<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716883287176120379</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:36:42 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Being Mr. Mom</title><description>Place for my new Blog.  Stories and tips for the stay at home dad.</description><link>http://mhoyt77.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Rotating Axis)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716883287176120379.post-1100426138139667031</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2016 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-05-10T12:02:48.435-04:00</atom:updated><title>Suck it up buttercup</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYRvxl_LBgcaNQn3wjaefyfUMBbfWGZoAm-wPyqKE2fj_qNFBgNNn-bo8q5xVC6FSOyiZoFHl6XedfYuMk389KhveWQKgoDiiTx4nM4q_4rkCGJdJJshZ7bqNHQqO1INxgWisGAsqlQ/s1600/IMG_20160509_142005771.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYRvxl_LBgcaNQn3wjaefyfUMBbfWGZoAm-wPyqKE2fj_qNFBgNNn-bo8q5xVC6FSOyiZoFHl6XedfYuMk389KhveWQKgoDiiTx4nM4q_4rkCGJdJJshZ7bqNHQqO1INxgWisGAsqlQ/s320/IMG_20160509_142005771.jpg&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;You will mess up! &amp;nbsp;Sorry, but it&#39;s inevitable. At some point you will mess up. &amp;nbsp;The key is to get over it and move on. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;This can be said for most things in life; diet, work or even cooking. &amp;nbsp;You just need to cowboy up and try again. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Your little one most likely notice and still look up to you like the superhero you are to them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt; If you let it get to you, it will distract you from everything, even your precious little one. &amp;nbsp;Life&#39;s short don&#39;t dwell on things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&quot;Do or do not. There is no try&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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</description><link>http://mhoyt77.blogspot.com/2016/05/suck-it-up-buttercup.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rotating Axis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYRvxl_LBgcaNQn3wjaefyfUMBbfWGZoAm-wPyqKE2fj_qNFBgNNn-bo8q5xVC6FSOyiZoFHl6XedfYuMk389KhveWQKgoDiiTx4nM4q_4rkCGJdJJshZ7bqNHQqO1INxgWisGAsqlQ/s72-c/IMG_20160509_142005771.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716883287176120379.post-7928242494059449646</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2016 16:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-05-01T12:41:53.545-04:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-5e9d86c8-6d2e-83e0-2d37-51943492087e&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t waste a nice day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;If it&#39;s nice out, get outside! &amp;nbsp;No one likes being cooped up all the time and if you miss one day, you don&#39;t always know if tomorrow will be nice out.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.3694px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Friday afternoon we went to the Phiily zoo even though the forecast was occasional rain. &amp;nbsp;Know what, it drizzled for about 20 minutes. That&#39;s it! &amp;nbsp;We just hung out in the aviary for a bit. &amp;nbsp;So it was a great day. Also, not a lot of people where there, probably because of the weather forecast.&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://mhoyt77.blogspot.com/2016/05/dont-waste-nice-day-if-its-nice-out-get.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rotating Axis)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9vSoQKfE23PAZPXzVCHtURO66U_rmzT9mkMIFR_8gi6kwt8fCoTLek55DDS3kN73eDwyTe4ypxpQIxXAN4m_N8G4oDrL0uyNyF9Di9N17KyPHnCz9ganf0IZojI2_8THxEaChyo=s72-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716883287176120379.post-849956316114883974</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-04-17T22:16:04.471-04:00</atom:updated><title>Intro </title><description>&lt;span id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-ca5e1067-2725-b271-d921-68bdfa187ac1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;I am the father of a beautiful little girl named Charlotte. As of now she is 18 months old and already a handful. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Last year I abruptly left my job of 9 years without having another job lined up ( big mistake). &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I do have a couple of part time jobs now, but if I&#39;m lucky it&#39;s 2 days a week and mostly weekends. &amp;nbsp;So I now spend most of my days with my little one. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Charlotte is my first (right now only) kid so I am still new at this. I have learned new things that now seem obvious. &amp;nbsp;I realized that I should pass along the things I learn to others to help them out. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br class=&quot;kix-line-break&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;As always feel free to comment or tell us a story about your little one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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