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Here I am again sharing some Dads on Twitter that I’ve "met". Some of these guys I’ve tweeted over the past few months and others I have recently followed or have been introduced.
Leave a comment or http://twitter.com/DaddysToolboxif you’d like to be listed on a future Fatherhood Friday post!
For my third installment of this #FatherHoodFriday post, I’ve chosen these great Dads. Some of them I’ve been following on Twitter for a while, and a few others I just started following this week. So check them out, follow them and if they have blogs, stop by and read more about each of them.
@GetReadyDad
@DaddyFiles
@NukeDad
@BetterHusbands
@SeattleDad
@EdAtHomeDad
@GreatDadNews
@LukeNavarro
@MichaelsDaddy
@Big_Daddy_Paul
If you want to be included in next week’s #FatherhoodFriday tweet me @DaddysToolbox or drop a comment below.
Here are 2 links to my previous posts for #FatherhoodFriday
Fatherhood Friday #1 – A List of Cool Dads to Follow – 27 Dads listed
Fatherhood Friday #2 – A List Twitter Dads – 15 Dads listed
Ok folks, here is a list of fifteen more Dads that I follow on Twitter. I’ve been tweeting my #FollowFriday #FF list of names for a while now, but really wanted a way to capture the lists of great Dads out there in the Twitterverse. Click this link for last week’s list of Fatherhood Friday Dads on Twitter.
Here’s the alphabetized list and if you’re NOT yet following me, here’s my Twitter account @DaddysToolbox.
@BackPackingDad
@BuckDaddy
@DaddyGetsItDone
@DaddyPOV
@Dads_Garage
@DCUrbanDad
@HighTechDad
@NickCheeseMan
@PapaRocks6
@RealAuthMen
@SavvyDaddy
@SuburbanDad
@TheDadTrade
@TheGoKart
@WrittenDad
Stay tuned for more great Dads to follow next week. If you know of a Dad that should be included, please leave me a comment or tweet me @DaddysToolbox.
I’ve been wanting to list out some of the cool Dads that I follow on Twitter for some time now. So I spent a while putting together this list of some of the Dads I’ve been tweeting lately. I’d like to turn this post into a weekly series of Dads, so if you know of any cool Dads out there in Twitter land let me know by leaving a comment or Tweet Me @DaddysToolbox.
Ok, so for the first installment of my #FatherhoodFriday #FF #PopsProps (hashtag thought up from @Romez). Here’s the alphabetized list and if you’re NOT yet following me, here’s my Twitter account @DaddysToolbox.
@BabitosDad
@BinaryDad
@BuildingCamelot
@BusyDadBlog
@DadaRocks
@DaddyClaxton
@DaddyClay
@DaddyshomeInc
@DaddyYoEffinRocks
@DadOfDivas
@DadRevolution
@FrugalDad
@FullCustodyDad
@MichaelsDaddy
@MochaDad
@PeasAndBananas
@PortlandDad
@RealDadsHangout
@STRONGFathersME
@TessasDad
@The_Lame_Sauce
@TheDadJam
@TheDADvocate
@TheFatherLife
@TroyPattee
@TweetingDaddy
@WhyIsDaddyCryin
Ok, so quick TIP if you plan on doing this same thing. Certainly DO NOT waste your time entering in the Twitter Name and then creating a link. I spent 3 minutes creating this Excel formula so I can easily replicate a mass follow list going forward.
Here is what I did for those that care 
=CONCATENATE("<a href=""http://twitter.com/",A1,""" target=""_blank"">@",A1,"</a>")
Let me know how this works for you!
First off…I’ve taken a few months off from blogging and have been wondering how to get back into it. I guess I need to start by just letting my fingers touch the keyboard for longer than 140 characters since I’ve been “micro-blogging” my life over the past 6 months via Twitter (Follow me @DaddysToolbox). Sometimes I only have enough time between work, making dinner (I’m the cook that is also neglecting our recipe blog at TwoTonguesUp.com), and then spending some quality time with our two kids before rushing them off to bed, then tackling bills and other house chores, just to wake up and start it all over again. Such is my life!
Using Twitter to release some of my negative thoughts (yes, I said it and admit it) has been much easier than “setting up shop” in my basement and drafting a full blown blog post to unwind. So tonight, I’m going to tackle that feat and relax with some good tunes (a mix of Mark Knopfler & Death Cab for Cutie – random,eh?), a newly poured glass of Red Truck Merlot, and a lot of thoughts running through my head.
