For years I have been the main meal prep person in our house. I have never really enjoyed cooking, it was more of a means to an end. Dinner was the beginning of the end of most days and by the time that part of the day would roll around, my energy level was shot and I was in “git-R-done” mode. In my early years as a stay at home dad, there was very little planning that went into my meals and that was partly because I didn’t have any time in my day for planning and partly be

As a stay at home dad, my job rarely requires much travel. When the kids were younger, many of our family trips revolved around the kids travel sports schedule. There was usually at least one out of town soccer tournament, baseball tournament or dance competition and that was about it. Other than that, I would get away by myself for a boys weekend once a year and that was about it. This year, in the month of March, I have been gone two out of the first three weekends and

Kori and I were talking last week with the Lenten season upon us and we knew we wanted to do this season differently than we have in the past. We are not Catholic but we are Lutheran. In the past we have sacrificed something for the season but this season we decided to change it up. We decided to do one act of kindness a day. I know we just started yesterday but somehow things feel differently this year. Yesterday without even thinking about it, I saw a man struggling wi

A couple of weeks ago I had to go to the DMV because we had sold a car and I had to turn in the license plates and have them pay me, for a change, for my refund of the unused months on my current tag. I always like to go early in the morning when I plan to visit this establishment because traditionally the lines seem to be a lot shorter first thing in the morning. This day not so much. I walked in and the line was at least 20 deep and I immediately thought about leaving but