Sunday, November 25, 2007

OH, REDSKINS!!!

I haven't gone underground yet, but I have started packing.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Like some merry dam has broken,
And its joyous torrent freed,
Come the children on Christmas morning-
A happy giggling stampede!

Thursday, November 22, 2007

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I am working on a grand total of seven ambitious projects as part of my homemade Christmas. Yep, that's right, I am trying to make the majority of the Christmas presents I give this year, and with Thanksgiving dinner sitting sluggishly in my belly I am reminded that I better kick my productivity into overdrive if I am going to make this happen.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

$500.00 U.S. SAVINGS BOND



So Sarah and I finally reached the $250.00 mark in our found money jar. A couple of weeks ago I lugged the $250.00 in coins down to good ol' Guaranty bank (surprisingly heavy) and converted them into a $500 u.s. savings bond. I know that savings bonds are not the best way to invest money, but when you only have $250.00 to invest it's a pretty good option. So in 10 years we will have $500.00 and we can go out for a candy bar or something. Assuming that the United States of America still exists ( I think a fairly safe assumption I will promptly turn that $500 into a $1000 savings bond on the very day it matures. I wonder how much money we can get from found money in our life time. If I took all of the pennies and such I pick up off the ground and fish out of coin returns and invested them somehow, how much could I amass by the time I kicked it?

Any esitimates?

Saturday, November 03, 2007

I KNOW THAT THE REST OF MY FAMILY ARE A BUNCH OF RUTLAND LOYALISTS, BUT BURLINGTON IS UNDENIABLY THE CROWN JEWEL OF VERMONT.



So why am I talking about Burlington? Because these crisp autumn days remind me of those early days in my marriage when Sarah and I would zoom down to Burlington after work for a stroll down Church street and a cup of hot Chai. Heady days!

Plus I knew that comparing Rutland unfavorably to Burlington would arouse the ire of my brother, Job.

Job, why do you love Rutland so much? Burlington is way cooler.