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Trumix.com listings available of OurFirstMarriage.com Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. OurFirstMarriage #95: Be Like Me Tanel gets emotional. Getting fired is a good thing? Promoting someone out of a job. Poor parenting causing illness. Tom’s new weight loss plan. The Bob series of books are pretty cool. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to vote for us on Podcast Alley. Want to know more about Tanel, Tom, Punkalicious, or Captain [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #94: Group Experience Tanel’s protégé is getting canned. A few words of thanks. Why our Amazon order is so late. Check out John Dies at the End. It rocks. Exercise equipment lies. Fat people on TV. Our weight loss plan. A purchase that Tom will not make. A bit about Tom’s recipes. Thanks for listening and don’t [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #93: The Real You Scientists are stupid. Update on our diets. Theresa broke OFM. Tom feels better about the podcast. Dealing with your family. The faces you wear. Giving your child the same name as a friend of someone you know is weird. Punkalicious’ party report. Tanel kills some poor girl’s dream of kids. For shame. Thanks for listening [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #92: Diaper Hats What do those notes on the back of cars that say “In Loving Memory of…” mean? What’s the deal with that? Tom has a theory. How to piss off a stoner. Captain Evil is 2 and it really sucks. Potty training update. A bad pool game. Not liking your child. Trying to give your children [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #91: Our Lady of Perpetual Patience Where we’ve been these last few weeks and a discussion about the future of OFM. Tanel is reading a new book. Look for a review soon. Tanel is making a cake for Punkalicious’ 5th birthday party. Party prep = fights. Tanel’s cake was a huge hit even if it wasn’t up to Tom and Tanel’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #90: Hating your kids Punkalicious and Captain Evil have gone crazy. Possessed by the Devil, on the crack pipe… we don’t know. It all started with a visit from Pat and Theresa. The potty training has taken a huge hit and now we are well into the “I do it myself” stage. The older one is lying and talking [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OFM #89: Change of pace Tanel’s voice is extremely hoarse. A change in the podcast schedule. Tanel is using Clive Barker as a reference for books to read Punkalicious?! Tom is looking for just about any flimsy excuse to play Lego Indiana Jones before giving it to the Punk for his birthday. Is Raiders of the Lost Ark appropriate for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #87: Butterfly Tattoos It’s the end of date night. Captain Evil got sick with… who knows? What’s up with that? Tom can sleep through anything. Punkalicious has been exploring his “creative” side recently. He’s also continued the tradition of lying. Tom put a little fear of God into him. Date night reviewed. What’s the point of date nights? [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #86: Egg Genocide Punkalicious has started lying. Great fun. Placing blame at this age is pretty normal (unfortunately lots of people haven’t grown out of this stage yet). Tom and Tanel are still fighting about the day Tom took off unnecessarily. Finding a good babysitter is hard - keeping one is harder. Potty training has stagnated - they [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #85: Sense of humor Tanel’s Spot Shot post is discussed. Tanel and Tom have been fighting all week and this podcast is a little tense. Tanel’s sense of humor is a bit strained. Yard work caused a big fight - why? Cause Captain Evil needed his pants pulled up. What’s more important, the lawn or the hedges? A long [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #84: Communication Childhood obesity caused by “over organization of sports?” What the heck is that anyways? Date night is WAY overdue and Tom and Tanel are getting cranky. Is podcasting a panacea? What is the most important thing in maintaining a good relationship with your spouse (for once, Tom didn’t say “sex”)? Tanel comes up with a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #83: It’s in his blood Iron Chef - OFM hadn’t occurred for time of this recording. Look for something on this next week. Check out our new poll. Want to get involved in our 100th episode? Let us know. A listener wants to know if we’d consider splitting up our podcast into “kid” episodes and “other” episodes. Tanel and Tom [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OFM #82: Lead, Arsenic, Petroleum and Your Kid’s School A point of clarification. Another Iron Chef - OFM episode and a “warning” from Tom. This time the ingredients were Spinach and Chicken. Tom ended up creating a spinach pesto which he stuffed into chicken breasts and grilled. Contact Tom for the full recipe. Tanel attended a meeting at Punkalicious’ new school. Turns out there [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #81: Creepy Massages Speaking of consistency… this podcast is late because of the long weekend. Father’s day is coming up and Tanel wants to know what Tom wants. Can