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iSanta – The iDad Christmas Special
Posted by Matt Green in Humour, iDad, Latest Posts, Short Stories on December 18, 2010
Press play below for a little theme music. Christmas has always been a magical time of the year in our family ever since iDad was a baby himself. As soon as God Sakes learned to talk Bynel and Mynel became Gam-pa and Gam-mar, which made my mother very happy, and for as far back as [...]
Blue Eyes, Christmas, God Sakes, Granny, iDad, iSanta, No.1, short story
iDad – The Bare Essentials
Posted by Matt Green in iDad, Latest Posts, Short Stories, Sport Thoughts on November 8, 2010
Sorry I didn’t post anything new for you all last week. I ended up in New Zealand on business and time simply got away on me. The good news is that iDad found himself being published in the online magazine Bare Essentials. Chief Editor Ms. Inga Yandell is an amazing woman with a passion for [...]
adrenaline sports, Bare Essentials, eco-friendly, fitness, iDad, magazine, nature, wilderness
The Stone Outside Dan Murphy’s Door
Posted by Matt Green in Commentary, iDad, Latest Posts on October 29, 2010
Sorry I haven’t posted anything in a little while. Work has been hectic and the desire to turn on the computer when I get home just hasn’t been at its highest. A couple of years ago iDad took his family on a trip to Ireland. Blue Eyes has roots in there and with K.Rudd handing [...]
iDad Redux – Ready, Aim, Fire!
Posted by Matt Green in Humour, iDad, Latest Posts, Short Stories on October 19, 2010
Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Greek, Italian; Little God Sakes was eating his way round the world in a nonstop feast-a-thon.
Blue Eyes, fiction, God Sakes, Granny, iDad, No.1, short story
iDad v3 – Hello Granny
Posted by Matt Green in Commentary, Humour, iDad, Latest Posts, Short Stories on October 6, 2010
The doctor took Granny from me and raced off to another part of the hospital with Blue Eyes in hot pursuit. There was no holding hands in the dark this time round. iDad was left alone to ponder his inability to protect his children. It was an empty, hollow feeling of despair that I will never forget.
Blue Eyes, fiction, God Sakes, Granny, iDad, No.1, Parenthood, short story
iDad v2.0 – God Sakes
Posted by Matt Green in Commentary, Humour, iDad, Latest Posts, Short Stories on September 28, 2010
With sauce in her hair and a jelly bean up her nose Cake showed No.1 the proper way to gorge upon party food until finally her father was able to pries her away from the table so the other kiddies could get something to eat.
iDad 1.1 – No.1 Finds His Voice
Posted by Matt Green in Humour, iDad, Latest Posts, Short Stories on September 14, 2010
A child with allergies is a terrifying experience and iDad quickly worked out the fastest route to Prince of Wales Children’s Emergency from every part of town. Watching their little faces puff up with anaphylaxis and not knowing the cause is the stuff of nightmares.
asthma, Blue Eyes, Cake, God Sakes, iDad, No.1, poop, short story
iDad
Posted by Matt Green in Humour, iDad, Latest Posts, Short Stories on August 30, 2010
Within a few short days of becoming a father I submitted my illustrious entry to the ‘Husband of the Year’ competition. A couple of beers with the boys turned into a soppy, yet immensely inebriated 2am telephone call to the delivery ward at St Margaret’s Hospital.
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iDad Greetings from Charlotte’s Fancy
Posted by Matt Green in Commentary, iDad, Latest Posts on December 6, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I contacted Molly, my friend from the Net, who has a very interesting craft blog called Charlotte’s Fancy. Molly had designed a greeting card for Fathers Day called the iDad. With her kind permission, and the school holidays on the way, I have reproduced the steps to create the iDad [...]
Charlotte's Fancy, Craft, iDad
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