Life Insurance Protection for the Stay-at-Home Spouse

Some families choose to have one parent work outside the home while the other stays home to take care of children. Other families are forced into such a situation by limited childcare availability or other circumstances. In either case, most people would agree that the wage earner in any family should have life insurance protection. [...]

The Unaffordable Game of Baseball (and Other Sports)

It’s becoming virtually impossible to attend a game of any kind at the Major League level.
Two seats, $88.00
Hot Dog, Nachos, Cracker Jacks, Two Sodas, $25.50
Squishy, $4.75
Cab ride home, $12.00
Memories, priceless… well, not exactly, they did come with a price.  Namely, $130.25.  And that was without taking any kids, and limiting the amount of food we [...]

Roughing It

Reporting from the land of no power.  And when in Rome one must do as the Romans do.  So, you might ask how in the world am I posting this.  It’s ingenious actually (another trait learned from the locals).  We tethered up Matthew’s bicycle, dangled an ice cream cone in front of him, and as [...]

Lines Lines Lines Splish Splash Lines Lines….

When you have to wait on a line in order to wait on another line you know you’ve achieved family entertainment overwhelmus.  That’s Latin, for the what you have to go through to enjoy Splish Splash on a weekend.  A few words of advice.  Splish Splash is great.  Just not on a weekend.  Especially when [...]

Chimps in Space

Or, Space Chimps.  I think the Muppets originally did “Pigs in Space”.  Regardless (or irregardless — don’t get me started on that one), this movie was much better than the Muppet skit.
Rain in sky forced us to alter our plans today.  Swimming for sure was on the agenda for some time during the day  We [...]

I Purposely Waited a Day…

Just to make sure that life truly doesn’t END at 50!
Now that I’ve made it a day in to my 51st year I can safely say it doesn’t (guess I’ll have to pay my life insurance premiums another year ).
Had a wonderful day with family, cousins, and a neighbor or two who showed up.  [...]

Just Under Two Hours to Go…

’til the end of my 50th year.  I still cannot believe that I’m turning 51 tomorrow… much less that I’m 50 today.  Growing up, anyone that was 50 was old Old OLD!  Dang it was old.  And if I harp on the number it just doesn’t really ring applicable to me.  Perhaps it’s denial.  But, [...]

Happy Birthday Uncle Willy!

Today would have been your 94th birthday.  WOW!  We would have had quite the party too.  I know you would have loved my wife and especially our son.  I can visualize you two playing “Hit the Penny” on the sidewalk just as we used to do.  He loves to bowl as well.  And you should [...]

Life Insurance and the Impact of Time

Yesterday’s post was a perfect segue in to today’s post.

Whether it’s starting a diet next month or postponing a much overdue trip to the dentist, at some point in our lives we all practice the art of procrastination. In most instances, the side effects of our actions are minimal and we are able to live [...]

Sunday is Our Fun Day

So far today we haven’t:

Cleaned
Dusted
Vacuumed
Done the laundry
Folded
Ironed
Tidied
Mowed the lawn
Cleaned the pool
Fed the fish (oh yeah, we don’t have them any more)
Groomed the dogs
Cleaned the bathrooms
Made the beds (no wait, we did do that)
Washed the cars
Changed the oil in the cars
Picked up the mail (oh yeah, no mail delivery today)
Read the newspaper
Reformatted our computers
Played the Wii [...]

A LOT Happened Today

And I expect it’s truly the beginning of the rest of our lives.  Sometimes there are events or milestones that when one can pass through them successfully, then one can achieve their goals and realize their dreams.  It’s the losers that don’t put forth the effort to overcome their fears.  And, if you can’t demand [...]

We’rrrrrrrrrrrrrrre Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

And it’s good to be back… had a nice long and relaxing soul-searching weekend, and we’ve come to a few conclusions.  I’m not going to spell them out right now.  First because it’s late, and secondly I’ll share them when I’m ready to.  So there!
As promised in my last post we did a lot more [...]