...and the winners are!!

  • Jeffy - Dad
  • Aleia - Eric
  • Tommy - Aleia
  • Eric - Tommy
  • Clint - Laena
  • Laena - Clint
  • Mom - Jeffy
  • Dad - Mom

Which is all pretty cool. I enjoy buying for my wife. There were a few disagreements but the Hat has spoken. Somehow little Lincoln got missed. I think that happened because we let the 6 year old write up the names. Oh well such is life. This is one of our Christmas traditions. What are some of your traditions?

Holiday Money

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Well the Holiday season is upon us. Have you saved up? Are you ready for the time ahead? Will you make some unsound decisions in your finances? These are all questions I have asked myself in the past couple of months. Well I am not as ready as I had hoped. I don't know really anybody who is. Here is my plan.

  • Incur NO new debt.
  • Prioritize gift giving.
  • Make sure to contact all, wish a "Happy holiday."

Whether I do or don't only time will tell. I know I have made some improvements but I do know I have a long way to go.

Remember what the season is all about,

Happy Turkey Day!

Well the family is learning a little bit about the internet facts of life. My brother was having an e-mail "chat" with my Mom. She was thinking it was private. Oops, it wasn't. Mom actually forwarded the reply to a bunch of the family. It wasn't all that bad. My brother actually was very well versed and complimentary.

So  what is the proper etiquette? Who knows really. What I do know is the reality of it all. If you e-mail anything you need to expect it to be posted somewhere on the net. That is just how it is. You can't treat e-mail like a personal phone call. Even that can be compromised, i.e. the Speakerphone.

Lesson is be careful, somebody is always listening. Don't forget Him.

I know a sure fire way to make your vote count. It is really quite a simple process. It is simplicity in its most beautiful form. I have discovered this only after I have grown from my youthful all knowing supremacy. It is true and yet so often overlooked.

Here are the two steps, yes only two.

  1. Go and Vote!
  2. Go and Pray!

Yep that is all. "Work like it all depends on you and Pray like it all depends on Him." I have heard that at church all my life. You probably have too. I don't care if you worship Christ, Buddha, Allah, Nintendo or Playstation. You have to believe in something for there to be a Power.

So there it is, pretty simple. Most gratifying things are...