Contemplations

Sometime soon (and I don’t know when), we’ll be moving. We’ll have to; our lease is up in June, and we’re not sure we want to sign another. Will would like to be closer to work. The other possibility is that he’ll get a promotion, and we’ll move before June.
I have mixed feelings about moving. [...]

Stuffitis

Listening to Dave Ramsey for nearly three years on a daily basis does some things to your psyche. Some things I’ve learned:

Building wealth slowly is a rewarding process.
Building wealth slowly can be a frustrating process.
“Stuffitis” can set in.

What is “stuffitis”?  You might think to yourself, “How does one acquire stuffitis?” By definition, stuffitis is the desire to [...]

Talented young actor dies suddenly

Wow.  I don’t really know what to say, but I feel I should at least acknowledge that Heath Ledger died this afternoon. He was a talented actor, and while I wasn’t a big fan, I certainly appreciated his work. He was brilliant in Brokeback Mountain, and I still love the movie A Knight’s Tale. In [...]

“I want to go here and here and…”

The other night, I was browsing the airfare deals on Airfarewatchdog.com as I often do when I came across an American Airlines fare: roundtrip for two from Chicago O’Hare to London Heathrow for about $1,000. In any traveler’s mind, this is an incredible bargain. Roundtrip fare for one to London can be $1,000 or more during peak season. [...]

Eloisa James’s Series “The Duchess Quartet”

I am finishing the last book in Eloisa James’s four-part series she titled The Duchess Quartet. The last novel is called Your Wicked Ways. I believe that it may be my favorite of the four.
I discovered Eloisa’s writing a few months ago after reading a review of another one of her novels. As a romance novelist, [...]