Holiday contest winner and online auction for Depot Dad

Recently, I asked you:
If you could throw a holiday party and invite the man/woman of your dreams, tell us:

Who would the guest of your dreams be?
And, which of Beaucoup’s holiday party favors would you have at the party?

Beaucoup picked the winner at random: Brooke will receive a $75 gift card to their [...]

Hot single dad is landing!

It’s done: RJ Jaramillo, founder of SingleDad.com, is flying up here!
Seriously, how could I resist?
I’ve never seen the word “adorable” used so many times on my site.
Even RJ’s barber left a comment to say that he was “driving out from Orange County to cut RJ’s ‘do’ this weekend, I think I will give him the [...]

Is the economic crisis stressing you out?

The economy is doing a number on me. You, too?
A magazine I’ve been contributing to regularly folded last week. The same day, another regular writing gig let me — and a handful of others — go in a mass email.
This morning, Mae said: “It’s not fair! Everyone has a Nintendo DS except me.”
Sorry, kid.
Fortunately, there’s [...]

The dog ate my daughter’s American Girl doll

This is not a joke.
Mae and I take off to go to New York City tomorrow at 6 a.m. I’ll meet a few of my editors; Mae and I will see as many friends as we can. When I asked Mae what she wanted to do in NYC, she had just one desire: to go [...]

Thanks for being in my lifeboat

I’ve been rowing upstream for weeks, working long hours and rushing around. A few days ago, I whispered “Good morning” to Mae to wake her up, but it wasn’t working. So, I climbed into her bunk bed to give her a string of good morning kisses. It worked.
The only problem was, as I rushed back [...]