kidswifeworklife

The KWWL Podcast Host is Down

kidswifeworklife — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:27:56 +0000

Hello to all KWWL listeners. Our podcast host is experiencing difficulties and we have been unable to upload or serve our latest show. I have temporarily redirected kidswifeworklife.com to this blog. If the problems are not fixed soon I will be changing hosts. Please stay subscribed and the shows will be coming back in your feeds soon.

Thanks for your patience,

Mike

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We’ve Moved

kidswifeworklife — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:47:00 +0000

We have moved the kidswifeworklife website to a different host. Follow this link to go there:

http://www.kidswifeworklife.com

Don’t forget to update your bookmarks!

Thanks,

Mike & Chris

Not Quite Mr. Mom

kidswifeworklife — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:52:50 +0000

#17

This show has some discussion about pulling your kids out of school for a vacation, keeping up the housework when both parents are working and having time to see your spouse. We also have a book suggestion and some podsafe music.

Audrey Penn – The Kissing Hand

Banned Books Week

The Shakes – Liberty Jones (PMN) (Shakecast)

Ocean Street

LDpodcast

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First Days

kidswifeworklife — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:21:23 +0000

#16

Chris is back from her first week of school and on the show. We discuss class size at her school and how having a small class makes things easier. Sam started kindergarten and Mike has the pleasure of being able to take him to school in a bike trailer.

Patty Lovell – Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

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Ocean Street – Que Lo Que (PMN)

I Do Windows

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Musical Kids

kidswifeworklife — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:43:43 +0000

#15

Do your kids like music? Do they play an instrument or sing? We will talk about music this week and our experiences with our kids and opportunities for yours. We have a great song from a new album for kids and parents and are giving away a copy. We squeezed every last bit of summer into Labor Day Weekend including Mike catching his first Crawfish.

Links from the show:

Robert Lopshire – Put Me in the Zoo

The Second Time Around

Music Together

Kid Pan Alley – Cartoons (Compass Records)

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School is Ready, Are Your Kids?

kidswifeworklife — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:43:47 +0000

#14

Ready or not here it comes, the first day of school. Chris shares her list of things it takes to be a successful student. Mike thinks he has discovered the next supergroup on the top 40 and we share too much about our past musical tastes.

Links from the show:

Robert Munch – Stephanie’s Ponytail

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Ocean Street – Pandemonium (PMN)

The Second Time Around

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Other People’s Kids

kidswifeworklife — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:56:40 +0000

#13

Summer is coming to a close and the start of school is fast approaching. Chris shares her thoughts about some of the experiences she had with other people’s kids this summer. Mike tries to get a few words in here and there, but fails as usual.

Links from the show:

Laura Joffe Numeroff – If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Now is Now – Paintbox (iTunes)

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Loose Ends

kidswifeworklife — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:17:25 +0000

#12

There are so many things we keep meaning to have in the show and this is the one where we do that. We respond to a request by a viewer to elaborate on Mike’s year of job losses, finally get back to the bike story we promised months ago and welcome some new babies into the world.

Links from the show:

Ellen Stoll Walsh – Mouse Paint

Robert Kraus – Leo The Late Bloomer

Bike Recovery Link

Dann Kidd – Somebody Tell Me (PMN)

This Married Life

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Standing on Top of the World

kidswifeworklife — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:50:35 +0000

#11

Mike & Chris have an anniversary coming up and use this show to talk about our anniversary three years ago. We climbed a mountain, looked into the crater of a volcano and had a day to reconnect without the pressures of daily life. All the rest of our usual features are included. We hope you enjoy.

CORRECTION – Mt. St. Helens is open to climbing. Go here for more information.

Links from the show:

More Photos here

David Pelham – Sam’s Sandwich

Five Star Fall – Mercurial Girl (Magnatune)

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Changing the Podcast Feed

kidswifeworklife — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:35:47 +0000

One rule of blogging and podcasting is to never change your feed. I learned this too late. I will need to change the KidsWifeWorkLife feed sometime in the next month or two. I don’t want any of you to miss a show so here is what you will need to do to be ready for the change. First, If you subscribe through iTunes you don’t have to do anything, although it may not hurt unsubscribe and resubscribe if you have a moment. If you subscribe some other way you should read on. My apologies for all the geeky feed talk. The correct feed for the show is:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/kidswifeworklife

You will need to set up your podcatcher, Juice, Yahoo, Odeo or whatever you use to subscribe to the above feed. The published feed among many of these podcatchers is not the Feedburner feed as listed above. If your podcatcher shows anything other than the above listed feed you will need to change it. I don’t know the specifics of all the different software, but if you want help send me email and I will do my best to help you figure it out.

If you are using Yahoo our show has somehow appeared twice in the Yahoo directory. One is the correct feed and one is the incorrect feed. I have tried to get them to delete the incorrect feed, but have not had any luck. If you are subscribed in Yahoo look at the podcast information page. If the feed shown is not the feedburner feed then you should unsubscribe and resubscribe to the other version in Yahoo. One last issue with Yahoo is that the shows seem to be about 2-3 weeks late appearing in the directory. The service is in beta and hopefully will improve, but until then I recommend subscribing another way if you can so you always have the latest show.

Thanks to all of you for sticking with us through the change. If you think you are missing a show you can always come here to find it.

Thanks,

Mike

Two Flat Tires

kidswifeworklife — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:15:00 +0000

#10

Here we are with our tenth show, that has to mean something right? Chris is excited about our brush with fame and Sam seems to have the power to tell the future, or flatten our tires at will. We have a yet another great book suggestion and more talk about Disneyland and our experiences at the happiest place on earth.

