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Trying to do the social networking thing……..

January 30, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment
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Well I must admit I’ve never been a social networking person nor have I claimed to be one, I guess this started when I heard about Myspace and people asking me about it and I have to admit it, never got into it or tried just wasn’t for me.  Well then came Facebook and still for the longest I could care less about it either, until I had a co-worker telling me about him connecting with friends he went to school with some 20 plus years ago and he says it’s totally different from myspace, something he said he tried for about 3 days and deleted his account.  So a couple of months ago I said well maybe I can reconnect with friends I haven’t seen in years because face it when we grow up and put family first you tend to drift apart because what once was all about being around them now was replaced with spending all your time with the family, which is something I love doing. 

I tried the Facebook thing out and he was right I found a lot of people I not only went to school with but people I haven’t seen in ages so that was a good thing to see a lot of the people I knew years ago was doing good and had families of there own.  But with everything that’s good about what I’ve seen there is also the bad because alot of people I’ve come across or seen from browsing haven’t changed and have the same mindset they had growing up or when they were younger.  I mean don’t get me wrong I know parents need a break sometimes and need to be around grown up settings like maybe going to a club or whatever people do these days………

man I sound really old even though I’m in my early 30s and haven’t been out in so long I can’t remember. when I did but back to the topic but I see a lot of them still worry about what goes on out in the public or care what people think about them on some he say she say stuff when they have kids themselves.  I mean I just never understood why parents even care about what most think about them when I believe as long as your kids love you that’s all you need but that’s just me but it’s really nice to be in touch with a lot of people I went to school and looking forward to meeting new people who follow blogs.

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Something to Think About?

December 6, 2009 By admin 4 Comments
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Well before I begin I appreciate to the people that left feedback on how they enjoyed my post, I really do appreciate it and also I want to explain why I don’t post alot and it’s because I’m not in it for money, even though it would be nice or anything like that but simply I want to bring up serious topics and give people something to think about.  I mean I could talk about meaningless things just to update my blog and also I could make alot of posts to make my page rank higher but once again that’s not me so before I go on like I’ve said thank you very much for the feedback and now to my issue for the day.  I have a question for mothers and fathers who blog as parent blogs, do you spend more time blogging or parenting I mean cause I visit other blogs and read where people spend alot of time with there blogs and I was just wondering is there life everything they write, which is usually good as far as doing all the parenting things.  Now the reason for this is that cause I wish I could do more on my blog but with working, my son doing sports and just doing parenting things I just don’t have the time, now I know that alot of parents have this time because they are stay at home parents and for those parents do you do all your blogging while the kids are at school and get offline when they come home, I mean I will try to at least post 1 or 2 times a week because I like to become more active on my blog and maybe get to know some followers and communicate with them, so until next time you all take care and be safe.

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Fathers Need to Step Up

September 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment
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Ok before I begin this isn’t directed at anyone I know in particular but at the same time if you read this article and it offends you I don’t care do something about it and spend time with your kids.  But now to the topic over the years since my first child was born, 11 years in January to be exact I’ve had several people tell me I’ve changed, I’m not the same person I was growing up or I’m not a real friend because I don’t try to hangout or go to a bar or do whatever with them, but the truth is my kids are used to me being home all the time when I’m not working so my ties are with them.  But on the other side I’ve heard the older heads tell me that I need that time to hang with the fellas and time to myself to be a better person which is debatable, but I see it as being a new era because when I was growing up we had bad influences around whether it was someone selling drugs or some gang members around but now not only the kids have that but there are different programs that can influence your kids, also with the internet and so many things that can influence your kids so to me you have to be around all the time because the one instance you put your guard down that’s when they can be looking in another direction so while they’re young I try to influence them as much as I can to make the right decisions so when they get older and they have to make decisions you just hope what you’ve instilled in them come into use.  But this is more about the ones who neglect there kids to do whatever and think it’s cool to put themselves before there kids, I mean we see it all the time the guys who rather go to the club or sports bar when your child is at home who probably is watching the same thing but you rather spend the time with the fellas instead of spending that time with your child, but the guys aren’t the only ones who do it this, there are mothers that do the same but I’ll address that in the future I’m talking to the fathers now.  We as a whole have to be a better parent because kids now are worse meaning behavior wise than ever and alot of it is due to not having a strong father figure around and alot of the times is they don’t know any better.  So if you read this and it pertains to you like I said do something about it and you know someone who’s like this, hell tell them about themselves or let them read this and it hit a nerve they can do something about it because our kids are in need of a positive direction and we’re the ones to lead them, so fellas if you’re one of the great fathers, I’m giving you your props and keep up the good work and to the ones who’s not doing it, realize that this is an issue and make a conscious effort to change and be there for your child.  Because you are your childs role model and they see everything and idolizes you so make it positive.

