Bart and Buddy and Insights
I met with Bart this morning for coffee. He’s a fine guy from SoCal (don’t hold that against him) and we talked about lifting and things and the discussion soon moved to kids. Later, my trainer, Buddy, and I had basically the same conversation. How do you balance life, lifting and kids?
Well, Tiff and I “cheated.” We sent our girls to Catholic schools, so we let the school dictate clothes and lots of other things. The other thing we did “right” was our menu and chores list. This is basically what we ate for dinner for about a decade:
Monday:
Steak, Salad
Tuesday
Viking Enchiladas (see “From Dad to Grad” for the recipe)
Wednesday
Chili or Jumbalaya (easy recipe)
Thursday
Breakfast for Dinner
Friday
This night “depended” on what was going on. It could simply be burgers, too, grilled on the old George Foreman.
Saturday
Grandma’s for Taco Night
Sunday
Costco Special
Shopping was simple as with a menu, we knew exactly what to buy for each week. Literally, we would shop and cover each day of the week as we wandered around. If we forgot something, rare, then we could take care of that with a focused laser beamed shop midweek (along with anything else we ran out of in the past few days).
But, we also had a “Chores List,” that every “rallied” (sarcasm heavy) to do:
Monday
White laundry
Tuesday
Dark laundry
Wednesday
Clean the bathrooms
Thursday
Garbage night and general pick up and put away
Friday
Um, well, not much
Saturday
Dust and Vacuum
Bedrooms picked up
Sunday
General Wipedown
Sure, there were other things, but these were enough to keep the whole house straight and spread the workload.
The other thing we did right was steal an idea from our kids’ best friends: no TV on school night. It was such a blessing: we played sports in the backyard, we walked, we read, we played games, we visited.
I know my blog is as odd as anything on the web, but there are some gems here.
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April 8, 2011
Very home grown and much appreciated straight talk., @Keep it simple, do the basics and do them well. Keep a good sense of family and community. Share what you’ve learned. Invaluable, interesting, insightful. Thanks, Dan
April 8, 2011
Not that odd, I appreciate the insights being a father and a full time coach and trying to keep fit. More odd are websites suggesting that trx training can turn you into an elite performer!
April 8, 2011
Here’s a link to the To Grad From Dad article that was mentioned. Great read. Thanks again Dan!
http://danjohn.net/to-grad-from-dad/
April 8, 2011
Dan,
Thank you again for yesterday morning. It was a wonderful experience.
To everyone else, for the second time, I can confirm that Dan John is a great Man and a great guy.
Keep bringing the odd, it is like gold!
With gratitude,
Bart
April 10, 2011
I feel like you’re an Internet uncle to me. It’s very comforting and insightful to read your blog, Dan.
Thank you so much! :-].
April 13, 2011
Dan I’m a young man but I found your advice inspiring and actually motivating. The only thing that I have organized in my life is my training schedule and thats it. I think it is about time for me to organize the rest of it.
April 25, 2011
I’m the father of three young sons (4, 4, and nearly 2), so I welcome advice like this from those who have gone before, and lived to tell about it. Thanks for this post, Dan!
Jason