Sentences with phrase «work on his dad»

My daughter now participates in the weekly lessons and my husband takes both children every week to work on his dad moves.

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Springsteen usually precedes the live version of the song with a description of his dad trying to get their $ 100 used car to start on a cold February morning before his shift working the line at a rug factory.

So when she discovered that year two of her rotation would focus mostly on surgery, Holly decided to take a break from medicine and give working for her dad's company a try.

As my dad tells the story, because he had a gas station uniform on and came out of the garage with greasy hands after working on a car.

Maye's penchant for keeping optimistic and working hard appears to be inherited from her father, as she wrote on her Twitter and Instagram recently:» «Keep Smiling» was my Dad's motto.

After attending school on a student visa, my dad received an H - 1B visa to work for the University as a post-doc researcher, and a few years later became an American citizen.

Jon Levs, author of All in: How Our Work - First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses — And How We Can Fix It Together, studied the effect of paid leave in California and New Jersey, which have paid family leave programs, and found that the majority of businesses reported that their state's paid leave programs had either no effect or a positive effect on their business.

If your dad travels a lot for work or pleasure, consider getting him an Away carry - on suitcase.

Growing up on her dad's farm (her parents separated, and each ran one), her work ethic has often been described as meticulous.

«For the duration of my childhood, my mom made my dad the same lunch to bring to work every day — American cheese on a Kaiser roll.

«I bought a»34 Ford pickup truck and it didn't run and my dad said, «You've got two years before you get your license, so get busy working on it,»» he tells CNBC Make It.

For a kid, learning to tidy up your own room is a fine form of «work,» as is taking out the garbage or helping dad rake the leaves on the weekend.

While there's hardly any research yet on the hormone in human dads, findings elsewhere in the animal kingdom are strong and suggestive that it works in a similar way in people.

We would go with my dad when he had to go and work on a project that he designed.

Kiyosaki's frank talk flies in the face of traditional guidance to simply get a job, get out of debt and save for retirement, and the philosophy seems to be working: «Rich Dad, Poor Dad» held a top spot on The New York Times» best - seller list for over six years.

Listening to the debate on back to work legislation on CPAC, I heard Peter Stoffer talk about his Dad, a letter carrier, and how his Post Office medical benefits were important to him since Peter was one of nine children.

I work in a convent infirmary with elderly and sick sisters... they also talk about their moms, dads, brothers, sisters and other people who passed on before them.

I think Jesus would want Exxon millionaires cruising on their yachts, while my dad, who retired after working for Exxon for over 30 years.

As one believes that, «Dad is on his way home from work...» as Dad usually returns each day at a particular time frame.

My dad was always hidden behind a newspaper, or in the garage, working on the car or some project.

When a friend's son (who was, so tragically, dying from an incurable illness) made a wish: to meet Luke Skywalker, it fell on me — the only person the dad knew who worked in the film business — to make a call.

there's no reason he can't work on not embarrassing himself while at the same time being his own man instead of a carbon copy of his dad.

WE will never go back to the days of the Betty Crocker housewife staying at home, and Dad working at 1 company for the rest of his life, and kids playing marbles on the sidewalk, change happens.

Dad would give me a piece of paper to work out the details on — mouth, eyes, nose — and then we would trace my drawing onto the front of the pumpkin.

By the time I rub the sleep out of my eyes and roll out of bed on the weekends, my parents already ran (Mom) or hiked (Dad) 6 miles of hills, drank a chai latte (Mom) or black coffee (Dad), drove to Target (Mom) or Home Depot (Dad), typed out 20 + work emails (both), and showered (both).

My Dad always liked to make the works on the weekends and he was good at it.

Allen went to Jenny's dad's funeral today while I worked on my paper and we had «plumbing problems» and had to call our maintenance guy, Mike, during the Super Bowl.

Trisha's mom used to make her dad boxed lunches when we was working on the farm, and now Trisha's doing the same for Garth.

Once she was finished, my dad would let my sister and I draw our designs on our pumpkins, and then he would working carving.

I really enjoyed doing this experiment because of the time I spent with my dad working on it and meeting lots of people doing the survey.

So A. -RCB- I can't be late, B. -RCB- I'm really excited to get to know her and hear more about Vermont, and C. -RCB- I have a million things to do at work, but MUST leave early as tonight is the wonderful benefit that my parents church has put on for my mom and dad.

My Dad on the other - hand is somewhat of a gardening guru who spends a lot of time in his garden and works of a four - year crop rotation cycle to ensure that each crop is at its optimal best.

I also remember working on math problems, my dad telling me not to give up, as I tried to figure out a way to solve them, practicing until I eventually did.

In the past 2 months I have been working really hard to help my family convert to a vegan / vegetarian diet with very little prior cooking skills, and am always on the hunt for recipes that will satisfy and not make my dad and mom feel deprived and sad.

I plan on making this cake for Easter this weekend so my dad can actually partake in a dessert, and if it works (I am a terrible cook) then again for my son's first birthday in a few weeks.

He stuck with Grape - Nuts during our early elementary school years so Mom only needed to stop by the Lucky's down the street for the entire family's weekly groceries, but when I graduated to middle school, Dad started driving past Trader Joe's on his way home from work too.

So in another flash of inspiration, Dad figured that if thumbless mittens worked in the car, why not on the course?

«He's been out there working really hard with his dad even before he was on the track team.

It's always out of fix, so Dad and I spend a lot of time working on it.

The old Dad, The Charge of the Light Brigade Dad, son of a man who had a booming voice and an ear - to - ear grin and a yellow - pad list of things that Vee's team needed to get right to work on... but didn't they understand?

His Dad recommended what had worked for him - to carry himself with a certain confident «swagger», which made him more confident on the court and therefore more aggressive.

«My dad, he actually helped me and took me out after Thursday's practice, just after the (semifinals), and we worked for about an hour, just on that free kick, right in that same spot.

Dreading the water cooler banter on Monday with his work mates, Mark grudgingly prepared some opinions on how the Manchester United front three look finally to be gelling in the face of opposition like Huddersfield town and how young Master Schmeichel made a save his dad would've been proud of against whatever Sunday league side Leicester cantered to a victory over.

Dad reflects on how our perspectives evolve and how we work to shield our kids from some of the exact same things we did as kids.

Rather than branding these men as «feckless», politicians should focus on creating services which work hard to support young dads» vital involvement, while also helping their children's mothers.

Bringing Fathers In: helping global activists embrace «dad power» Almost 10,000 people have already downloaded our Bringing Fathers In #bringingfathersin materials, designed to help professionals from a range of disciplines work in ways that embrace and build on fathers» vital role in improving children's outcomes.

For mums and dads we ran parents» forums focusing on why fathers are so important, and worked with internationally renowned photographer Edmund Clark http://www.edmundclark.com/home.html to deliver a six - week course enabling them to explore their realities of fatherhood through the medium of digital photography — culminating in a Father's Day exhibition.

A new bag designer, TWELVElittle (click here to check price on Amazon) makes a great, roomy bag that's subdued enough to work for dads, too.

So, who better to pull together a list of what dads want for Father's Day than someone who has been on both sides of the fence — the hard - working breadwinner and the 24/7 stay - at - home parent who's gone through the baby, toddler, little girl and tween years?

We work hard to keep fatherhood on the agenda — lobbying for change at government level; working with public services, employers and others to help them «see» and respect fathers; and working directly with disadvantaged dads.