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Taking Kids to Wrestling

September 20, 2009 By admin 2 Comments
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Well before I talk about our night, let me state that I’ve been a wrestling fan for almost 25 years, I mean I remember growing up and watching it with 2 of my uncles who followed it religiously.  I mean I remember them having a huge collection of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazines, staying up all night on Saturday nights watching wrestling from about 8pm to about 2 o’clock in the morning when I spent the night with either one of them.  Also my uncle Curt, god bless his soul would let me call the wrestling hotline which cost like 99 cent a minute if I remember correctly so that is how much they followed wrestling, so now my son and my oldest daughter follow it like I did when I was there age, so basically I see myself in them when I was there ages, so TNA wrestling had a event in my hometown and I know my kids watch it on TV, along with the WWE but it was so much fun taking them to see the event because at the venue where they had the event is where I have been to see several events when WCW/NWA was around which was a popular wrestling organization that went out of business back in 2001 when the WWE bought it from Time Warner, but when we first arrived there we met Booker T who is one of the wrestlers of the organizations who signed several autographs which unfortunately we didn’t take any paper or pens to get autographs but got several pictures of him and he was a cool guy who interracted with the fans and my kids were in awe of him seeing someone in person they’ve watched on TV dating back to the time he was in WWE, so he was the only wrestler we met going inside to take our seats for the event.  Going inside the arena we snapped alot of pictures of the ring and then took our seats and we seen alot of the wrestlers and TV personalities who were coming out behind the curtain before the event, also they were offering backstage passes for people who were tweeting the most, by the way I was tweeting like hell trying to get those passes for the kids, also you can follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/daddyshangout, but back to the event, this was a special event because one of the best wrestlers in the world A.J. Styles is from our town, which is being advertised as his homecoming.  While at the event we bought shirts Beer Money knockers, to people who don’t follow Beer Money is a popular tag team in TNA, after this it was time for the event to to start which consisted of alot of fan interaction and a total of 6 matches, which the main event was A.J Styles going against the champion Kurt Angle, which Styles picked up the win and after the match they offered to give away backstage passes but Styles took the microphone and said that too many fans wanted to go backstage so since this is his hometown he’s going to bring backstage to us, so alot of the wrestlers came from the back and signed autographs for the fans while Styles stayed in the ring and took pictures and signed autographs for 20 dollars which was cool, by this time my Iphone battery had died so I couldn’t take any more pictures and the kids had spent all the money so we were upset we didn’t get to take the picture in the ring but after manuvering around through fans we got the autograph of one wrestler, that was Super Mex Hernandez, which was cool because my daughter kind of like threw the Beer Money blow up bottle in his face he smiled at her , tapped her on the head with it and signed it for her and then gave me a nod like what’s up and signed my sons.  So that was our night and they were so happy and still a week later they are still talking about it which is cool because I remember being in there shoes at the same place but the only difference is they can go online to various sites to keep up with what goes on in the world of wrestling something I didn’t have when I was coming up, so if they come back again I’d definitely would be there.

