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Dilemma for a dad… Who wants to be a husband, too!

Sigh.
It’s been four years and 2 months since MBW (my beautiful wife) and I have had a private evening together. We did have a very nice dinner out a while ago, but still had to return home to the girls. (Thanks, Grammy!)
Grammy is going to visit again in late April, and I thought that it would be great to pull a rabbit out of my hat, and arrange to have a nice night out including a stay at a local hotel. Local, so that on the off chance something went wrong at home, we could return quickly.
I found some affordable hotels, but they are all the commonplace corporate chains with lame decor, thin walls, and bad smells. Then, I found it. THE place. It’s less than 2 miles away, has what sounds to be a smashing restaurant on premises, looks like an english manor house, there’s a spa and everything!

Shortest cost for a room? $285 a night. That’s right, almost 3 bills plus tax per evening.
I’m not saying it’s not worth it – $285 a night for a room with fireplace, marble tub, private hot tub…it’s seems that it’s a good value. Problem is, that’s about twice what I can spend. The room would eat up the max budget for the whole night. That means – no dinner, no drinks, no special extras (like flowers…).

What’s a man to do?
Anyone need web-design done? Wanna buy some old Macs?
I will make this happen. She Deserves it, I deserve it, We need it.

Ideas and comments are welcome, and appreciated.

Too Much becomes too Little

I’ve been focusing so heavily on getting the nuts and bolts of TD.com working right that I have been neglecting my SAH dad duties.

A Public Apology:
M’love, I’m sorry. I have been putting out a lot of effort, but not in the right directions. I believe that I’m finished poking around in the guts here, and will be back on track.
M

In other notes,
You’ll see the list to your right. Those are what I read, and get info from all the time. I’m quite sure you can figure out what SFW and what’s not.

I noted that CafePress does not accept Paypal, only major credit cards. Leaves me out till enough of you buy stuff that I can use the proceeds to buy myself a shirt. I will be adding other designs and styles in the future, but I have to focus on home first. I have some damned cool ideas for kids and ladies.

Anyway, let me throw a general question out to you…
How do you self discipline (perverts! Not like that!) and manage the needs of children, partner, job, and self?
No easy task, and I don’t have it figured out yet. Leave your ideas in the comments….