tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79697950929185637612012-01-15T22:06:33.582-08:00Derek Cromwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713208296458048645noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969795092918563761.post-13001819296315882062012-01-15T22:06:00.000-08:002012-01-15T22:06:19.024-08:00

Our neighbor is the sweetest woman, always giving treats to our daughter. Recently she gave us an entire bowl of hard candies. What's in there? these little strawberry candies. I haven't had these in years, and had completely forgotten about them until I randomly tried one. The flavor, and the soft center... good lord I cannot stop chewing them. Sucking on these strawberry candies is not

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I have resigned myself to the fact that I am her everything. Unfortunately that job description includes doing things that don't seem even remotely awkward until I'm in the middle of it all. For example - my lovely wife takes care of the house for the most part, including the general duties of bill paying and groceries. Her grocery lists contain the most vital elements that we need for our

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As we draw closer to the birth of my next child, another dear little girl, I'm reflecting on the last 3 years with my daughter Emma. I'm already surrounded by estrogen and struggling to maintain some semblance of dignity and manhood.It's fading, as our daughter Lily will be born in just a few short weeks. I'm pondering a number of things that have forced me to question the meaning of what it

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I'm almost ashamed of this blog. Honestly, it was something I enjoyed posting to months and months ago but in my quest at the end of last to earn a little money blogging I sold out and commercialized my blog. Can you say blah? It made me want to post quality stuff less, because it looked weird mixed in with commercial crap.I have to sincerely apologize for that - and that won't be happening

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I used to love playing the piano, but could never really master it. Probably had a lot to do with the fact that I never had a piano to do piano lessons but my family didn't really have a lot of money when I was growing up. Paying for piano lessons was pretty much out of the question. I know I never asked, but that's one of those things where you assume the answer will just be "no"Blah!So fast

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Ok so he's probably not the worst but he definitely ranks. I'm not entirely sure what or who is possessing this cat to evil but at often I feel like I am enveloped in this good vs. evil battle. me = skywalker, cat = sith emperor.I feel as though I could write some epic Shakespearean montage around the occurrences between this cat and I. It's not the older cat, oh not. Leo is my home-slice.

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When I decided to go into business for myself, I neglected to take into account that freetime would go byebye. What's more amusing is that I'm busier now than when I first started copywriting for a living... and when I started doing this I thought I was swamped.I'm now realizing that it's essentially for me to get more involved in social networking and try to communicate with people more often.

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The wife and I have considered on and off whether or not we should have a credit card, or multiple credit cards. Usually the discussion pops up when we consider traveling, a road trip, a new activity, or we spot a new toy we want (like the new paintball gun I just purchased). More often than not we end up right back where we're at. No credit cards, just out debit cards. I'm not real fond of

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In my side job, a decent watch is important to have. I still run EMS occasionally even though my full time job is writing. In EMS, you really need to have a good watch. One that can put up with rigorous and torturous work - like when I get my wrist crushed in a door frame between the door and the stretch and the only thing saving my is the watch. I've had more watches fail me this way.

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I just couldn't resist, so I guess I'll continue to post as these things come to me. It may not be as exciting and action packed as it used to be but I'll try and entertain you while I inform everyone of the daily hum drum. With this home business kicking off, we're still kicking around the thought of buying a new car. The wife is pointing me toward a mini-van but I've been a truck man as long

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well not quite. At least on blogspot, for now. I have gotten so ridiculously busy with my copywriting business (www.thunderbaymedia.net) that I have no choice but to duck out. Besides, it wouldn't be right for me to continue to maintain the facade that I'm a stay-at-home dad.I have evolved and transformed into something far more powerful, and cool. Work-at-home dad. I guess that doesn't make

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It's official, we're definitely having another baby! We're pregnant! We'll she is, I'm not. I should probably be celebrating. I'm certainly happy. It's just that the first thing that went through my mind was "omg you woke me at 6am to tell me THAT?!" but, once I got my bearings straight I started wondering how I was going to get any work done at home. I have requested that the wife reduce

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oh that's just dripping with sarcasm, isn't it? I didn't hide it well enough. Not that I was really trying. Misery loves company and I want to share my pee with you. Well, not mine, Emma's. Why not! she's pee'd on everything else in the house I figure I might as well sling some at visitors as well.Snow cone?So yeah, we started potty training a couple days ago. I could have included it in

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America has always been a "go go" nation. Anyone at rest tends to be considered lazy or unmotivated. Unless of course you're taking some kind of "official" vacation. When you consider how much we look forward to having a day off work, it's kind of comical. Especially considering how much we actually push ourselves when we GET a day off. Case in point - I've been writing like a madman,

