I have not had the pleasure of being a father. But I do have several nieces and nephews that I am very close to and I treasure our relationships to the max. My one niece that is just turning 16 will be getting her license very soon has us all worried. The first of the cousins to get her license and her freedom. It’s a big event in this family. Anyway there is this new commercial by Subaru that really [...]
It isn’t easy to start working on reaching a good credit score and it isn’t easy keeping it good when you finally achieve one. Life has become so difficult with tremendous credit pressure placed on us each and every time we turn around. People are being turned down for employment due to bad credit scores, now how crazy is that? I can understand the need and the concern for some high ranking and high paying jobs for the employee to [...]
My nephew called me late last night needing to be picked up in town. Anything after 8:30pm is late around this place and this phone call came in at 10:05pm and I was stupid enough to answer the darn phone. My nephew and I don’t necessarily get along so he was really desperate to lower himself to call me to rescue him knowing that I have to get up early to take care of the farm and all. But family is [...]
I took my wife to a restaurant the other evening. The waiter, for some reason, took my order first. “I’ll have the rump steak, rare, please sir.” He said, “Aren’t you worried about the mad cow?” I replied “Nah, she can order for herself.” And that’s when the fight started…..
One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift…The next year, I didn’t buy her a gift. When she asked me why I didn’t buy her one, I replied, “Well, you still haven’t used the gift I bought you last year!” And that’s how the fight started…..