Hey guys. Happy Friday. Have an awesome weekend. Summer is winding down. Live it up!
If you’re new here, we mix it up on Fridays with a quick recap from the week and a few extra gems to head into the weekend right.
"Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours."
Richard Bach
THE DIGEST
Wisdom of the Week: With dad life, it's really easy to slip into autopilot. Same breakfast. Same drive to school. Same bedtime routine. And while routines are important, I think our families need a little novelty too. The best memories don’t have to be expensive. They just have to be different enough to break the routine.
Maybe that's your reminder today. Mix it up.
Most Clicked: The Boring Money Move Every Dad Should Make Before Their Kid Turns One
Gear of the Week: Relwen Highland Blues Long Sleeve Shirt
For the Kids: Fender Mini Electric Guitar
Read, Watch, Eat, Listen
A few things to get into this weekend if you have a moment
📕 Read: How Far Apart Should You Have Kids?
📺 Watch: The New Rogue Rhino Air | Lucky (AppleTV) |
🍔 Eat/Drink: Every Way To Cook Chicken Breast (30 Ways) | Simple 3 Ingredient Drinks
🎧 Listen: How to Stop Caring What Others Think
IN THE TRENCHES
A little poll twofer today.
We never shared the final results from last week’s hardware store debate, so we’re clearing the bench before getting into this week’s question about the family car.
Best Hardware Store: Ace Hardware took the top spot.
The big reason wasn’t selection. It was service. A lot of dads said Ace is the place where someone actually knows what weird part you need and can help you find it in under 20 minutes.
Home Depot and Lowe’s both had strong showings, with local hardware stores, Menards, and Harbor Freight getting plenty of love too.
What Type of Family Car Are You Driving?
This week, we asked what’s currently sitting in the driveway.
The SUV still rules the family-car world, but the minivan crowd made a very convincing case.
Sliding doors. Third-row space. Room for strollers, sports gear, groceries, dogs, and everything else that somehow ends up coming with you.
One dad called it “putting the living room in drive.” Another basically said to stop fighting it and buy the minivan.
Trucks had their people too, especially for boats, campers, and weekend projects. And a few dads are still proudly making sedans and wagons work.
Nobody cared much about horsepower. The real question was how much stuff you can fit without unloading the entire car first.
FWIW: I like our minivan so much, we did a YouTube review on it.
GARAGE
Show us your space or something you’re working on
Garage gym setup for the win. Thanks for sharing!
Anyone here have a space like it? Send us photos. We’d love to see what you’ve built.
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WEEKEND BURNER
4 Rounds For Time
800 m Run
60 Double Unders or 120 Single Unders
40 Air Squats
20 Dumbbell Bench Press 50/35#
Scale accordingly y’all.
ONE LAST THING
🍻 Weekend Assignment: Try not to use your phone this weekend.
🗺️ Today I Learned: You are more likely to get a hole-in-one than bowl a perfect 300 game.
🎧 On Repeat: Fresh tracks added to the Dad Day Playlist → Listen
🛠️ We Wanna Know: What's one purchase under $100 that's made your life noticeably better? Hit reply. We'll share our favorites next Friday.
dad shower thoughts: The best naps are always the ones you weren't planning to take.