Tonight I’m going to write about my week as Mr. Mom (1983, shit that is an OLD movie) as my wife is on a short 4-day business trip and I’m doing double duty with two kids that miss Mommy.
Now if I didn’t have to head off to work in the morning, I think I would resemble Michael Keaton in this photo from the movie, when he’s seeing his wife off early in the morning and says, “Honey, if you call and I’m not here I’ll be either at the gym or the gun club.”
Onward with my Mr. Mom week…
Monday
So my wife left on Monday and it was me and our two kids (since the last I wrote, they’ve grown and are 5 1/2 and 3 1/2, boy/girl). The week started out pretty good, the kids and I came home on Monday and all was good. Simple dinner in front of the TV since they were like little zombies (tired from a FUN weekend). After dinner and shows we headed upstairs to get ready for bed and read lots of calming books. When it’s just one parent putting both kids together there needs to be rules stated. “Ok, I’m going to read ONE book to you then ONE book to your sister and I’ll be back in for another book and lights out.” So that’s what I did, shared my time between both of them, leaving their my iPhone with the one sitting alone in their bed. They like to send emails check Facebook play games on it. No problem, it makes putting both to bed so much easier!
Accomplished bedtime in pretty close to Solo Daddy record, I think it was 8:30pm, but then again, the kids were still exhausted from Sunday.
Tuesday
Easy morning, kids up and out of the house in record time. Weird. Faster than if Mommy were home…hmmmm??? Does that tell ya something? It does to me!
Tuesday evening headed over to a friend’s house for a quick after school playdate and dinner, then a small meltdown and home for the “Four B’s” — baths, brush teeth, books and bed. Pretty easy going. Mommy had called and talked to our son and told him to sleep with her pillow. That made things SO much easier. Bed by 9pm – a little later than normal.
Wednesday Morning
Today started off S—L—O—W and I sent a cross post to both Twitter and Facebook. I’ll spare a long drawn out explanation, this should do just fine.
Wednesday Night
Tonight was my “night off” and kids were going to stay at my parent’s house and I had a few movies planned. Not sure what happened, could be the alignment of planets, or that all the focus is on the huge environmental disaster in the Gulf, but for the past two weeks our kids haven’t wanted to stay with my parents. (Sorry folks, my wife and I do get a weekly date night and free sitting courtesy of Mama and Papa.) This same freakish thing happened about six months ago when our son decided he didn’t want to sleep over at Mama & Papa’s house anymore. We worked through that and after a few weeks “off” he and his younger sister were back over there having a ton of fun! And it is fun for them, they get to eat a good dinner, Mama likes that, and then play outside, ride bikes, walk to the fish pond, and even watch a movie or quick show.
So anyway, tonight the dreaded phone call came at 7:32pm and they wanted to come home. It’s understandable, they miss me!!! No, they miss Mommy. Papa drove them home since I wanted to quickly clean up the house so it’s all nice for tomorrow when Mommy gets home. Once the kids were home the whole after school routine starts. They tell me about their day, what happened, find some old Cheerios on the floor, go pet the cat, tell me the same thing over and over like I’m the one NOT listening. And all this time I’m thinking, “Get them upstairs for the “Four B’s”.” It’s 8:00pm and we head up and they want to color pictures of birdhouses. Not sure where that idea came from but what the Hell, go for it. I figured coloring was relaxing and gave us a little time to talk about the day since that is a routine thing to do. Also during this time I was misting the room and pillows with the calming fragrance of Lavender oil.
Ahhhh…soothing bedtime…F NO!
The kids were tired…and tired kids mean their ears don’t work, just their mouths. So a little whining and non-listening really frustrates me so I had to put myself in timeout to relax. It’s funny when you stick yourself in timeout because my kids started wondering WHY DADDY IS IN TIMEOUT. They told me I could get out and that I was being good. Too funny!
