1
Oct
Posted by the Dad in Climbing Out. 8 Comments
We have 15 years to get our act together and I mean really together.
Halloween may still be a month away, but there’s a whole lot of death going around in our home.
Not so much death-death as death-talk; as in, how big a party does The Wife get to have when I croak? Turns out, if I get walloped by a bus it’s going to be a huge one!
In my last post I talked about finally getting our wills done. Sticking with our theme, today I sent off my first life insurance premium. Now if, in the next 15 years, I wake up on the wrong side of the dirt The Wife gets at least $900,000 …continue reading
29
Sep
Posted by the Dad in Climbing Out. 4 Comments
Procrastination. Ugh. Get off your butt, Dad, and get it done!
Two years ago we planted night-blooming jasmine on a trellis in front of the house. It’s a beautiful plant that grows vigorously. Seriously vigorously!
I really need to trim it, but somehow it has been two months since I dragged the ladder out and took garden shears to the ragged plant. I never cease to amaze myself with my own ability to procrastinate. The irony is once I start the thing I was putting off, it invariably is done in half the time I thought it would take.
This week marks the sixth week, count ‘em 6, since I typed the words “Last Will and Testament” …continue reading
6
Jul
Posted by the Dad in Climbing Out. 4 Comments
It is a big thing to suddenly come into money and it is so easy to feel like one deserves to blow it on Stuff. Taking the longer view is not nearly as fun
“Hello?”
“Hey, man, my life just got a lot easier!”
“Oh yeah, what’s up?”
“My wife just got the first of three inheritance checks for fifty thousand dollars!”
“Oh no…”
My first reaction really was dismay when a dear friend called me with this news last week. I know his and his wife’s relationship with money and Stuff and I feared this could be the end of their marriage. …continue reading
