In January I posted that I wanted to keep our average dining out spend to $635 per month. In the first quarter we came in…
Would Kevin Costner be considered middle-aged? He’s 69 so maybe he’s on the later side of middle-aged. He is raising teenage kids, which is usually…
My 2023 Resolutions included five categories: Quarterly Reports 1 – 3 can be accessed here: In this post I shall reflect on my resolution to…
Arizona currently shares by far the highest gas prices in the nation along with California and Hawaii, sans the ocean view. For many years, our…
In this year of abundance, I have changed the meaning normally associated with the phrase, “Just my luck!” In the United States, when someone says…
I’ve slowly been re-reading “Unlimited Power” by Anthony Robbins. I last read it over two decades ago, and my copy, complete with underscoring and notes,…
“Would you like another margarita?” the El Charro waitress inquired. “I’ll have a Dos Equis lager, please,” I said to the waitress. “We only have…
Road Closed. My family and I had driven to the eastern outskirts of Tucson to a dirt road called Redington Pass. We needed to take…
Schadenfreude is a combination of two German words. Schaden means harm, and Freude means joy. Together Schadenfreude connotes taking pleasure in the misfortune of others.…