I did something Sunday night for dinner that I haven't done for quite a while. My son tilted his head and looked at me like I was an alien speaking a different language when I told him what we were doing. I had our family eat together at the … [Read more...] about Is Family Meal Time A Thing Of The Past?
You know the saying, One man's trash is another man's treasure. The phrase never rung more true than the day I helped load a metal monstrosity weighing several hundred pounds into the back of a pickup truck. I discovered my love for grilling … [Read more...] about Proof That You Can Sell Anything On Craigslist
Oh checking account, why do you hate me so? Personally, I don't even understand why you're called a checking account given that I use my debit card far more than I write checks. I try to love my checking account, reconciling it as often as I … [Read more...] about Why I Should Reconcile My Checkbook Every Day
Growing up, I was taught that hard work is valued and rewarded. I learned recently that may not be 100% accurate. Let's back up a few years. As a software engineer, I “own†certain pieces of software that I have written, and continue to … [Read more...] about Life Lesson: Leaders Earn More Money
It started out as a joke almost twenty years ago while my now wife and I were still in college. Her mom would come to the city where we were attending school, and take us both out for lunch or dinner just to catch up on how we were doing. Since we … [Read more...] about How a Trip to the Bathroom 20 Years Ago Means I Never Pay For Dinner With My Mother-In-Law Again
It went right to voice mail. Again. My wife and I had both texted and called our son, but we had been unable to get any kind of response from him for well over an hour. He was at a friend's house for the afternoon while my wife and I traveled to a … [Read more...] about The Frustrating Tale Of a Teenager And His Cell Phone
After a long morning of fun at the water park, we were all famished. The food at the eatery inside the water park eatery looked really good, even though the selection wasn't very big. Small baskets of french fries, mini corn dogs, and chicken strips … [Read more...] about My Last Overpriced Meal At A Water Park
Five inches of fresh snow, followed by wind gusts up to 50mph meant we weren't going anywhere. Together with the other families we were on a midwinter vacation with, we shelled out the money for another night's stay at the hotel. When we … [Read more...] about Stuck In a Snow Storm – What Would You Do?
