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Worst of the Week: Spring Cleaning

Apr 3rd, 2009 | By chrismarshall

Welcome to my (semi) regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
It’s a minor miracle of sorts at the Marshall household – the kids [...]

Worst of the Week: Opportunities

Mar 6th, 2009 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Opportunities

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
2009 isn’t going as well for me as I had hoped. You see, last [...]

Worst of the Week: 60 Minutes With Three Female 6-Year-Olds

Feb 27th, 2009 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: 60 Minutes With Three Female 6-Year-Olds

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
Every week on Thursday Erin has ballet with a group of three girls that [...]

Worst of the Week: Bloomfield Hills Schools – The Final Exam

Feb 13th, 2009 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Bloomfield Hills Schools – The Final Exam

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
Regular readers will know that I’ve been blogging about the school consolidation the past [...]

Worst of the Week: The Bloomfield School District In A Nutshell

Feb 7th, 2009 | By chrismarshall

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
A few weeks back I wrote about our school system and the closings that [...]

Worst of the Week: Homework Time – An Update

Jan 23rd, 2009 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Homework Time – An Update

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
I wrote a few weeks back that my daughter Erin (6) was having trouble [...]

Worst of the Week: A Helping Hand

Jan 16th, 2009 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: A Helping Hand

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
Except for a few minor homework issues, Patrick and Erin were good all week, [...]

Worst of the Week: The Cost of the Detroit Free Press

Jan 9th, 2009 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: The Cost of the Detroit Free Press

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can [...]

Worst of the Week: School Vote Delayed for Three Months

Dec 19th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: School Vote Delayed for Three Months

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
Last week I blogged about our Elementary school closing. Since that time we parents [...]

Worst of the Week: Our School Is Closing

Dec 12th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Our School Is Closing

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can [...]

Worst of the Week: You’ve Got Junk Mail

Nov 21st, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: You’ve Got Junk Mail

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
Well it was just a matter of time – Patrick, my eight year old, [...]

Worst of the Week: Homework Time

Nov 14th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Homework Time

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
I mentioned last week that Erin (6) was not motivated while participating in actual [...]

Worst of the Week: Run Forrest, Run!

Nov 7th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Run Forrest, Run!

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
My daughter Erin (6) loves to play soccer. She is in her second season [...]

Worst of the Week: Children of the Corn

Oct 31st, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Children of the Corn

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
This past weekend our family along with 4 other families went to the local [...]

Worst of the Week: “Dad, dinner sucks!”

Oct 24th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: “Dad, dinner sucks!”

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!
As a stay-at-home (and in desperate need of a job) Dad, it’s my job, [...]

Worst of the Week: Sons of Anarchy

Oct 17th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Worst of the Week: Sons of Anarchy

Welcome to my regular Friday feature, Worst of the Week. As a white, suburbanite husband and dad of two kids, there’s a lot that can go wrong and this entry is all about how to fix it. I hope you enjoy it!

Our family lives in a great subdivision. The neighbors give back your rakes, tree [...]

Volunteer At School

Oct 9th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Volunteer At School

I love being a Dad. It’s given me so many opportunities that I would never of had if I stayed a bachelor. I’ll be touching on many of those hats here at Dad-o-Matic in the upcoming weeks and months but for now let’s start of with something that every single dad can do and that [...]

Scrapbooking For Dads

Sep 25th, 2008 | By chrismarshall
Scrapbooking For Dads

Scrapbooking is one of those hobbies that have been around for decades, but like most niches it has become increasingly popular thanks to desktop publishing, digital cameras and the internet as a whole. My wife Patty and I know of several people who are involved in this hobby, but we are not one of them. [...]