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This is been something that's been on my mind a lot lately, especially considering the fact that were actually trying to have another kid. You never really know how healthy your kid will turn out, and you have to wonder what kind of treatment would be available if something went wrong.I know there are a lot of people that are completely against stem cell research. To be honest with you, I

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I've managed to completely mystify myself... ooooooooo. Want to know how? I'm somehow managing the household and working from home. Two year old bouncing around and ricocheting off the wall, cats trying to kill each other, repetition all day long from music cd's, baby Einstein, card games, work work work, writing, more work, more play. "Daddy come play blocks!" sprawl on the floor for 5

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So, my last post/rant was probably a little unfair. Now that I'm not so frustrated that I could pop a vein, I do not, in fact, think that all Indian people are scammers. Truth be told, anyone has the potential to be a scammer. I've really been reading a lot of content online lately that proves just that. It's ridiculous how much the people of this world try to cheat one another. The nigerian

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so, as some have seen me post on facebook, I'm miffed as all getout. I've had two 'clients' in India stiff me on payment for completed writing work. One disappeared, the other is online but isn't responding to messages or emails. I kindly informed both of them that I published the work online under my name, and if they'd like to use it they need to remit payment. At that point I'll transfer

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I really couldn't be any more exhausted. I honestly didn't conceive that operating a business from home would require this much work, but I know you get what you put it so I'm putting in all I've got.Yes that includes monetizing my blog. I don't like it anymore than you do. Shush, I have bills, too. My daughter has taken to a new word, or phrase I should say. "I can't". If you ask her to do

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There are a lot of places in the US that people can hit up for vacation time, but the one I hear about the most is people wanting to travel to Vega or Reno to try to test their hand at gambling and whatnot. Despite the economical kablooey that the American people have suffered there's still a lot of people willing to risk it all and forget their troubles at the casinos and shows out in

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you in more than you can imagine. And you thought I was going somewhere else with that title. No, not at all in that direction. I happen to love my job, both of them actually now that I work at home. I find there is nothing more satisfying than being terrorized by a 2 year old while I'm trying to make a deadline.I'm actually struggling to make this whole situation work. Now that I think

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If you're a regular (there's like..what 2 of you?), that means you know that I have three cats. All of them dislike me. My oldest, Leo, is the most fickle. He picks and chooses the days in which he loves me. We've had him for 3 1/2 years now or so. He's enjoyed me 3 days or so out of that.He has a knack for demanding attention at the most inopportune times. Like pulling on my arm when I'm

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There's a short list of things I've fallen in love with since I'm now at home all the time. Cooking is my primary responsability, as well as a lot of the cleaning and other household stuffage. When I worked full time, everything at home needed to be condensed and quick since I only had a few hours a day before and after work to do... anything. Here's a list of my new discoveries and new

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I've officially thrown myself into the deep end. This move to working from home with writing has taken off like a rocket loaded with 100 times more fuel than it needed. I've been so busy I can barely think straight. I don't even have enough time to... well we won't go there. Lets just say that free time is now a precious thing. My wife took my daughter to go do laundry this morning, and my

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I really just cannot adjust to living out here in the middle of nowhere. This is really difficult. Having grown up in Detroit I keep jumping at the slightest noise (when there is even noise, it's so quiet). Moving is such a pain. I had read somewhere once that if you move at least 3 times the loss of goods and cost of relocation is equivalent to the cost of suffering a major house fire.I'm

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We've been living in northern michigan for a few years now and one of the things I miss the most about living in the Detroit area was the Gibralter Trade Center. This place was a massive flea market and trade show center where you could find every odd and end you probably won't ever need. You don't think much about places like that till you can't really go to one. The intricacy of the place

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so I officially decided that I love being a stay at home pappy, but I really need to turn it into a work-at-home pappy. I love writing, I always have. Everything about it appeals to me and I love forci-..sharing my opinions and ideas with others. I had mentioned previously that I did a little freelance writing on the side and made minimal money from it and the blog here. I decided to step it

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My daughter and I have been enjoying a wonderful evening at home. We've watched some movies and such this afternoon and lounged around eating deli sandwiches for dinner and sharing a Pepsi. I stripped off my shirt and was wandering around in just my wrangler jeans.When I got up from the computer to spend some more time with Emma she turned and looked right at me. A look of sheer surprise

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My wife and I had built a nice little snowman with our daughter during the first big wet snowfall we had. It was a beautiful work of art. I even added a few sticks coming out of the head to give it that "Im a creepy deformed snowman from the back country" look. I named him Bubba.A few days ago it warmed up, and I had noticed that Bubba's head was gone, but the sticks were laying on the ground

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So I've come out on the other side of the Holiday completely intact, a touch broker than when I started and I've managed to rearrange my furniture so that both I -and- my wife hate it. There's nothing like finishing up a holiday with "omg I hate this house."We've gotten the official word back that our daughter does -not- have cancer. Excellent. Still need to find out why she gets sick all of

