Month: February 2009

Your quality of life

February 10, 2009 | 5 comments

Yesterday, a visitor came into my office and chatted a bit. She talked a bit about how she had cut back on expenses because of the slower economy, but was overjoyed to understand that her quality of life was still

Help for down under

February 9, 2009 | 11 comments

Australia needs our help! Fires are raging out of control destroying homes and taking lives. The intensity and violence of the flames has been extreme, like nothing seen for decades. The rest of us around the world can help. There

Replace "I want" with "I have"

February 5, 2009 | 5 comments

Last night, during dinner, our son listed off a couple of things he wanted to get. As with most families now, we’ve been more conservative in our purchasing decisions, and have decided it wise and prudent to be happy with

Stimulus that works

February 3, 2009 | 2 comments

There’s active debate in Washington D.C. about what kind of stimulus is needed to jumpstart the economy. Some type of package will pass legislation, few observers doubt, but many wonder whether the proposed expenditures are going to create needed jobs

Keep our head above it all

February 2, 2009 | 3 comments

The below picture was sent to me with the caption, “Winter is almost over in Michigan and we can see the deer wandering around now.” I laughed and laughed… The deer making their way through the deep snow with barely