No, you can’t have my money

I don’t know about you, but lately it seems everybody wants my money: my kids, their school fundraisers, co-workers selling stuff, Newsweek (renewal), Boy Scout popcorn, political campaigns, United Way, the local NPR affiliate, and who knows who else. Since August, we’ve spent an unbelievable amount of money on our house (new furnace and air [...]

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Volunteering

I had a recent request from someone at church to get involved with a committee to plan an event scheduled for a year from now. Sounds fairly innocent, doesn’t it? But with my crazy busy schedule that sometimes borders on frantic and results in panic, why was she asking me? Her reasoning: more gets done [...]

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Missing in action?

I know I haven’t written in a long time… I’ve been busy with all-star baseball (which is over now!) and working too much. Last week was a killer! I got up early and worked, then went to work, then stayed late at work, then brought work home and continued work until late each night (like [...]

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Is the week over yet?

I hope I can make it one more day to the weekend. This week was busier than I imagined it would be. Being sleep deprived hasn’t helped any, either. It makes it harder to cope with stressful stuff, like when my son’s middle school called me on Monday asking if I could help them track down the [...]

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