Come and knock on our door… Just don’t make it the car door. We’re maxed out on space. Hard to believe that just over a month ago we were still parents of two, that we hadn’t met our wonderful, second daughter, nor knew that she was even going to be a girl (we like theContinue reading “Three’s Company – car seat edition”
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Car Seat Mania!!!
So, in under a month we welcome our third child to our family and warn them of the impending insanity that they’ll be forced to tolerate for the rest of their little lives. And while the occasion is certainly one for celebrating, it’s left our family with a particular dilemma – how to fit threeContinue reading “Car Seat Mania!!!”
For the love of libraries
Repository of knowledge. Information Center. Bibliotecha. Whatever you call it, libraries are the bomb. Do kids still say the bomb? I absolutely love libraries and these days I’ve rekindled that romance after a shifting mindset with an emphasis on simplicity and purging. This summer, Meg and I made it a goal to sort through theContinue reading “For the love of libraries”
Riding the nostalgia train to Duckburg
I’m not really a video game guy. Sure, I played some Nintendo when I was in elementary school, but it was always at a friend’s house. I didn’t own one myself until I was a pre-teen and had earned enough delivering the weekly Pennysaver once a week for the tidy sum of $8 a weekContinue reading “Riding the nostalgia train to Duckburg”
You really had a wonderful life
“You really have built yourself a wonderful life.” For a lot of folks, the end of a year is a bit of a refresher, closing out the bad of the previous 365 days while welcoming the good and the potential of the year ahead. But it can also be quite a time of reflection, lookingContinue reading “You really had a wonderful life”
Sesame Street makes the move to a more expensive neighborhood
So today it was announced that the Children’s Television Workshop, which of course produces the legendary Sesame Street, has inked a deal with HBO to air the next five years worth of new episodes on the premium television channel. Those new episodes, will then later be made available for airing on PBS Stations. And IContinue reading “Sesame Street makes the move to a more expensive neighborhood”
Searching for Carvel
I’m a big fan of old movies. And among those old movies that rank up there as some of my favorites are The Andy Hardy movies that starred Mickey Rooney as the impetuous, excitable youth learning about life, love, family and friendship in his small town of Carvel in the 1930s and ‘40s. From hisContinue reading “Searching for Carvel”
Knocking down debt with the snowball method – another update
Eight years ago, I was single, working as a newspaper reporter and living on my own in an apartment. Oh, yeah. I was also buried in debt – student loans, credit cards, car payments, you name it. It’s not something I’m proud of, but as I’ve chronicled here in the past, I put all thisContinue reading “Knocking down debt with the snowball method – another update”
The Snowball Method: An Update
What a feeling. If you’re just tuning in, some months ago I decided to apply what’s known as The Snowball Method of what remains of my large debts. It’s all steps toward as much of a debt-free life as I can muster, and to show my son that no, debt is not just ‘something you’llContinue reading “The Snowball Method: An Update”
Debt Chains and the Snowball Effect
Whether it’s writing a check for your car payment or clicking ‘pay online’ for that student loan installment, carrying around debt can often times feel like you’re dragging along the undead chains of Jacob Marley. That’s why I’ve already started the ball rolling in the past few months on what I want to take full-strengthContinue reading “Debt Chains and the Snowball Effect”
The Dorky Daddy 