Do you guys have any idea what is happening on Aug 6th, 2011? No, well let me fill you in: this blog is turning 2 years old!!! How cool is that right? To celebrate the 2nd blogiversary of Daddy’s Fish Bowl, I’m hosting my very first giveaway to show my appreciation to you guys for all of your support, comments, advice, laughs, tears…pretty much everything that you, the reader, has done for this blog. I appreciate it all and want to celebrate by giving back. Since this is a blog focused primarily on kids, I thought the perfect prize to give away would be a $25 gift card to Toys R Us. I mean seriously, who doesn’t love Toys R Us? It’s where a kid can be a kid. I know a lot of my readers don’t have kids, but don’t fret; Toys R Us has things for big kids too, so you’ll definitely want to participate in this giveaway as well. I’m extremely excited to be hosting this giveaway and can’t wait to find out the winner, who will be selected on Aug 6th 2011. The rules of the giveaway are listed below; check them out and have fun, good luck to all of you.
So Ty has been back for over a week now and I can honestly say that he definitely can tell that we missed him. From the time we picked him up at the airport until the time he went sleep that first night, you would have thought that all four of us were glued together at the hip. Activity after activity, game after game, discussion after discussion, it was all Ty, all the time. That first day, you would have thought we were the perfect ideal family, all smiling faces and loving gestures. Then the sunset, the moon came out and I swear those kids turned into werewolves overnight. The fighting, bickering, and competition picked up right where it left off, and that’s when I knew, that our family was back to normal. Read on to hear more about that magical event filled day that Ty came back home to his family. Check back next week to read about the days that followed, once the parade paraphinala was taken down and the cameras stopped rolling. Today, you get the happily ever after fairy tale, next week you get the nightmare!
If you missed part 1 of this lovely two part post, head over here now to check it out.
The View Of Our First Destination
So yesterday I explained to you guys how the love of my life is pretty much a low down dirty filthy liar. Some of you may expect this post to detail the terms of our pending divorce. I mean, how can one man remain married to a woman so unscrupulous as Fefe? Someone who would lie and deceive her husband, someone who would do whatever it takes to pull one over on him and execute the perfect Father’s Day surprise? Well I guess all things considered, those crimes aren’t that bad. It terms of unforgivable martial offenses, what Fefe did would rank somewhere between adultery and having a donkey porn fetish. So I guess I’ll keep her around a bit longer. She did provide me with the best weekend that I’ve had in quite some time after all. The woman outdid herself this year and now that I’ve toyed with you long enough, let’s get into the particulars surrounding Father’s Day 2011.
Father’s Day just passed and luckily, this year, we made it through without any blunt head force trauma, crying, or disappointment. If you’re a bit confused, you may recall last year’s Father’s Day Tragedy and oh what a tragedy it was. Anytime you have swinging golf clubs connecting with human skulls, you’re pretty much destined for a tragedy of some sort. But that’s not what we’re here to talk about today. Today, we’re hear to discuss the 2011 Father’s Day Tragedy! Before you get your box of Kleenex ready, let me warn you, they won’t be needed. This year, Father’s Day was excellent and the only tragedy to discuss is the fact that Fefe finally got the better of me, so my ego was a little bruised. If I had to choose, I guess a bruised ego is better than Fefe having a bruised skull…I guess.
Hey everyone, now that I got my family back (2/3rds of them), I can move on to thinking about more important things; namely, what they should buy me for Father’s Day on June 19th since I’m such a totally awesome Dad. Then I got to thinking, all of you guys think I’m a totally awesome, super cool Dad as well, so maybe you’d want to buy me something. After the revelation of that thought, I decided it was only right that I share with you the Ultimate Father’s Day Gift Guide for 2011. You’re comments are all the gift I need, so spend your hard earned cash on a loved one other than me.
Now this isn’t the typical, boring, year after year necktie, coffee mug, or multi-screwdriver type of list. This list is filled with gifts that Dads actually want and need! Well maybe listing “need” as a qualifier is stretching it a bit, but one thing is for sure, Dads actually WANT this stuff. So go ahead and grab them something from this list and they’ll be sure to be thanking you for many months to come.
