Roughing it

On a recent camping trip I really began to appreciate the comforts of home. My friends and I decided to go camping. I have never done this before so I was excited about the idea of it all. I had no way of knowing what I was truly in for. I even went so far as to download a generic […]

Saving for a rainy day

My dad always kept all of his loose change. He had a system of jars that held different denominations of coins. The dime jar seemed to take forever to fill. Each time they would fill up he would then spend hours rolling the coins and taking them to the bank. They were deposited into the savings account so we would […]

Take the weight off

Summertime is here. Barbeques, camping, and beach season is a great time of year. There are some drawbacks to these leisure activities. For some of us the thought of putting on less clothing is a nightmare. All of the promises of heading to the gym we made ourselves at the beginning of the year failed to either happen or produce […]

What time zone

Have you ever felt you were living in the wrong time zone. I don’t mean Eastern or Central time zones, I mean the wrong era. I feel like this all the time. Life is crazy these days with everything being controlled by technology. I was at a family luncheon a while back and my brother in law was sitting there […]

Buyer beware!

Then, on one of the hotter days of Summer they headed, with the kids, to the beach. When my friends, Steve plus Shelly, went looking for a replacement vehicle, they were unquestionably excited. They had been driving around an old beater of a vehicle for years plus finally saved up the down payment money for a new, or newer, car. […]

Some like it hot

Being in my early twenties I have little responsibility and several chances to hang with my friends. I still live at cabin with my parents and they allow me to do so without paying rent so the money I receive at my part time job is pretty much for me to do with what I please. Now I could do […]