In preschool, our youngest was assigned the project of creating a foot family. For those that don’t know what that is and can’t figure it out from the picture, it is essentially a picture made up of outlines of each family members foot, turned into something fun and supposedly represents our family. My wife likes…
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Recovering From Unemployment Part 2: Delayed Gratification
Delayed gratification is just a fancy word for patience. I don’t think that anyone is born with the immediate skill of patience; rather it is perseverance developed with experience and a true desire to mature and grow. I certainly do not come by this skill easily, and tend to want what I want when I…
Parenting Moment – Our “Current” Reward System
I could have called this a parenting tip or parenting advice, but that would mean I know something more about parenting than anyone else reading this. That certainly isn’t the case. We’ve got two daughters, ages 6 and 4. One day they returned home from shopping with mom and announced that they were each getting…
Recovering From Unemployment – Part 1: Getting Into Debt
Unemployment: One of the most counter-productive methods of saving money out there. And yet, it’s not uncommon to have periods of unemployment in our adult lives. Unless you’re leaving one job for another, chances are good you’ll have at least a week or two of unemployment, right? It can be a scary experience, especially if…