All items have links to where you can purchase the gifts from. Don’t worry, I’m not recieving any compensation for this, just want Dads across the world to by happy on our special day.
Feel free to add on other gift ideas that you think us Dad’s may like in the comments section.
I honestly wanted to get this post done and completed yesterday, really I did. But due to unforeseen circumstances, that wasn’t possible. Okay, maybe the circumstances were foreseen. Maybe I knew I’d be getting drunk beyond belief, partying until the wee hours of the morning, and partaking in all types of unscrupulous activities, which required days of recovery time. Okay, so it wasn’t that bad, but when you get to be my age (33yrs old), your body just doesn’t allow you to party like the good ole days. If you’re wondering where I got the age of 33 from, it was derived from an age-old formula that us parents call Child Aging Compound Interest or C.A.C.I. for short. You basically add up the ages of all of your kids, then divide by the number of children (because once you have more than one, leveraging comes into play) and then add that number to your current age. Now let’s see if DFB has any math wiz readers…who can tell me my true age??? Anyway, let’s get to the meat and potatoes of this post; my freaking birthday!!!! Well, it actually starts before my birthday, because Tre had a few funny antics to share while picking out my present.
On this day, 2 years ago, I began serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. A life sentence is pretty harsh and is typically reserved for very heinous crimes, such as murder, etc. I’m no murderer though, and yet here I am 2 yrs in to a life sentence. What could I have done to deserve such harsh punishment? My only crime was that I fell in LOVE, and because of it, I have been stripped of my basic freedoms. But unlike most inmates, I’m not protesting my verdict, not searching for a plea bargain, and show no remorse for my actions.
I love being married to Fefe, the love we share is quite honestly one of the best things to happen to me and I wouldn’t trade it in for anything in the world. Since getting married, we have grown stronger as a couple and our bond has strengthened tenfold. I’m happy that we made it over the 2 yr hurdle, (did you know that 1 in 12 marriages fail after only 2yrs?) but we aren’t out of the woods yet. They say 7 years is the magic number, if you make it that long you’re pretty much in the clear. I say screw them, our magic number is March 21, 2009, the day we got married. Like I said, I’m serving a life sentence WITHOUT the possibility of parole, and there’s no one else I’d rather spend it with.
However, blog posts are not. Yes, this is a Valentine’s Day recap post and I know it’s a little late, but hey, I’ve been busy, so sue me. This year, Vday was a little different, mainly due to the fact that I spent it shacked up in a hotel room. Wait a minute, I’ve spent many a Valentine’s Day shacked up in a hotel room, so I guess that doesn’t make this one much different, so let me rephrase: I spent it shacked up in a hotel room ALONE. Due to business reasons, I was on a whirlwind tour of the Midwest during the early portion of this week. Or maybe, I was out gallivanting with my other woman, as that post shows, I’ve been known to be a cheating husband. Even though I was away from the wife on Vday this year, I made sure we were able to celebrate and have a great time before I left.
Who would have thought that these would be so valuable
How many times have you received a gift that you just didn’t want? I mean one that was so bad, you actually considered giving it back to the person who gave it to you? Now that’s a pretty bold move, considering it’s the thought that counts. Returning a gift to someone basically says not only does your gift suck, but I also don’t care much about your feelings. Who would be so callous to do such a thing? You guessed it, I would! I have done it, and probably shouldn’t be so smug about my actions. The gift giver was my mother.
Since this is the last day of the first week of the New Year (wow, that’s a mouthful), I figured, that it’s the last opportunity to share a quick holiday re-cap with you guys. I didn’t blog much over the holidays and during that time we had Christmas, Tre’s Birthday, and New Years. I wouldn’t be much of a Daddy Blogger if I didn’t share the share a few highlights from these events. Of the three holidays that occurred during my vacation, I’d have to say Christmas was my favorite. We had a ball celebrating each of the days, but for some reason Christmas was pure comedy from start to finish, so let’s start there.
