A Single Daddy's Blog

Demands, Lying and General Drama

Auggie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:14:56 PDT

I am sure I am not the only one, when the perfect sequence of buttons are pushed I fly off the handle. It happens. And I did last Thursday. I am sure there was a better way to handle it, although I was faced with making a decision I was not comfortable with and even [...]

Gum plus Hair

Auggie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:15:43 PDT

Anastasia got off the bus today with gum in her hair. Not cool. Turns out, most of the kids on the bus like to make fun of her and few of her friends. Today they were pouring water on her, throwing food at her and ultimately put gum in her hair. If course she got off the [...]

No Answers

Auggie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:39:03 PDT

I realized late last night in another one of my sleepless night thinking sprees that I have no answers. I have no suggestions and no illusions about today or tomorrow. I realized I am a silly idiot with dreams in my head that simply do not come true. There is no happily ever-after or the ‘one’ [...]

New and Surprising

Auggie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:39:44 PDT

Well, Easter has come and gone and so has Anastasia’s birthday. Once again, Anastasia is spoiled. I know this, yet she is my only child, so, am I wrong for spoiling her? The jury is still out on that one. Anyway, I changed my phone number recently because Anastasia’s school will not call me long distance. Let [...]

AIMS Testing

Auggie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:13:52 PDT

Anastasia has AIMS testing this week. I guess I should probably find out what AIMS stands for although I know it is academic testing for the children to find out how they rate among the rest of the country. I have heard that it also determines the amount of funding a school will get the [...]

Birthday Girl!

Auggie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:36:44 PDT

Today is Anastasia’s birthday! She turns 11 today. We celebrated with our family this past weekend, I made cupcakes for her class today. Then we are going to the Apple store tonight to get her one last gift. I gave her the option of splitting the cost of an iPod Touch for her birthday. She [...]

Busy is Good

Auggie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:45:58 PDT

I have been swamped with new clients, Anastasia flooding a bathroom and being out of school on spring break and a bunch of other things that have decided to elude my memory at this point in the middle of the night. So, I will be back writing soon, till then, don’t let your little ones experiment [...]

In a Closed Mouth Flies Cannot Enter

Auggie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:24:02 PDT

I learned that in spanish class when I was in high school. Of course I learned it in spanish and I still remember how to say it in spanish, I am just not sure how to type it. Anastasia has had a tough time keeping her mouth closed these days. To the extent she has completely [...]

A Little Busy

Auggie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:19:53 PST

I have been trying to get this blog and keep it updated although I have been pretty busy. Working for myself in this economy is NOT easy. And since I am the only provider for Anastasia, if I am not making money, no one else is for us. So, I hope you bare with me while [...]

Talent Show

Auggie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:58:20 PST

So last night was my daughter’s Talent Show at her school. I was really disappointed for the kids because it was held in the cafeteria and there was a basketball game goin on in the gym, right in the next room… The sound system was not great and all the parents had to strain to hear [...]