Thoughts

This week’s brain dump: A couple of friends are trying to convince me to sign my son up for Kindermusik. In theory a music class where kids dance, sing and interact with one another sounds splendid, but that $250 price tag., not so much. If you have an opinion on this topic PLEASE leave me … Read more

Last night a good friend was telling a group of us about her life. She mentioned that every time she steps over one hurdle another hurdle begins. Then she asked when it would all balance out and be good again. When would all of the hurdles stand behind her, rather than in front of her. … Read more

Last January I settled on a high deductible insurance plan, decided my frugality was making life unnecessarily difficult, considered the reality that time is more valuable than money,  listed the top ten financial lessons I learned in my son’s first year and paid my good fortune forward with an impromptu baby shower. In February I … Read more

Last year I made one and only one resolution. In essence I vowed to accept the things I cannot change. I’m not big on new year’s resolutions, but I did set a goal for 2013. This year I want to focus on accepting the things in life that I cannot change. As I was walking … Read more

Thoughts… This year I was inundated with heartfelt stories of pain and grief. The little boy who died after fighting cancer for six years, the teenager who went into cardiac arrest, a good friend who passed away of a horrendous disease, a mom who died just days after giving birth to her third child. Through … Read more

Last month I published a brain dump of sorts. This month I am back it with a new set of random thoughts and ideas. This morning I attended an open house for a preschool just down the street from my house. I am considering sending my son there next fall for two days a week and … Read more

I’ve been writing about personal finance for the past seven years and in that time I have blogged a lot about saving money. In fact the topic has popped up so often on this blog that I created a separate category for it. While I certainly encourage others to save money I do not think … Read more

Over the years I’ve written a lot about the steps that can lead to financial success. In December of 2006, (the year I created this blog), I wrote about the best financial decisions I’d made to date.  In 2007 I elaborated on the lessons I learned, which included getting my first job early in life, attending … Read more

A brain dump of sorts… I want to replace all of the hangers in my house with skinnier versions. While I don’t hang a lot of clothes in the closet I do like how much space is freed up but using the thinner versions. Quite frankly the closets in our house suck. They are oddly … Read more

As I was digging out a bunch of old college notebooks in the basement I came across a series of quotes from a professor who spoke to us honestly and openly on our last day of class. I remember this particular class quite vividly. He told us that he wanted to impart a few words … Read more