Monthly Archive: October 2012

Oct 29

Expenses Come In Waves

Waves III

It seems like we’ve seen our finances take a dive over the past several months. Things were going pretty well up through July. I’m a stickler for tracking things, and I love running reports and graphs of our finances (it’s the accountant in me). Anyway, steady progress was being made. Debt was being paid down, …

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Oct 27

Friends of the Family: Weekend In Bloomington Edition

On Saturdays I list several blog posts from the week that I thought were really good. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. My sister has her senior recital today at college, so we’re down in Bloomington for the weekend to see it. My wife and I went to a local restaurant …

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Oct 24

Advance Planning For Life After College

Timken Roller Bearing Co., calendar, September 1950, teacher at desk

A young friend of mine is currently in her senior year of college, where she is majoring in high school education. I guess you could say she was really “lucky” and came from a poor family. This meant that she qualified for a program through our state that provided free tuition, room and board, and …

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Oct 23

Getting Back On Track

beach

Sometimes we all just need a break. Things get busy, and it seems like we have too much going on. We lose focus. And once we get out of our routine, it’s difficult to get back into it. But, I am getting back into the regular posting routine. My goal is to write two or three …

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