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
1
Sep
Posted by the Dad in Climbing Out. 8 Comments
Even the cigarette-smoking, tattooed, American bandana-wearing gutter-sitter was kind enough to give us his empty Smirnoff bottle to add to our pile.
Green flowery things, cute little animals, crisp fresh air; I love all of these things. Really I do. So my question today comes down to one of economics and I am interested in your feedback.
Our city, like many across the country, offers a waste recycling program with separate bins for waste (aka Lets-just-bury-this-in-the-ground-and-cover-it-with-dirt-like-it-never-happened) and glass & plastic.
Over the weekend I packed the kids into the car with our latest experiment in frugality: doing our own recycling. …continue reading
28
Jul
Posted by the Dad in Climbing Out. 3 Comments
…those little brains pick up everything and not always in the way I expect them to.
In Dr. Meg Meeker’s books she talks about how profound our influence is on our children. It seems obvious, of course, but I am often surprised by what the kids pick up on and retain. Things we aren’t intentionally teaching, but that they observe and absorb so completely it amazes me.
I am reminded to hold myself accountable whether they act selfishly, rude or compassionately and kind. …continue reading
