Philip

About Philip

I am an electrical engineer enjoying the quiet life in Iowa. My life on-line is routinely interrupted by my family and I like it that way!
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Tweet The other day, while taking my usual stroll around the Internet, I ran across an article about a published four year-old author at How Does She?.  Missy had used a photo book from Pixable to publish her daughter’s story.  What a clever idea.  I don’t know of any young […]

10 Creative Photo Book Ideas

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Tweet A few weeks ago I wrote a post on A Documentary on Dads.  It was on the up coming documentary, “The Evolution of Dad” by Dana H. Glazer.  Shortly after that post, I was contacted by The Evolution of Dad and offered a screening of the full documentary.  As […]

Review: The Evolution of Dad

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Tweet You probably know about play dates for preschoolers.  You also know that teenagers like to date.  We probably all remember dating in college and as single adults.  How many of you out there know that parents date as well?  Okay, so many of you don’t, but you should!  The […]

Yes, Parents Date Too

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Tweet My son is convinced that I can fix absolutely anything.  Come to think about it, I do a pretty good job living up to his expectations.  Granted most things he breaks are not actually damaged or at least not too bad.  He is also pretty sure that I know […]

Dad Knows Everything

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Tweet Kim and I try hard to feed our family healthy food. One area this gets difficult is snacks.  Cheerios get old after a while and fresh fruit is often expensive or poorly received. We thought about granola bars or cereal bars but they are a long way from healthy and can […]

Healthy Granola Bars

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Tweet Sunday is Mother’s Day.  Across the country fathers and kids will be serving their wives and mothers through flowers, home-made gifts, cards, jewelry and breakfast in bed.  Our oldest, Josiah, even volunteered that I should take all the kids somewhere fun and let mom have the day to stay […]

A Mother’s Profession

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