A Blog About My Life’s Lessons

I read this article on yahoo.com that talked about gas prices rising to $4 a gallon in some places by summer. The rising gas to date really haven’t effected our plan budgeted activities because YTD its only gone up ~6-10%.  Over the weekend, I saw prices at $3.12/gallon here in Austin.  However, if prices continue […]

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We just completed our first family road trip to visit my little sister and nephew.  The primary purpose for the road trip was my nephew’s 5th birthday party as well as to see my sister’s new house. Plus, I want to continue to build on our relationship and the only real way to do that in one-one face time.   
 We […]

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Budgeting is a hot topic for me right now, and nothing makes budgeting harder than non-fixed costs (utilities, gas, food, etc…).  Its always a pain in December when my Gas bill spikes 2 or 3 times its normal rate.  I recently discovered  a way to make my utilities become fixed cost (both Gas and Electric) through a levelized program […]

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One of the goals I mentioned in my last post, was having at least one date night a month with my beautiful wife.  This goal stems from a lesson I learned over the last 1.5 yrs.  Let me back up a second. My wife and I have been married for almost 4yrs. I’ve learned a […]

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Not to jump on the bandwagon like everyone else. I know goal setting at this time of the year is pretty cliche. But, this is one lesson I’ve definitely learned over the last few years.  This is probably my 3rd year of writing down goals.
Here are my goals for 2008:

Be the BEST husband and father I […]

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