tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post7156223080786381557..comments2023-06-05T15:23:37.352+01:00Comments on Stay at home dad: Bank HolidayStay at home dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-81540155537442757252007-05-30T14:44:00.000+01:002007-05-30T14:44:00.000+01:00Yes you're right I Beatrice, thanks for nudging......Yes you're right I Beatrice, thanks for nudging...<BR/><BR/>Thanks Gwen too. Yes I suppose the simple route is probably the most sensible one.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-53932318357751623202007-05-30T14:42:00.000+01:002007-05-30T14:42:00.000+01:00Rilly, why not book for next year when Dulwich Mum...Rilly, why not book for next year when Dulwich Mum and Wife in the North will be appearing...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-5094387380857408812007-05-30T13:33:00.000+01:002007-05-30T13:33:00.000+01:00I have heard that most writers love it if you tell...I have heard that most writers love it if you tell them how much they like your work. I'm not sure about Dave Eggers though. Please keep persevering with the writing. I'm sure that you will do well.Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695613095959659034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-56169202263013659362007-05-30T11:06:00.000+01:002007-05-30T11:06:00.000+01:00Oh my SAHD, just to have made-it there at all is b...Oh my SAHD, just to have made-it there at all is brave, in my view!<BR/><BR/>I enjoy your writing and urge you to keep at it. We all have these little blips (for my own of today, go if you can be bothered, to my 'Just Blogging' page.<BR/><BR/>But when the bug bites,there's nothing for it but figuratively to scratch - and go on scratching no matter what!I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-51145402342304631832007-05-30T10:37:00.000+01:002007-05-30T10:37:00.000+01:00Your ladyship, if you go I recommend a sunny day!D...Your ladyship, if you go I recommend a sunny day!<BR/><BR/>Debio - I would have thought you might like a bit of rain in your situation. Yes, nice to see your heroes, or maybe dangerous, I'm not sure...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-26747222723029400822007-05-30T10:03:00.000+01:002007-05-30T10:03:00.000+01:00I've visited Hay quite a number of times stayathom...I've visited Hay quite a number of times stayathomedad, but I have never been to the festival, that journey over a bank holiday weekend being particulary daunting not to mention spending a day surrounded by people who write books that actually get published, sigh, but I think your description, and the delicious irony of the guardian sponsoring a literature festival has certainly made me reconsiderrilly superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448694078653341955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-42343844129371738112007-05-30T05:13:00.000+01:002007-05-30T05:13:00.000+01:00Every time I've been to Hay in the past the weathe...Every time I've been to Hay in the past the weather has been good - I think I would be hardpressed into enjoyment in the wet.<BR/>First time we went my daughter, then age 7 or 8, met her hero Ray Mears. Been trying to get her on one of his UK adventure holidays but always so booked up...debiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14218049959165514277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-44988234534642802312007-05-30T01:16:00.000+01:002007-05-30T01:16:00.000+01:00I am pea green with envy. Hay on Wye! I have alw...I am pea green with envy. Hay on Wye! I have always wanted to go there since I read a description of all the bookshops. Sounds a paradise, but I do fear I might never get out.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-9392896322001546802007-05-30T00:59:00.000+01:002007-05-30T00:59:00.000+01:00ACS - thank you!TGW - no there's no book. But what...ACS - thank you!<BR/><BR/>TGW - no there's no book. But what I'd like them to say is: "I know a great pub round the corner. It's on me - I'll take you there after you're done."<BR/><BR/>M&M - yes it might be, it really could be...<BR/><BR/>Pig - I have to hope you're right! Very amusing I'm sure. How he got away with tht title I've no idea. But he is <I>very</I> good...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-28159178603202453102007-05-29T21:57:00.000+01:002007-05-29T21:57:00.000+01:00My children always wail for Daddy when they are wi...My children always wail for Daddy when they are with me, and for me when they are with Daddy. Never misunderestimate (I love Bush-isms) the manipulative power of children.<BR/><BR/>I read recently that it's not necessarily the best writers that get published, but the most persistent...<BR/><BR/>And perhaps you need a snappier title for your blog? 'The Unbearable Tedium of Being a Stay at Home Dad', 'A Heartbreaking Slog of a Thankless Job', 'The Dad, the kid, his Prius and the School Run'... Just ideas SAHD, just ideas...;-)Pig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-64711655388332247132007-05-29T20:07:00.000+01:002007-05-29T20:07:00.000+01:00Ah, SAHD, next year it might be you ...Ah, SAHD, next year it might be you ...Mutterings and Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384198819878227966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-62629039052454843702007-05-29T19:10:00.000+01:002007-05-29T19:10:00.000+01:00Every post written in the south that I've read tod...Every post written in the south that I've read today involved torrential , life-threatening rain. Makes me feel quite happy to be in Scotland where we've only had showers and the odd spot of hail.<BR/><BR/>I am interested to know SAHD, when your book gets published (there is a book right?), what would you like people to say to you at signings?The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-49282892351570636062007-05-29T18:42:00.000+01:002007-05-29T18:42:00.000+01:00you are a writeer, a good one. keep at it.you are a writeer, a good one. keep at it.Andres, JCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898354087782485776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-48373206808016562482007-05-29T17:56:00.000+01:002007-05-29T17:56:00.000+01:00No! It would be horrible. People would attack you ...No! It would be horrible. People would attack you with G2 sections and cotton bags ...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-55483740991891594292007-05-29T16:29:00.000+01:002007-05-29T16:29:00.000+01:00Wouldn't you just love to walk around with a copy ...Wouldn't you just love to walk around with a copy of The Torygraph and see what happens?@themillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644636690850127781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-69732784546125725342007-05-29T14:32:00.000+01:002007-05-29T14:32:00.000+01:00Lucky you! After dragging my wife and daughter the...Lucky you! After dragging my wife and daughter there for three years they refused to go this year so I'm making forays instead... <BR/><BR/>No I didn't find the scotch eggs, but will have a look when I go back at the weekend. No comment on the arms - he had a jacket on...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-47979966165801696712007-05-29T13:52:00.000+01:002007-05-29T13:52:00.000+01:00We are at the festival now! Have spent the week so...We are at the festival now! Have spent the week so far sitting in (£50!!!!) deckchairs with Betty and friends drinking beer, and eating scotch eggs (did you find the amazing handmade scotch eggs?) and strawberries, trying to spot famous people, whilst Tom goes off to loads of different talks of people i have never heard off. <BR/><BR/>I just showed Tom your post and he says that he had a very similar experience with Dave Eggers at the festival a few years ago and he wanted me to ask you if he still has unusually muscular arms? <BR/><BR/>i have the bag too - currently with nappies and bibs in.Elsie Buttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768998561385293241noreply@blogger.com