Archive for December, 2009

When you go through the process of setting personal goals, make sure that you are the one to define what needs to be achieved to meet those goals successfully. Society, culture, family and friends may all have their own definition of success and those definitions can vary greatly. What matters is what you believe, not what others believe. So before you go with what society thinks, first stop to determine what is important to you. The goals we set for ourselves generally stem from those things that bring us joy and a sense of fulfillment. They are shaped by...
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That time of year has come once again when we gather together to with family and friends to celebrate the kinder side of humanity. It is a time of expressing our thankfulness for the blessings we have received and also a time to reach out to others less fortunate so that they in turn may also feel blessed. Now many of us celebrate at different times and in different ways. That is not what this post is about. I come from a traditional christian background and as such, my celebrations are anchored in the philosophy that background has given...
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This is an article submitted to a 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest to find out who had the wildest Christmas dinners.. It won first prize. As a joke, my brother Jay used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas morning, although Jay’s kids’ stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty. One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put on sunglasses and went in search...
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On my post, Do You Balance Your Checkbook, there is a comment from Rattan that asks “what is the best way to balance a checkbook that has never been reconciled”. This is a really great question and one many may have, so I have decided to answer Rattan’s question in a new post so that I might cover it in a more complete manner than a responding comment would allow. The simplest way to begin reconciling a bank account is to do so from the beginning when the account is first opened. However, you may have an account that...
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