Booker T signing autographs

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The Kids 1st Week of School

August 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment
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Well last week was the first week of school, my son he’s now in the 5th grade and I can say our relationship is like it’s never changed cause as much as he tells me I’m a hero to him, he’s actually a hero to me also, because he’s sooooooooooo advanced for his age it’s not funny, I mean I’m not saying this because he’s my son but really, he is because we have conversations like best friends.  I mean let me explain whether it’s sports, news or pretty much anything else, he’s on point with the knowledge and he’s a straight A, honor roll student who wants to go to the University of Georgia when he gets out of school, I mean he worships Georgia and he works hard to try and achieve this goal.  But back to the school thing, he entered the 5th grade and so far this week he’s loving and in his home room he has a couple of his friends and he’s looking forward to his last year in elementary school.  Then I have my oldest daughter who’s entering the 4th grade this year and before last year she’s had a little trouble but she’s been working hard along with me and her mother, but also I have to include the teachers at her school, but at times she can be a handful and very stubborn at times, but she’s still my princess and she can be the sweetest person you’ll ever come across because even at 9 years old she still make me I Love You Daddy cards and write letters telling me how much she love me and trust me I really appreciate it because I have peers who have kids who are older and they tell me about how much they missed those days and to cherish them, so I really enjoy getting those from her because I know she’s getting older and before you know it these will stop.  But in her first week of school she’s enjoying her class and her teacher and we’re hoping for a great year and it’s going to be hard work because she have problems with math but she tries which is what really counts.  Now last but not least I have my 4 year old little princess who started pre-k this week and before I go on I will admit that this really hurted me when she went to school because with me working at night she always was at home with me while wifey went to work and my other 2 kids were at school, so all the time we spent with each other just started running through my head.  Let me pause for a minute because this hear is very emotional because no more of her wanting daddy to wake up and fix her breakfast, watching cartoons, playing around like making crazy faces and playing hide and seek or maybe her wanting to go shopping even though I was sleepy as hell but I’d give anything to have another week where we can do those things but I can’t…………………yes it bothers me but my little princess is getting big now.  But to her first week of school, which couldn’t have been better because when she seen all of her classmates crying because they didn’t want there parents, she told me I’ll be alright daddy, don’t worry.  But she was great all week and the teacher said you couldn’t ask for a better child, she was also the helper all week and still by the end of the week most of the kids were still crying, but I’m so proud of my kids and I love them more than words can explain and very proud of them, also I’m doing better with my little girl going to pre-k because this will be good for her when she goes to kindergarten being around other kids……………………..but until next time, take care.

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Daddy’s Little Girl going to school

August 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment
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Well it’s starting to set in, the reality that my little girl is about to start school and before I go on let me state that even though I’ve been accused of showing favoritism towards her because she’s my last baby.  Well even though everyone says that I still don’t see it, maybe it’s denial but I must admit with me being older I appreciated all the little things with her like alot of the times when I was tired I’d put all the aside to do things like make her breakfast, make those funny faces, stay up and watch cartoon, all of those things I was doing even though I’d work all night.  But back to why it bothers me more with her starting pre-k than it did with my other two, you see my others 2 kids actually went to day care some because I’ve always worked night shift so when they started school it bothered me but this wasn’t the first time they’ve been away from me and I knew the effects of them being around other kids already so I understood.  Now to why it hurts me and trust me when I say that I almost get emotional when not only the thought of her leaving but when I talk about it I get sort of choked up, but during her 4 years she’s never been away from me, she rarely goes to spend the night with others and she’s a daddy’s girl.  But yesterday was her open house as well as my other kids and I must admit that I think my older daughter and my sons teacher seem to be nice and will enjoy working with them throughout the year, then we went to my daughters class which is located at the elementary school my other 2 kids go to.  Well I must say that her teachers seem to be very nice and they were very informative and straight forward, also we had a few laughs because they basically told me and my wife that they think she’ll be fine at school they think I’m going to be the problem, but we joked around alot because they were telling me if I have a questions or concerns that I can call but I told them I might just camp out in the parking lot which drew some laughs also I told them that I stayed about 3 minutes from the school and between one of her teachers and my wife they tried convincing me that everything will be alright but I guess we’ll have to see, also to add I’ve went as far as trying to convince her to stay home with me for one more year and she said she would but in the long run the last thing I want to do is get in the way of her education so I guess I’ll definitely be in tears Monday morning because that’s the first day but this is going to be a long year and I will keep an update on how the year will be going, but I have to go because it really bothers me as I’m writing this, so if there is anyone know how I feel or going through what I’m going through or even has been through what I’ve been through drop me a response and let me know what you’ve been through or going through.

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A typical night with the kids

July 31, 2009 By admin 1 Comment
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Well when I’m off a typical night with 3 kids can be an adventure, well I have a 10 year old son that we can start off playing some of his video games or either watching wrestling.  Then my 9 year old daughter, well she likes to play games and watch wrestling also or I can watch her play dress up on her computer………..things a father does to interact and spend that time with the kids.  Now to my 4 year old daughter, whom everyone says has me wrapped around her finger, to be honest she probably does because she have me watching Dora the Explorer and Disney Princess, also we’ve been known to have the best tea party and have me watching her play dress up, also she’s been known to get her way when I’m around, but I don’t see how she got me wrapped around her finger…………………………….do you?

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