you guess? A discussion on why guys do anything. Yes it is true and no your man isn’t any different. Tanel makes a GTA IV, Sims comparison. GTA enthusiasts [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #80: Quantity vs Quality A short technical discussion about why OFM sounds better than ever (not that we got complaints but that’s Tom). The rules for Iron Chef - OFM are discussed and opened up to the peanut gallery (that’s you). Tom asks Tanel a serious question. Tom shares a story about a restaurant so bad that he recognized [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #79: Committed to the nap Tanel is sleepy tonight and Tom picks on her for it. Potty training update - wait, you thought we were done? Do did we. Happy late birthday OurFirstMarriage! Tom doesn’t remember dates. Tanel’s Tom filter is set on high lately. Time management is important and sometimes that means you need to be cognizant of where [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #78: Alcohol Fueled Podcast Tom found a “family” podcast listing website that absolute doesn’t want us. WTF?! Is it bad to drink or not to drink? More selfish parents. What scars your children? Is it what you think or the thing that you least expect? Why doesn’t Tom share recipes? “Black Culture” vs. “Police Culture” - the big discussion. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #77: Hate is Hate Captain Evil is self weaning and Tanel is down about it. At only 2 years old! Tom’s irritated (shocking) about someone trying to convert him. Tom has a few things to say about “Christians.” The short version - he doesn’t want to talk about it. Has anyone that has an opinion opposite of another been [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #76: Trying to forget Sub-prime crisis discussion continued. Is it really as much of a crisis as the media would have you believe? How much should the government step in? Tom’s mini-review of Grand Theft Auto IV - many of you parents will be surprised at what he says. Read the rest of the review over at AV Rant. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #75: The Vegan Lobby Happy Cinco de Mayo! Tanel starts off with a PSA. Being able to cook is not girly. Tom’s cooking is discussed. Check your tires. Tanel and Tom had guests over for dinner - it went well. Punkalicious is not into pretending. Turns out that town Tanel was trying to remember was Chihuahua. Tom has a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #74: Happy Coincident Knowing what to look for in another person is hard - without experience. What to do when you’re single but looking. Jealousy is bad. Some mistakes are bound to happen in relationships - either you need to learn from your mistakes or from someone else’s. Truth is important to Tanel. A little more about Pat. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OFM #73: About Canadians and Pat Tom came up with a pretty lousy marketing plan that might work on YouTube. If you’ve got some marketting ideas, we’d love to hear them. Tom and Tanel discuss Canadians. Due South is the show that Tom was referring to. This is the comment that started this whole thing. Has Theresa abandoned us? Tanel doesn’t [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #72: Work Advice We officially welcome Theresa to OFM. Some people are good at some things and others are good at others. Either suck it up and get good at both or marry someone else who is. Tanel went to a Toastmasters meeting and suggested that a co-worker attend as well. Tanel’s co-worker needs advice and Tanel is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OFM #71: What’s good for Mom is good for the kids Cry it out for the last time… we swear (all thanks to Monster Cookies). Tom thinks that Canadians are too nice. If it works for you does that make it OK? Um… no. Listening to your child means discerning between what they “need” and “want.” What happens after 7 years of marriage? Tom lets out [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #70: I Do It Myself Over-scheduling your children - what are you trying to prove? Heading off fights before they start - it’s up to you! Get proactive or you’re going to end up loosing. Tom tricks Tanel into revealing the truth about starting the dishwasher. Tom got Tanel an early birthday present. Not that she noticed. Tom tried his [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OFM #69: Statistics can say anything Tom finally figured out what was/is wrong with him. He’s still sounding rough but he’s on the mend. What’s the Internet full of? You know. OFM has a new website look. Come check it out and let is know what you think. Thanks to Clint for helping us out with the graphic. Look for a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #68: OFM Reviewed We’re back at the house. A little decompression from the camping podcasts. Tanel does NOT have Restless Leg Syndrome though Tom’s trying to figure out how to give it to her. Tanel and Tom give Dina over at AV Rant props for the new intro (thanks Dina). Tom’s still… something? Sick… Allergies… He doesn’t know. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #67: Camping and Disney It’s getting late in the night and Tom is getting sicker by the minute. People are too tired to lean into the mic (except for Theresa) so volume levels are a little… off. First the camping location is discussed and then the trip to Disney. Pat thinks that extended stay passes to theme parks are [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #66: Relationship Issues We start with a little more background about how Tanel and Theresa became friends and some background on Theresa and Pat. Theresa got an anniversary present - cost be damned! Pat makes a case for shopping at Tiffany’s. Theresa is anal about money. What are the big issues that couples need to resolve in order [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #65: It’s all about Pat Welcome to the first of three on location podcasts with our friends Theresa and Pat. We were camping at Disney and Tom’s voice is pretty much gone. We start off introducting our friends, and Tom tells a short story. Theresa and Pat are asked basically what they think of the Podcast and how they deal [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #64: PC Tongue-tied-ness Tanel and Tom had a new babysitter for a week and discuss. Being PC means you can’t have a conversation about anybody… or if you do, you can’t describe them in any way… or if you do you can only use certain words… and even then only if you’re the right race… You get the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #63: Being Neurotic Easter weekend was fun but tiring. Tanel distracted Tom before he could tell you what a crawfish is. Take our word for it, they are quite good boiled. Tom knows something about a foreign (ish) country that Tanel doesn’t. Tanel keeps interrupting and Tom. The camping trip is on for next weekend and we will [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #62: Ignore your Pediatrician When should you listen to your pediatrician and when can you ignore their advice? This topic is something we’ve addressed before and we’ll probably cover again. Tanel is oblivious to the rest of the world and then proves that it is really just selective memory. If your child is in distress and you go to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #61: Caring We’ve got guests and are pretty tired. Captain Evil is getting a little personality. Just listen to him and he’ll prove it to you. How do kids get interested in things? Genetics? Something in the water? Tom and Tanel discuss. The Disney Channel is one big infomercial. What is Star Wars to Tom? Tanel wants [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #60: Crying It Out Tanel tells a story about how people sometimes don’t realize how good they’ve got it until they screw it up. Tanel is usually the one that comes up with cool things to do with the kids but Tom finally came up with one. Tom and Tanel have some pretty strong thoughts on “crying it out”. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #59: Web of Lies Remember that conversation a while back about truth? Time to man up and admit that apparently we need to practice what we preach. Tom doesn’t have a concept of time or is he just lazy? You decide. Who’s fault was it that Tom overslept? Tanel’s of course. Tom sets a new rule and reveals a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #58: Soccer Punk Punkalicious first day of soccer continued. Noah flattened a kid… on his own team. Bouncy houses. More discussion of our dinner with the arranged marriage couple. Punkalicious and medicine - nature or nurture. At what point do you give medicine to your child? Tom got a bad parent award. What constitutes abuse? What does our [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #57: Tom is Fat Welcome back. MonsterCookies reviewed us… positively! Thanks guys. Canadian’s are nice. The fight part deux. Tom doesn’t get crazy about cars being clean. You shouldn’t be afraid to tell your spouse things. The two slap rule. Report about the dinner with the arranged marriage couple - Part 1. Tom has a brain tumor. Tanel broke [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #56: Fight! Fight! Tom doesn’t eat potatoes and Tanel doesn’t eat pork. Tom says “roll it out” but he means “butterfly“. Tanel has a flexible definition of “vegetable”. Tanel embodies the old adage, “She’d loose her head if it weren’t attached.” Tom tries to tell a story which starts a fight. In retrospect, they both had a point [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #55: Athlete’s Foot Captain Evil has a new nighttime routine. And we love it. 100 is a LOT! Punkalicious is a snuggle bunny. Cream of Mushroom soup is not a sauce. We need a new website… eventually. Tom’s got a lot of projects in the works so don’t expect it any time soon. Our contact form works so [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #54: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Crazy people continue to dominate this Podcast (wait… that doesn’t sound right). How do you deal with the crazy people that use gifts as emotional blackmail. Just remember where the power resides. Friendship is a two way street. If you’re not getting something for your time and energy you’re just getting used. How do tell [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #53: Two Scoops of Crazy Tanel’s lent is going even worse than before. Potty training update. We’ve got a new logo and graphics. If you aren’t seeing them, you should check them out. Are We There Yet? discussed a Hooters-eske haircut place. Tom and Tanel discuss. Tanel is NOT bringing the sexy back. It’s all about confidence. What’s the deal [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #52: She IS Tanel Andry Tanel’s Lent isn’t going so hot (after 4 whole days). Captain Evil was super evil… probably because Tom almost killed him. Punkalicious nap-blocked Tom - which explains his current mood. Tanel is totally wrong about the size of the ditch (it is easily 6 feet deep from the road level). Punkalicious is rockin’ the bike. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #51: Super Secret Topic Tom’s voice is a little messed up for no good reason. Lent is here and Tom and Tanel are participating. Tanel is making Tom suffer for it. Tom and Tanel are going camping with some friends. The friends think they’ll be roughing it and are buying accordingly. And that’s pretty funny. Tom and Tanel are [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #50: Everyone Needs an Ed Potty training update - Captain Evil is finally getting it. Tanel looked up how to potty train and found out we’re doing it wrong… so they say. Want to prepare your kids for something? You need to introduce them to Ed. Ed is your friend. You’d be surprised what Ed can get your child to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #49: Personal Trainers Tom met with his personal trainer again (for the second and last time). Tom’s got tons of excuses for being fat. Tanel shares a personal trainer story. Tom has a personal weight loss theory. Grandparent babysitters. Tanel and Tom need to start discussing their travels. Tanel helped out a pregnant woman in distress. And she’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #48: Books and Movies Tom is sick and whining about it… and he’s not even that sick. Everyone wants to write a book. You know you do. Tom finally finished Atlas Shrugged. Tanel finished her book, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Both are discussed. Tanel shouldn’t be allowed to read exciting books. Or cowboy up and push through. Tom doesn’t [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #47: Tom is an idiot Sorry about the lack of ustream this week - we were just too tired. Tom and Tanel’s big night out. What did that entail? Bad food, lame company, mediocre location and the avoidance of a very bad scene at Steak n’ Shake. Was it worth it? Oh yeah. Calorie free foods, nanites to control weight, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #47: Tom is an idiot Sorry about the lack of ustream this week - we were just too tired. Tom and Tanel’s big night out. What did that entail? Bad food, lame company, mediocre location and the avoidance of a very bad scene at Steak n’ Shake. Was it worth it? Oh yeah. Calorie free foods, nanites to control weight, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #46: Schools, Chicken, and Immersion Private vs. Public schools. Is Jacksonville a bastion of racism and segregation? Tom weighs in. There is a school named after Nathan Bedford Forrest here - that should tell you something. Tanel and Tom are trying to figure out which school to send Punkalicious and what are the names of the various schools. Tom and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #45: Death, Climbing, Jumping, and Poo Sorry about Monday - Tom was sick over the weekend. We did manage to get one recorded for today though. That’s just our commitment to you. Tom thinks that people need to stop killing their kids and proposes a country-wide New Year’s resolution. Some dads that play video games are ruining it for the rest [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #44: It’s All About Preparation Our New Years discussion continues. Tom and Tanel have different views of checking up on kids when they are with a babysitter. Captain Evil’s tube surgery is discussed in detail. Shut up is a bad word. Four year olds are all about absolutes (not the vodka). Punkalicious’ first slumber party (he went to stay the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #43: Merry Christmas to Us Welcome to Camoosta! If you’ve never listened to this Podcast, this is a good one to start with (unless you’d like to go back and listen to #1). Christmas is discussed including Punkalicious’ fixation with Santa, Tom’s favorite gift, Tanel’s favorite gift (one of the ones she bought for Tom), and Tom’s lame presents for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #42: Printing Pictures Woes Tom and Tanel are looking forward… to tubes. They don’t trust people that don’t drink. The duo traded presents for the first time this year (not in time for this taping). Tom lies… for a good reason. Guys shouldn’t ask gals to marry them in restaurants. People that give Christmas cards too early are evil. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #41: Ridiculously late Should holiday parties be scheduled in the middle of the week? Whose fault is it that we went and drank? Not ours. Tom and Tanel’s political leanings are discussed. Politics in America are ridiculous - I mean stupid. Retired people are crazy. Tom rocks at Tanel’s work events. People tell Tanel weird things. When Dads [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #40: It’s like, you know.. You can thank the holiday season for the erratic posting dates. Tom just can’t find enough time in the day to get these Podcasts edited and posted. At least this one is extra long. Tanel and Tom have decided to go the tubes route for Captain Evil. No kid should be as sick as often [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OFM #39: Don’t get your facts mixed up with my entertainment We’re back! Sorry about last week. Tanel and Tom discuss the live broadcast and their reasons for last week’s lack of Podcasts. Tom is reading Atlas Shrugged after being mislead in his youth. But something encouraged Tom to read it. What was it? BioShock. Christmas presents (past, not current) are discussed. Perhaps you’ll get some [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #38: Oh CRAP! Whoops, forgot to post this Wednesday. Tom’s father and grandmother were over and brought her dog. This was Captain Evil’s first one-on-one dog experience since Turkey. Should you take food from your Great Grandmother? Tom thinks so. It is what you do with it after you take it which is important. The Podcast takes a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #37: Using your kids as an excuse Welcome back! Punkalicious got a little surprise after getting over his bout of strep. Tanel accuses Tom of having a horrible memory. Do you take your full course of antibiotics? Do you give every dose to your kids? You should! How should you take parenting advice and what is the cure for having one child? [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #36: Tom’s Black Friday We’re live! If you haven’t been to the website recently, check it out for information on viewing and hearing the Podcast online as we are recording. Tom reports on his Black Friday experience (he was completely unprepared) and some lessons learned. For you experienced Black Friday shoppers this will be old news but for those [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #35: EAT! CHEESE! Does the “have patience” song help? Nope. At least it doesn’t help Tom. Tanel and Tom start a new gym complete with complimentary trainer sessions. How did the first one go? The duo weigh in (pun intended). Captain Evil is better (at least during this taping) and he finally went in for his 18 month [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #34: The Miracle Bunk Bed Welcome to our now permanent Wednesday Podcast. Tanel and Tom start off with a few website announcements. Remember when Tom said that he didn’t want Punkalicious to be a follower? We have learned to rue those words. Listen in to find out how they are dealing with his new attitude problem. Where will Tom be [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #33: The Secret of Great Homemade Pizza Thanksgiving is upon us so Tanel and Tom start off talking about how to involve the kids in the celebration. Does Punkalicious eat pizza? Listen in to find out. Should you force your kids to eat food? Tanel and Tom weigh in. How to read a menu at a high-end restaurant a la Tom. Tom [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #32: The Great Healer Strep throat is fun for the whole family (not). Poor Punkalicious finally got over his (though it was a tough row to hoe). Want to know about the bunk bed we bought for the kids and how it’s working out? Tune in. Tanel and Tom think they bought a winner and give you the full [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #31: Environmentally Friendly, Free Range Podcast Tanel and Tom take a slightly environmental bent with this one. Are CFL bulbs are destroying the environment? Tom delineates his new theory. Tanel thinks nuclear power is neat. What about wind power or water power? Tanel and Tom discuss. Tanel brings up NIMBYs (listen in to find out what those are). They discuss at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #30: Halloween Candy Tom and Tanel start off recapping their lessons learned from this Halloween and how it is still WAY too early for Christmas. Why do they have footy pajamas in Florida stores? It’s 90 degrees outside! Oh, and Kellan had an ear infection but we just didn’t know it yet. Should you shop online or locally [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #29: Kobe Tom Our trip report wraps up on what we did in Istanbul (not much). Punkalicious is being trained in the fine arts of player-hood. Do kids have to sit in a car seat in Turkey? No - but they should. Tanel runs down her suggestions for vacations with young kids. Is growing hard work for kids? [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #28: Welcome to Antalya - Give me your kid Sorry this is late - Tom was too sick to edit this weekend. Tanel starts off talking about how happy she was to find out that Kellan was sick this last week (it makes sense, trust us). They discuss Tanel’s family and why hanging with her cousin is more like hanging with her aunt. They [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #27: Flying Across the World… With Kids! We’re finally back! Tanel and Tom explain their extended absence, how much Delta Sky miles suck, and traveling across the world with kids. Tom insults Jacksonville parents multiple times, vacationing Americans, and how Turkish people don’t look Turkish. How to plan a vacation with kids, whether or not buying an