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Setting the scene: Mommy is hanging pictures in Emma's room. Emma is running back and forth from room to living room playing in general. I am catching up with an old friend on MSN messenger. Kid enters bedroom again for the 6th time. Brief silence, then this conversation overhead from Emma's room:Alicia: "...WOW... did you poop, Emma?"Emma: "ya. I pooped."Alicia:" Yeah..I..oh..ew. ...Daddy

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"I kissed a girl and I liked it!" Has been stuck in my head all morning and I -will- punch myself in the face if it doesn't go away. "The Man Song" has been stuck in my head since last night, and that one is alright.By the way, it's not rodney carrington. Whoever made that video had that much wrong but the song is still funnyAnywho, so today's been an interesting day. I got all geared to do

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*Scribble scribble scribble erase erase erase*Scratch all the face-lift stuff. That last template I chose was about as customizable as a GI-Joe that had an encounter with a firecracker. For you ladies, it was about as customizable as a pair of plaid pumps with green ribbons on them covered in bells. Gag me with a spoon right? Fer sure.Anyhow, I've got too much to tangle with to wrench away at

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HeeeeellooooooSo I've been working on a number of freelance writing gigs which has essentially transformed me from a stay-at-home dad to a work-at-home dad. The bulk of my day has become mixed and mingled with various writing projects, trying to keep tabs on a half dozen different clients and such. I'm a little frazzled, but so far I haven't freaked out.To add to that revenue, I've contacted a

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Hurled? Voministo? El-chunkacabra? no? Force-vom. spew-forth dragon-fire. Hurling Burger-meal. "Burger-meister meister-burger!" Ok so the last one was a reference to the Rudolph claymation thing. Point being, I became intimate with the toilet last night. I hugged it longer than I've hugged any Inanimate object lately. Well, not true but we won't go into detail here.Took my daughter in

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Top 15 2010 Celebrity New Years ResolutionsBecause when they can't decide what to do with they're fame, we will!Read More Derek Cromwell is a freelance copywriter, generating expert, quality content and online marketing campaigns for businesses on the web. For information on copywriting and ghostwriting services, head to Thunder Bay Media

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So I decided since I'm at home I'd try to do some more things to make a little extra on the side. I'm already doing some paid-blog gigs and selling articles online. I decided I would start treating my mornings like an actual business day.I got up, got things ready around the house to send the wife off and get our sick daughter ready for another day of coughing and blah-ness. Took care of the

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I don't necessarily come off up front as a religious fellow up front, but I have been working to improve that aspect of my life over the last year. This has included a lot of bible study and time spent alone with God. I've brought my wife together and we're working on family worship with our daughter and other aspects to become better people all around, and of course to put us closer to

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So we made our long trip to get groceries today. Whazzahellzamaterwithme!? We seriesly drove a little over an hour to shop at a Meijer. As I mentioned before, it's been a while since we've shopped at one. we're sick of Walmart, needed a brief change, Meijer always had great grocery deals. Coupled with the coupons we pillaged the internet for, I knew we'd do well. I didn't expect the snow

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I honestly deserve to be flogged for the over-use of an already cliche line. I can't help it, I'm a sucker for awful and inappropriate humor. Leave it to me to twist Wizard of Oz to my own perverse blog title in order to get your attention. If you've read this far, it worked. Please continue.I'm not sure what impulse came over me but I felt the need to go after coupons today. And I don't

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Tell you what, it's some balls. GREAT big ones. Big fuzzy ones, that look like they're wearing Osama's beard. This store is in a Texas mall, and posted a sign stating that they will be closed on Sept 11 to celebrate the martyrdom of (insert phlegm name)I'm all for religious freedom, and I'm not an intolerant person, but it's not exactly the most appropriate thing to do. Doesn't matter who you

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By breasts I mean my breasts. My mannary glands. My man-boobies. "Bobs got bitch tits". So I spent some quality time workin out today. Aside from my 2 hour walk up and down and around the aisles of WalMart eyeballing stuff for Christmas I spent about 45 minutes working out this evening doing cardio boxing and some other cardio stuff. That's two days in a row. I'm two days ahead of my usual

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So the most amusing thing happened last night, right? I was sitting with my daughter watching Madagascar 2. She was getting into it, totally diggin the animals. I was relaxing with her in my lap. Ah, daughter is at peace, and I'm just soaking up the cuddle time. Then we came across this clipWhile this scene is playing, Emma points at the screen and says "Daddy! It's Daddy!". I tried to

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And my personal favorite... Grand Theft Auto anyone?

