Month: February 2005

OK, here is the answer to the “not-to-tough riddle” from a couple days ago.

We have been talking to my oldest for quite some time about what it means to be a Christian. We told her about the sin we are all plagued with, and the need for repentance. We talked about asking Jesus into her heart, and becoming a follower. After that, we pretty much left the issue up to her. We wanted this decision to be her own.

A few months ago, she asked my wife about how she asked Jesus into her heart. She told her.

The next night, she asked me all about it. I told her.

A few night’s later she asked my wife how it felt when Jesus came into her heart. She told her all about it.

Some time has past, but on Saturday night, she asked us about it again, and said she wanted to do it herself.

We led her as she prayed.

Afterwards, I explained that she is a child of God, just like me. “I guess that sort of makes us like Brother and Sister” I said. She just smiled. “However, I’m still your daddy down here”.

Taxes:

Done for the year. At least my Federal ones are. I need to file that early so I can get my return in time to pay my State return.

I can see how tempting it is for some to cheat the sytem. Using the software, I frequently change variables just to see what kind of difference it makes.

What would happen if I witheld a little more?
What would happen if I donated more?
What would happen if I sold the house for $500,000
What would happen if I sold one of the kids for $500,000
What would happen if our June baby was born 6 months premature.

But, when I fix all those “what-ifs” things pretty much work out even. I guess that is the way it is supposed to be. I should have a zero return. That means I am doing everything right, but that early spring suprise of a couple thousand dollars is always welcome.

But that is not happening this year. We are pretty much breaking even.

Oh yeah…

Here is where I am supposed to make a nice statement about how I should feel blessed that I have money to worry about in the first place. I have felt that way in the past. I will feel that way tomorrow. I just don’t feel that way now. I am going to close my eyes, go to bed and dream of tax forms, deductions, investments and audits.

On Saturday night, my Daughter became my sister.

To tease the issue, I will explain it in a later posting…

No one reads this, or so I thought.

I made an effort to post every week (or 3), but then I was “talked to” during lunch today. A couple co-workers mentioned that they haven’t seen any new posts in a few days.

I mentioned that I really didn’t have a whole lot to say, and was reminded that, in “Blogland”, that really doesn’t matter. Content is second only to “freshness”.

I learned, quite some time ago, that it takes 3 weeks to establish a good (or evil) habit. I have decided to hurry the process along and see if I can establish a habit in 2 weeks. I have made a promise to these “lunch-buddies” that I would post something new every day for the next 2 weeks.

If I fail, I will take them out to Olive Garden (actually, that part isn’t true… I just included it to make sure they are paying attention.).

So, here goes… I am switching into “hyper-blog”.