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Starting the year end roundup

I finally finished putting together my budget for 2009, and while I still have some math to do and some statements to recieve, over all, I’m pretty happy with how 2008 ended up, financially speaking.  Oh, sure, my investments aren’t good and my retirement accounts are best ignored, but in terms of the things I [...]

So about those planned posts…

I had grand plans of working on some posts while at my parents’ house last week.  Clearly, that plan didn’t go so well.  Not that I’m complaining – I was having such a great time with my family that I didn’t want to spend much time on the computer at all.  (Plus my parents live [...]

Merry Christmas!

I hope that everyone reading this is enjoying a lazy Christmas day.  For those of you who celebrate, I hope Santa was good to you, and for those of you who don’t, I hope you got a holiday from work and are enjoying your day off!

I am very much enjoying my week off from work, [...]

Christmas Charity

I heard a very sad story yesterday, but it had a heartwarming ending.

There is a family in my hometown with five little kids who had signed up for adopt-a-family this Christmas.  They’re a hard-working family, a blended family with five children under ten years old.  Because everyone has fallen on tough times, they just didn’t [...]

Coming to Inauguration?

So, who’s planning to come to D.C. for Inauguration?

If you raised your hand, I hope you’ve found a place to stay!  I’ve been following a lot of the local news about the Inauguration on January 20th, and they are expecting between 2 and 4 million people to attend.  I have to admit, even though I [...]