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I love my iPhone, I mean REALLY love my iPhone. In fact it may be a bit unnatural. (No comments from the peanut gallery, or my wife) The thing is absolutely incredible. I finally have a portable computer that allows me to do just about anything that I’d normally need a standard pc for.

One of the best things about this little lovely is all of the applications that can be installed on it. I was recently shown an app from my brother-in-law (thx William) called Binaural Beats. It’s an app that plays binaural tones mixed with some relaxing backgrounds, like a stream or a rainstorm. You can also create your own tones with the stock sounds that come with the app. I personally didn’t really care for the streams and storms so I created my own that are just the tones. Read on for the rest of the story…

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I love writing this blog. I do. I find it cleansing, interesting and a bit of a challenge. However, as you can see this is my first post in almost a month. I feel like such a slacker when this much time passes and I haven’t posted anything. It’s not that I haven’t had anything to say, it’s just that I haven’t felt like posting my thoughts. I guess it’s because I kind of feel like this blog has become sort of like my 3 year old. I’m doing all of the talking and all I hear back are crickets chirping. It is really hard to stay motivated when no one comments or even seems to acknowledge the site.

So what do I do? Do I keep going or do I just stop posting and move on? I really think that I do want to continue on because, as I said before, I really do like this. (And I just paid for another year of hosting) I guess if I’m going to press on I should do it right and start really trying to get people to the site. Maybe even throw some cash at it. I think for now I will force myself to look at this blog differently so that posting becomes a lot more fun and not some “chore”. So that will mean that some of my posts won’t be necessarily on the topic of fatherhood or parenting. But maybe with more traffic I’ll get re-focused.

If you do ever drop in on this site please take a minute to comment on one of the posts. You would be amazed at how exhilarating it can be and it will help me post more and possibly even engage in some meaningful conversation.

thanks

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Will someone please tell me why-o-why does the holiday season start so bloody early! I was at Subway yesterday for lunch and had Christmas carols pounding at my head the entire time. It’s November 17th people, RELAX! It will come soon enough. I just don’t understand it. We don’t start celebrating Easter in late February. We don’t start celebrating Halloween in September. There is absolutely no reason to start Xmas in November.

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PS. bah humbug

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I have now had my new iPhone for a little more than a month and I thought that I’d update the blog with my praises and complaints that I have had over the past 30+ days. None of them are really earth shattering, most people have said the same thing, but I’d still like to talk about them.

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I was sent a tip to check out this article by Sarah Henry on the babycenter.com website. It provides some great ways to help build your child’s self esteem at around the preschool age. Every one of these tips is extremely important to give your little one the confidence to be successful in not only school but life in general. All of them are so good in fact that I find it impossible to choose a favorite among them. These skills should be used everyday by every parent so that the bond and the trust between parents and their children solidify and sustain throughout their childhood. This is highly recommended.

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Ten ways to build your child’s self-esteem – via babycenter.com

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Last night my wife and I took our daughter to her very first professional baseball game. And although we lost it was an experience that I will never forget.

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So our son made it through his ear tubes surgery much better than his parents did. He was in and out within 15 minutes, I was barely able to get downstairs for a coffee and muffin. He woke up rather peeved to put it nicely. It took about 5-10 minutes to get him calmed down but he finally came around. The rest of the day was pretty good for him especially once he got some food in his belly. He’s like his father that way.

It’s been a little over a week now since he/we went through the ordeal and my wife and I both have noticed how much better he feels. Our daycare provider agrees, saying that it’s like having a completely different kid. He’s just happy all the time now. He chases his sister and other kids when he didn’t used to. It’s great to see him playing like a little boy and being happy all the time for a change.

We were told that it was an easy procedure and we tried to listen but a parent’s anxiety always prevails until it’s over. I only wish that we would have done it sooner. Hopefully he won’t hold it over our heads too much.

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We are rather nervous tonight. Early tomorrow morning we have to take our son in to have tubes put into his ears. We understand that it is a rather routine procedure but we are still nervous. Apparently it’s a quick operation so that will help. Anyone else feel the same way?

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