extra seat for your “lap” [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #26: Names, tasers, and the Internet Having a hard time naming your child? You can spring for a baby name consultant or try out a couple of computer programs. Of course, Tom and Tanel will pick one for you if you wish. They reveal how they picked out their kids’ names. The guy that got shot with a taser while holding [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #25: Parenting doesn’t end when you send them to school The Podcast starts with a discussion of staying involved with your kids schooling including setting goals and working with teachers and administrators. Do teachers have to be smart? Tom and Tanel weigh in. Tom took a trip to the library and decided he’s not going back again… ever. Can a four year old be a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #24: Movies make your kids dumb? Tom and Tanel start with a report on how the reorganization of their house is proceeding. The topic of “Girl Caves” is brought up and then promptly dropped. Tanel reveals her deep and abiding love of dough. Tom reveals his deep and abiding hatred of the movie Happy Feet. Are kid’s videos making your kids [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #23: How to work from home Tom and Tanel discuss Captain Evil’s sleeping through the night issues, his weaning, and his new fixation with books. Tom reveals how he scored his sweet work-from-home gig and how you can too. They tackle the private vs. public school issue (sort of). Thanks for listening and we’ll see you next week! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #22: How Green is Your Wedding? Tom and Tanel begin the episode talking about their upcoming trip to Turkey, Tom brings up their trip to the mall playground, an evaluation of a birthday party they went to, they pass through a brief awkward transition and on to “green” weddings and other wedding faux pass. Tom reveals the first time he ever [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #21: But Anyway This episode we tackle cleaning - not our best subject. We talk about the importance of it including a review of Flylady.net (a site that proports to help you do just that). Tom requests a better smelling wife, we talk about sending the kids to camp, allowances, and Tanel’s new plan for organizing our house. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #20: Jobs We discuss our job situation and some of the decisions we’ve made in order to spend more time with our children. Tom shares some of the satanic bosses he’s worked for and some of the techniques he’s used to manage them. We discuss tattoos, how persistence will get you the job eventually, how big gestures [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #19: What to Expect - A Survival Guide for New Parents Tanel and Tom list off some of the stuff that they wish they’d have known before having that first child. While some of this may sound scary (baby slip n slide, how baby books are like guns), rest assured that your new child’s first smile (you’ll have to wait at least a month to see [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #18: Toys, Games, Waking Up, and Vacuums The discussion meandered a bit in this episode. Our children’s lack of toys and how to handle presents at birthday parties is discussed along with Tom’s near-perfect morning, why LeapPads suck, our self serve house, Tom’s review of Simon Beckett’s The Chemistry of Death (sucked), a couple of the fun games we play around here, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #17: Birthday Parties We talk about Noah’s first true birthday party (year 3), this year’s party (year 4), and another party we attended this weekend. Lots of lessons learned, helpful hints, and acts of God. A trip to Kinko’s is discussed along with the joys of people not RSVPing until the last minute. While not a comprehensive list, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #16: Putting Your Foot Down Birthday party scheduling blues, fake vs. real birthdays, and bodily fluids. This one isn’t for the squeamish but full of laughs. Enjoy and we’ll see you next week. Now that Noah’s party is over, perhaps Tanel can take a few minutes to post a blog or something . We’ve got more ideas for Podcast [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #15: Kim the Barbarian We had so much fun talking Sam and Kim, the hosts of the Are We There Yet? Podcast, that we couldn’t fit it into one episode. We continue with childbirth horror stories, empowerment in marriage, couple’s time and date night horror stories, sibling rivalries and how they can be used for good (your good), spanking [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #14: Are We There Yet? Because of some technical difficulties the audio of this interview with Sam and Kim, the hosts of the Are We There Yet? Podcast, is not up to our usual high standards. Chalk it up to our enthusiasm in getting started and not checking the audio beforehand. We start off this conversation talking about our kids [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #13: Interview with Parents of an Autistic Child, Part 4 We conclude our discussion with Tom’s parents about his autistic brother John. All that background noise you hear is John in the next