When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Teddy Roosevelt

Why am I starting a blog post, adding my name to the veritable barrage of mommy blogs, millennial blogs, foodies, critics, shoppers, self-help gurus, and so many others that have joined the search for identity online? Much like everyone else, there are two simple reasons:

1. To bear my soul -> Many people don’t realize the challenges faced in suburbia by working dads (not single parent dads, just ones who have a job outside the home in general), the pressures and commitments, and the need to find a way to express myself in between meetings that require me to wear the noose around my neck that is called a tie, and coming home and rolling around with kids to give Mom a break.
2. To prove my wife wrong -> And really, isn’t this why every man sets goals and pursuits? Because he has been challenged by his wife that “I bet you couldn’t….” fill in the blank here. And unashamedly, my wife thinks I am incapable of understanding the technology that is the Internet, as well as the having the follow through to actually compose blog posts, put words together in coherent sentences, and make this happen.

So over the course of the next year, prepare to join me on this journey of life with a family in Suburbia America. It’s going to be a wild ride, and I welcome you to strap yourself in between the car seats in back and come along with us.

Cheers!