Links from the show:

Doreen Cronin – Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type

The Clintons – Strange Day in Mexico (PMN) (iTunes)

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May I Help You?

kidswifeworklife — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:26:50 +0000

The entire family is back home from vacation with a notebook full of stories and topics for the podcast. Unfortunately, we only get through one of them which focuses on customer service. The drawing for the Cars sticker book is still open so send us an email if you want your name in the hat.

Links from the show:

Don Wood – The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear

The Jellybricks – Brand New Sunglasses (PMN) (iTunes)

Cheap Date Show

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Too Many Gadgets

kidswifeworklife — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:46:50 +0000

Mike is back from vacation, but Chris and the kids are still out of town. This show includes our book segment, my thoughts about the road trips I took when I was a kid compared to road trips today and a story about how losing a job may have been one of the best things things that ever happened to me. The drawing for the Cars sticker book is still open so send us an email if you want your name in the hat.

Links from the show:

Michael Bedard – Sitting Ducks

Shane Jackman – What I did on My Summer Vacation (Magnatune)

Thanks to Scott and Kass of This Married Life

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Crickets to a Crowd

kidswifeworklife — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 09:03:29 +0000

Chris andI have discovered that there are listeners out there. We have a book segment about a classic children’s book and share our thoughts about Mike’s brother and sister-in-law becoming first time parents. There is a discussion about parenting in front of other parents and a story from a listener. The next show might be a little late because our family will be starting our summer vacation tomorrow. However, I am sure we will be full of traveling adventures when we return. The drawing for the Cars Sticker Book is still open. Email or call if you want to be included the drawing.

Links from the show:

Crockett Johnson – Harold and the Purple Crayon

Beatrice Ericsson – Put a Little Love (PMN)

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We Have a Winner!

kidswifeworklife — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:10:14 +0000

We are both back for show number six! Chris has her first week out of school and Mike is traveling again. I guess it is fitting that on show number six I talk about staying at Motel 6. We also have our question of the week and a winner for our book drawing. We also open a drawing for another book. This one will be popular, listen to find out the title. Lastly, apologies for the audio quality, I didn’t notice the popping p’s and breath noises until after I uploaded the show. I will make a few adjustments and the next one will be better.

Links from the show:

Tom Paul – Before You Know It (Magnatune) (iTunes)

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Summer Solstice

kidswifeworklife — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:24:20 +0000

Chris joins in this podcast and tells us about how happy she is to be out of school for the summer. She also recommends some books for your kids for summer reading. We have our first question of the week segment to celebrate our new comment line. Finally, we have free stuff to give away! Listen to find out how to win.

Links from the show:

Sandra Boynton Big Box of Boynton

Ian Falconer Olivia

Jonathan London & Frank Remkiewicz Froggy Goes to School

Jerry Spineli Loser

Kate DiCamillo Because of Winn Dixie

American Heartbreak – The Last of the Superheroes (of the 1970's) (PMN)

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What happened in Vegas?

kidswifeworklife — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:57:25 +0000

Another solo effort by Mike, Chris will eventually get back on the show. Her last day of school was today and she will have more time to podcast this summer. On this show I discuss the official opening of one of my trail projects, the fun of the Landscape Architecture Registration Exam and a trip to Las Vegas. There are also some discussions about some kid stuff like not sleeping at night and always having to pee.

Links from the show:

Cool Waters Band – 2 Car Garage (iTunes) (PMN)

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Are we podfading?

kidswifeworklife — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:37:50 +0000

No, we are not ending the podcast, we are just really busy. Chris is finishing up the schoolyear and has lots of end of the year stuff to complete. Mike has been very busy too with some travel for work and studying for the Lanscape Architect Registration Exam. We should be back with a new show in about a week or so. If I have time I might do a quick one before then.

We have some new ideas for interesting segments on the show and are looking forward getting them on a podcast.

You will be hearing from us again soon.

Mike & Chris

Planes, Tacos & Monsters

kidswifeworklife — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:27:40 +0000

This is a solo effort by Mike since Chris is suffering from allergies. Topics include Memorial Day, tacos, sick kids, airplane stories and the superpowers people have just because they are parents.

Links from the show:

Common Ground – Monsters (iTunes) (PMN)

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Twigs & Berries

kidswifeworklife — Sun, 21 May 2006 08:44:46 +0000

The first full show! Chris & Mike discuss Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems in their first book segment. Also included are the adventures of the second family trip to the gym. This incudes some cardio, weight training, naked men and crying.

Links from the show:

Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

The Velmas – Ride (iTunes) (PMN)

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Let’s Get It Started

kidswifeworklife — Thu, 11 May 2006 07:31:35 +0000

The first episode is finally up. A little about the podcast and some music.

Links from the show:

Matthew Ebel – Drive Away (PMN)(iTunes)

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Podcast Coming Soon

kidswifeworklife — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 05:29:07 +0000

My name is Mike, my wife, Chris, and I will be starting our own podcast. We have been married for about 7-1/2 years and have two kids. You should podcast about things you know and we know some things about marriage, kids, working and trying to balance it all in our lives. We also have many things left to learn.

Through this podcast we will share what we know, share our mistakes, and hopefully make you laugh a little along the way. We want this to eventually be a listener driven show. If you like something, or have a suggestion let us know. We will read emails, play audio comments and discuss nearly all topics. Send comments to kidswifeworklife@gmail.com

Hope you hear us soon,

Mike & Chris