After two minutes of timeout/ignoring them I read one book to each of them, it’s typically three books each. I read the first book to my son, then went into my daughter’s room and read one, then back to son’s room to hug and kiss. He was asleep in a minute! “Energizer bunny” on the other hand, she could stay awake all night I think. I’m surprised she’s not sitting next to me at 12:50am as I type this! But anyway I did finally get her to sleep after rubbing her legs, and scratching her back. I have NO CLUE where and when that shit started but it better stop. She’s like “No, scratch to the left…no..up up up…on the skin!!” Yeah, and she’s 3 1/2! Great, look what I have ahead of me!
Alright folks, let me know you actually read this post by leaving me a comment. I appreciate it! I’m going to try my hardest to write shorter, more frequent posts and get back into things. I think it will be a great soothing thing for me to do each night. Oh and I have to stop typing now or go open another bottle of wine…better save that for next time!
I just found out that I was included on Tom Beardshaw’s Top 25 Parents/Dads that Twitter list. Myself and many of the other Dads that I follow on Twitter and read their blogs.
Stop over to Tom’s blog to see who is on the list and add your Twitter profile if you weren’t included on the first take…
If you are not already following me @DaddysToolbox
Just like I told you a few weeks ago, my spotlight is up over on Happy, Healthy, Hip Parenting, a great blog authored by Sondra Santos LaBrie.
Sondra has been posting a series on What Makes a Happy Healthy Hip Parent. She is doing this to highlight parents that she has met mainly on the net, via blogs or Twitter.
Read more about me over at HHHP.
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So what do you think? Has Social Media sites and applications become a replacement for TV? To me they have. First of all there isn’t anything really worthwhile to watch on television anymore, especially after last seasons strike and the fact that all of my favorite shows don’t start until February. With streaming videos on network websites, or finding short clips on YouTube, or watching favorite episodes on Hulu.com, they all allow us to not sit in front of the tv as much, or if at all.
I’m a pretty big user of Facebook and as of late, Twitter. I find the conversations on Twitter, called tweets, the 140 character message that is sent, entertaining and friendly. I’ve made some great contacts by using Twitter ( @jnbammer @McMommyBlog @DadofDivas @JoePrah @BuildingCamelot @Hip_M0M) and they are all awesome Mommy or Daddy bloggers as well. From Twitter I’ve added some of my Twitter contacts to my Facebook profile to continue the discussion and friendships.
Why do I use Facebook? Well I LOVE word games and making sure my dog is fed. I like to recieve a lot of “green plants”. No really, I use it to keep in touch with other parents and friends and learn that I’m not much different than everyone else. I’m a Dad, a parent, a husband, a son and a friend to many. I have a few blogs that I author and manage. I am a very social person, have always been that way. I think I find comfort in family and friends. (Also keeps me in tune with my emotions – I learned growing up that sharing my emotions is ok, even for a guy!)
Also, another reason I’m using a lot more social media sites is to increase my knowledge of what works and what doesn’t. I’ve taken a liking to the social aspect of the web and want to begin to understand them better. What better way than to use Facebook and Twitter as a “classroom”. I’ve already seen the power of social media with my company’s web site and blog, www.springhouse.com and blog.springhouse.com. I’ve been adding links to Mixx, Digg and StumbleUpon to help drive traffic to our site. I also use those social media sites to boost traffic to this blog, Daddy’s Toolbox. Every little bit helps!
So I know this isn’t really a daddy post but I haven’t had much time to post lately.
Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Social Media, parenting, Being a Dad
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I found this post on MomLogic.com this evening and wanted to share this information with as many parents out there. The article discusses teaching your children what to do in an emergency, such as, call 9-1-1 or learn your home address.
Our son is 3 1/2 years old and he has known the name of the street we live on for probably a year. We would always say street names as we drove each morning to daycare. Mommy and I would like to say "Hey buddy we’re almost home, we’re on Sycamore Lane" He finally caught on and would say, "SICK–A–MORE LANE". Of course the street number never really was learned at that time. I’m actually not sure he knows it now. Better be something else we start to review with him – learning his full address.
Boo attends full-day day care and I know he’s come home talking about emergencies, like when they had fire prevention week and Fireman Kevin showed up with a firetruck. All the preschoolers loved it and learned about what to do in the event of a fire and some other safety tips.
"You crawl out of the room, Daddy!" as Boo would tell me. Kids are so smart and really learn fast when they are young. He also would say "Dial 911". Which is great.
So spend some time this weekend and review safety and what to do in an emergency with your children. You always look out for them and want them to be safe, there might be a day when they have to look out for you.