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I was awakened at about 2:30 this morning by my daughter crying heavily. Because we're concerned of some potentially big health issues, I got up as quick as I could. Used to let her try to cry her sweet little 2 year old frame back to sleep, but we never know if she's going to wake up with a fever. By the time I got to the other end of the house in her room, she had stopped and was laying

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I haven't properly introduced myself, or any of my family for that matter. Well, I did the cats, which is ironic considering how much we despise each other. Necessary correction now; I'm about 6'1" and a rather large fella. I refuse to admit that I'm fat and I lack the ego to say I'm sexy, fit and athletic. So in light of that I will refer to myself as "poofy" from this point. I'm 6'1 and

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I decided to branch out a little bit and try to welcome other stay-at-home or work-at-home dads into the mix. I know there's a lot of us out there and I'm sure there are plenty more like me that are all thumbs and are screaming for someone to relate to and discuss things with. Hence the beginning of the Warrior Dads! Well, not the beginning. We've always been out there, some longer than

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(Posted from one of the other online publications I contribute to)I received a message from my father this morning asking me if our camera was working. That’s a subtle way of saying that we don’t send enough videos or pictures to him. In all fairness he’s right. I can’t remember the last time I sent a forward around to family with recent pictures of the kid. It’s been a while for snail mail

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I'm trying to figure out the most effective way to pad all of my electronics and make all the DVD's in the house scratch proof. I haven't figured anything out yet, but I'll let you know. My daughter has discovered that she can use both the television and dvd player including opening and closing the lid, placing DVD's properly, closing it and hitting play. Unfortunately her coordination is off

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I just accepted an opening to blog for a new parenting portal called ParentsDeck.com The site, to my understanding, will act as a portal (i know i said that already) for parents where all manner of articles and information will be posted on a wide range of topics from a vast range of people. From Joe Schmoe like myself all the way up to the uber-sophisticated mega-bloggers of the New York Times

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Yesterday was a particularly difficult day in the fact that we had to learn our daughter might be sicker than we expected. They (being the doctors) felt a biopsy of her lymphnodes would be appropriate because of swelling in the neck and groin lymphs as well as the arms and back of the legs along with other symptoms. We feared lymphoma, but we haven't even gotten in to do the biopsy yet. We

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Finding Nemo! Yes! That's exactly where the title of the blog came from. Why did I quote it? Because my daughter watching the movie over and over and over and over and over.. "just keep watching... just keep watching just keep watching watching watching"Love Dori, starting to hate the movie. I'm doing my best to cycle through all the movies my daughter has as well as rent and download more

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Today was my first attempt (ever) to shop on Black Friday. This was not a willing choice. I was told. Not directly either. I happened to catch my wifes facebook status early this morning as she's gettin ready for work. It started with "My poor husband, he has to go shopping today". I'm thinking "I'm not goin shopping today...."So as I pulled into walmart... *mumble* which just so happens

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The holiday is officially over. I would like to say thank you for the delicious food, the recipes learned, the left0overs and the inability to poop solid for the next few days.As I brought the holiday to a close this evening after spending my day fighting through the Black Friday chaos (yes I'll share that store in another post, please don't beg. It's embarassing) I wound down with a nice warm

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Big Lots had a sale on batteries. 50 pack for $10. I bought the shelves clean. I will be gifting packs of 4 to everyone I know with a message that says "Toys not included"Christmas Shopping: Done.

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My daughter is my worst enemy. There. I said it. She will be the death of me, at the hands of my wife.Somewhere around her second birthday, just a few months back in October, she went from being the cutest little button of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl to a digital recorder capable of retaining a terabyte of information. Irretrievable by other users of course, she has the only admin account

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For the better portion of my life I always fancied myself a bit of a "domestic chef". I felt I could cook anything I chose to cook, and do it without needing a cook book. This attitude worked out pretty well and left my fridge and freezer stocked with meals that cook in minutes. Ready-made, yum. On those special nights where I wanted to cook something it was usually a scramble to go through

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The child is sleeping, I never realized how blissful naptime could be and how absolutely perfect and angelic my daughter is when she is silent...and tucked into covers. I am painfully torn at this moment: Play some kind of video game (at the moment I would love to get some time into Doom3 or ModernWarfare 2) or... *sigh* throw a movie in and clean a bit, preparing for the holiday. To quote

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I woke up this morning to my beautiful wife, and she was such a saint to see. I love waking up to her, and I particularly love the way she shucks diapers and stores them randomly. I shall explain.I've come to the realization (there are gonna be a lot of these) that my brain lost its ability to multitask somewhere between now and 6th grade. I think that's when recess stopped. Lately every

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So here I am, and here you be. I'm starting this because there are just too many things that happen on a regular basis I find amusing or...horrifying, in this new career track. I'm referring of course to the fact that I'm now a stay-at-home Dad for all intents and purposes. It's terrifying in more ways than I can count. My wife is in stitches just from watching me attempt to fold a pair of

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