My first lesson in managing credit was at the expense of my younger brother because we were close in age and we shared a lot of our lives. He got married at a young age and in the interest of giving his family the best of everything, he ran up his credit cards to the maximum and had trouble making the payments. Once you fall behind, the extra penalties and high interest rates can make it almost impossible to pay [...]
The celebrating of my nephew’s 1st birthday is in the planning stage, my sister is extremely excited about this event, she tried for so long to have a baby and is loving the whole experience of motherhood. She wants to hold the party here at the farm, in the spring, I believe the date is May 28th, a reallygood time to have an outside party, if the weather doesn’t interfere, the springtime rains do come and go as they please. A [...]
My cousin was discharged from the Army after 8 years of active duty – almost all of it was in Iraq. He went into the Army to learn a trade and take some time to find himself. I’m not sure he found what he was looking for while in Iraq, but the whole family is so proud of him for serving our country and doing his part. And he did find a job right away, so that helped, too. Now [...]