Super Adults

Jeremy and I were blessed and honored today at Stephanie’s school.  She and her third grade class have been working on a big project called “super adults” where they have talked and written about a special adult in their lives.  Stephanie chose us!  The whole class had to read their essays out loud in front [...]

A Milestone

Last week I wrote my FINAL student loan check!  While the payments have not been all that oppressive, it still feels good to have one big debt obligation off of my plate!  As we start getting our finances in order in preparation for buying a bigger condo, it’s nice to know one more thing is [...]

The Pursuit of Happyness

Date night last week was dinner and a movie, The Pursuit of Happyness.  I expected a good movie, but it was better than I imagined.  Chris Gardner (played by Will Smith) was a father challenged with one string of bad luck after another, but he rose above it all.  One line towards the end of the movie stuck with [...]

Work, Work, Work

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Snow Day takes on DirecTV

 No, not the movie… the snowstorm of March 2nd, 2007 showed us just how dangerously addicted we are to TV.  From Thursday night when the snow started to fall until the following Thursday when the mid-40-degree weather finally got the best of that snow on the roof, we had absolutely no satellite signal.  This definitely [...]