picked […] Read more »

T.G.I. McAppleFriendly’s

Like any stay-at-home parent, I relish the occasional opportunity to slack off my meal-prepping duties and haul the brood out to a local eatery. I love the simplicity of just […] Read more »

River Dad

I love my kids. They’re cute, funny, happy little tykes who smell good, look up to me, and claim to love me back. But aside from all that, I’ve found […] Read more »
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River Dad, Happy Birthday to [Your Child Here]!

Recently, my children attended three birthday parties in one weekend. The weekend before, we’d had two, and there was another the weekend after. That’s six birthday parties in three weeks, […] Read more »

River Dad, Doing Halloween Right

I seriously dig Halloween. I mean honestly; candy, ghosts, candy, goblins, candy, vampires, candy and candy. What’s not to love? Plus, when I run around on the other 364 nights […] Read more »

River Dad, Remaining Masculine in a Feminine World

My feet are silky smooth and my toes look great! Perhaps I should start at the beginning. Being a manly, studly, masculine Stay-at-Home Dad, I’ve been doing a lot of […] Read more »
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River Dad, The Babysitter Racket

Once you have children, the most primal, basic drive of every parent becomes the need to temporarily get away from them. This is why God invented babysitters — a unique […] Read more »