When you have kids, there is a lot of equipment that comes along with them. High chairs, bouncers, diaper bags, strollers and car seats. My childhood was a bit different.
Our family car was an old tan station wagon. Since their were six in our family and the car only actually sat 5, [...]

It seems that the only times that I have anything interesting to blog about are the times I have no time to blog. Is it a process doomed for failure?
I see something similar in the marketing efforts of startups and other small businesses. In a small business, it is difficult to balance getting [...]

Adam just wrote about Waiting. Things he wants to happen faster, and things he wants to slow down. It got me thinking about what gives me enjoyment in the present.
When we are kids, there is quite a bit of free time to do whatever you want. There is also a lot of [...]

Well they were caught. 4 were arrested to day at Davis HS for criminal mischief.
Now they get to pay to have two cars painted, my new fence, and someone else’s lawn furniture. We were going to tear that fence down anyway. Now they get to pay for it instead of us.
see the [...]

I spent the holiday weekend painting my house. The outside of it.
I have continued to try and detach myself from the homogeneous clutches of the big-box home improvement store, so I bought fancy-pants paint from a local retailer. I will never use Behr paint again. Ever. I had no idea how [...]

About 2AM on Monday, we were awoken by a loud crash. Even our normally comatose dog was alert and concerned. Seeing what a fierce dog Mangia is, I decided to let him into the backyard. We discovered some neighbors had been toilet papered, so we decided to go to bed.
The next morning [...]

So today we closed on our 2nd mortgage refi. We pulled some cash out of the equity so we can make some improvements around the house. It will be good to get the ol’ place fixed up.

Clearly the house needs a lot, but we are planning on using this money for windows and [...]

This is my third attempt at a garden, and things are going much better this time around. I think that mostly has to do with the fact that I have had the time to spend getting everything ready. Everything is on schedule. The soil was prepped and tilled on time, raspberry starts [...]