room (it was time to do a couple of things and our Podcasting wasn’t going to slow him down . Discussion includes some of the rewards that have really worked with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #12: Jesus, Gandhi, Tom Special BONUS episode! Tom was in a mood and decided to be a little mean and crass (Tanel made me cut the worst of it ). Kellan decided NOT to go to sleep and was present for the first part of the Podcast. Tanel takes a break to change his diaper and just about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #11: Interview with Parents of an Autistic Child, Part 3 We continue our discussion with Tom’s parents about his autistic brother John. Discussion includes some of the strategies that they’ve used that have worked and some that haven’t with John. They describe how it feels to be autistic. Plus there’s a bunch of audio with John. They’ll be a “bonus” OFM out this Wednesday with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #10: Interview with Parents of an Autistic Child, Part 2 We continue our discussion with Tom’s parents about his autistic brother John. Discussion includes the testing John went through during his diagnosis, some of the relationship help they received, early education choices and dealing with and affecting the education system, TEACCH, and the beginning of the discussion of the strategies that worked with John. More [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #9: Interview with Parents of an Autistic Child, Part 1 We had to pleasure of sitting down with Tom’s parents and talking about his autistic brother John. John is the fourth of four children and is 13 years younger than Tom (the eldest of the kids). John is 22 years old now and his parents have a wealth of stories and insight into the disorder, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #8: Fake it til you make it Money, work, and the choices we make. Getting back to work after a long absence is hard but not impossible. It’s all about choices. Check with us next week for an interview with parents of an Autistic boy. Insights into their trials, tribulations, and successes. Should be very enlightening. See you then! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #7: Cute things kids do We discuss some of the cute things our kids do (which are really just evidence that they are developing and growing) and taking questions to your doctor appointments. The results of Kellan’s visit to the ENT are revealed and a lot more chit chat. We’ve posted more links below and will continue to update as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #6: Picking a Daycare and the Montessori Method I sprang this topic on Tanel but it was a fun one. We love our Montessori daycare but I wasn’t so sure about it at first. We discuss our initial reactions, some of our early daycare prospects, and what we think is important to look for in a daycare. We also answer the age old [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #5 - Tom’s Flying Solo Well, you just can’t keep me down. I had to finish this else know that it would weigh on my conscience all day tomorrow. And we can’t have that can we? We address our qualifications for giving advice, I do a diddy about statistics while Tanel puts Captain Evil back to sleep, and we [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #4 - Cognizant of “Hate Dishes” We finally start talking about relationships. Discussion includes jealousy, being truthful (or not), learning from bad relationships, fighting, division of labor, and talking to your spouse. We’ve all been there, we’ve all done it, Tanel and Tom share their experiences. Drinks: White Russians Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #3 - Expectations, Guilt, and Needs The connection between ear infections and teething, why is there no “patch” medications for your child, how people use guilt to get you to adopt their parenting techniques, meeting your child’s needs, the benefits of co-sleeping and spending quality time with your kids, and why you aren’t weird for meeting your child’s needs. Drinks: Ravenswood Lodi [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #2 - Editing Blues Audio quality is much improved but now there are a bunch of extraneous noises including paper, breathing, ice, beer, and chairs. It is all part of my master plan to get a new office chair. Herman Miller here I come! Plus, our room isn’t treated yet and sounds like an echo chamber. I’ve gotten out [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #1 - What the heck are we doing? God the audio on this one sucks! Using a 25 cent mic in a bad room. The next one will be better (we promise) and after that, they’ll continue to improve (audio and topic). I will say that I’m in love with the music. We discuss names of the Podcast, show preparation, a little background [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website OurFirstMarriage #1 - What the heck are we doing? God the audio on this one sucks! Using a 25 cent mic in a bad room. The next one will be better (we promise) and after that, they’ll continue to improve (audio and topic). I will say that I’m in love with the music. We discuss names of the Podcast, show preparation, a little background [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website