Nobody said it would be easy to care for the needs of others. Whether as a parent to young children, adult children, or caregiver to your own aging parents, setting …
How Do You Steer A Hot Air Balloon?
How does a balloon rise? Hot air. How does a balloon fall? Cooler air. But how does one steer a hot air balloon? The short answer is wind, but like …
Trip To the Garden Center
I’m going to tell you about our trip to the garden center to get a plan for our home’s landscaping. With that in mind, I should start by confessing to …
The Home Improvement Dilemma
There must be something in the air. Maybe it’s just the home improvement stores’ relentless advertising. Or could it be that we’re just getting settled in for the long intense …
Anniversaries and Milestones
Do anniversaries and milestones really matter? The years have passed and the milestones have been crossed, but who really cares? I’m writing this on my 20th wedding anniversary and it …
Is Catching A Foul Ball Worth It?
Whether you’re a baseball fan or not, you may have caught the news that a number of serious injuries have recently occurred during Major League Baseball games when fans were …
The Fax Machine and Retiring Too Soon
There’s an exciting new movement among young professionals who aspire to retire from their careers early…very early. Called the FIRE Movement – or Financial Independence Retire Early – these folks …
Sum It Up In Just A Few Words
Sometimes we overcomplicate things. And by ‘we’ I mean ME. Here’s an example. When we redesigned our website a couple of years ago, I thought it turned out really well. …
Why It’s So Hard To Get Organized Financially
One of our cats once brought a live chipmunk into our house and just dropped it. (Well, they’ve also brought in live rabbits, mice, voles, birds, and more, but let’s …
Independence Day After
Red, White, and Blue, baby! The land of the free and the home of the brave! Don’t tread on me. These are our rallying cries, the words that inspire us …
