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Don’t Buy a HomePod or Apple TV Yet: A Buyer’s Guide
Here's a number that should stop you before you click "buy" on a new HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K right now: inventory for both products is reportedly running low…
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Serial entrepreneurs run into a major problem in life…we try to make money off of everything we do. While this can be a great thing in many aspects, we run…
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Video: Daniel Learning His Motor Skills
Over the past couple of days, we have been working on helping D grab toys and work on basic motor skills. He started grabbing for stuff on his own…so we…
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7 Tips To Keeping Your Sanity Working From Home
Working from home rocks. There are no bones about it. In my life, I have done the years of the hour commute to the office everyday and there is nothing…
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Video: Daniel Telling Us About His Day and General Observations
Lately, Daniel has started to become really responsive to us talking to him. With his motor skills getting better and his ability to try to communicate really taking off…it is…
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Video: Shit New Dads Say
So lately, the cycling community has seen a couple of viral YouTube videos go around that are “Shit xxx Says” which is a playoff of old Shit My Dad says…
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Being A Father Rocks…
I know…catchy title right? Like anyone that is a dad didn’t already know that one before. You’ll have to excuse me. I am still new to the game. I spent…
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A friend and business partner of mine forwarded on this video to me this morning. In my opinion, it is a much watch for everyone. Outside of being one of…
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What you really need to know about owning a business…
It’s funny. As a business owner, you hear a lot of the same things all the time. You need to keep pushing forward, be smart with your money and come…
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My 2011 Subaru WRX – Family Rocket Ship
So…awhile back I wrote a post about how I was about to have a baby and that was giving me a sensation of “I wants” for a Mitsubishi EvoX. As…